The Hidden Cost Of "Just Wait It Out"
Load shedding doesn't just switch off your lights — it switches off cooking, hot water and heating for households that rely entirely on electricity. Many homes cover that gap with backup power: inverters and batteries, or diesel generators. Those solutions work, but they come with real, ongoing costs — purchase price, fuel, battery replacement, and maintenance — on top of what you're already paying for electricity itself.
Gas Sidesteps The Problem Entirely
- A gas hob cooks a full meal during a two-hour outage exactly as well as it does with the power on.
- A gas geyser keeps delivering hot water — no cold showers on schedule change days.
- A gas heater or fireplace keeps a room warm through winter evening outages, when electric heaters are least useful.
- No batteries to replace, no fuel to store or top up — LPG bottles are simply refilled or swapped as needed.
Reliability Has A Real Value, Even If It's Hard To Put On An Invoice
It's easy to price out the diesel a generator burns, but harder to price out a spoiled dinner, a cold house on a school night, or the stress of coordinating your day around the load shedding schedule. For many households, the biggest win from switching key appliances to gas isn't a lower bill — it's simply not having to think about the schedule for cooking, bathing and staying warm.
The appliances that matter most during an outage — the hob, the geyser, the heater — are exactly the ones gas handles best.
Where To Start
You don't need to convert your whole home at once. Most households start with the hob and geyser — the two appliances that cause the most disruption when the power's out — and expand from there if it makes sense. We can help you work out a sensible order based on your home's layout and existing electrical and plumbing setup.
Getting It Installed Safely
A gas installation needs to be done to Gas Safe standard, with the correct pipework, ventilation and a Certificate of Compliance issued on completion — particularly important if you're a landlord or plan to sell the property in future. It's a job for a registered, insured installer, not a weekend DIY project.