What is a funeral tent?
A funeral tent is a peg-and-pole canvas tent — canvas over centre poles, guy-roped and pegged into the ground — erected over a yard or gravesite for the service. The type is not incidental: peg-and-pole is the fastest structure to rig, the cheapest per seat, and it goes up on the open soil and lawn where most home services are held. Standard hire sizes run from about 6m × 12m for 100 mourners to 10m × 30m for 200 or more, sized on the same 1.2–1.5 m² per seated guest as any function tent.
Two things separate a funeral hire from a party hire in practice: the tent almost always arrives with chairs in the same delivery, and the lead time is days rather than months. On paved yards where pegs cannot go in, the substitute is a weighted frame tent, which rigs on the surface without penetrating it.
What a funeral tent hire includes
The standard setup is a peg-and-pole tent over the yard, plastic chairs in rows, and trestle tables for the after-service meal — up in one visit, collected after the weekend. Common additions: a kitchen gazebo, a mobile fridge for catering, extra chair rows for the night vigil, and the after-tears extension carried on the same hire. Winter services add sidewalls against the cool Highveld morning.
| Setup | Typical band |
|---|---|
| 50-seat tent + chairs | R1,500–R3,000 |
| 100-seat tent + chairs + tables | R3,000–R5,500 |
| Kitchen gazebo add-on | from R850 |
| Mobile fridge | R650–R1,200 |
How the 48-hour turnaround works
Send the area, the yard size if known, and the service day through the quote form — funeral enquiries jump the queue and are confirmed the same day. Rigging lands the day before the service across the metro, and the crew works around the household: quiet setup, at the hours the family sets.
Areas covered at funeral notice
Soshanguve blocks A to VV, Mamelodi East and West, Atteridgeville, Ga-Rankuwa, Mabopane, Winterveld, Hammanskraal and Temba, plus Centurion, Pretoria North and the central suburbs. Memorial services, unveilings and month's-mind gatherings book the same setups at standard notice, with furniture itemised on tables and chairs for hire in Pretoria and bundle pricing in tent hire prices in Pretoria.
Marquees, chairs, tables and draping for any Tshwane function are arranged through the same crew — the full range is at tent hire in Pretoria.
Common questions
How quickly can a funeral tent be set up in Pretoria?
Within 24–48 hours of confirmation. Funeral enquiries are prioritised, quotes come back same-day, and rigging is scheduled the day before the service across the Tshwane metro.
What size tent is needed for a funeral?
Most home funeral services seat 50–100 — a 50-seat tent with chairs runs R1,500–R3,000 and a 100-seat setup R3,000–R5,500. Large services add a second tent rather than one oversized structure.
Do you cover funerals in Soshanguve, Mamelodi and Hammanskraal?
Yes — all Soshanguve blocks, Mamelodi East and West, Atteridgeville, Ga-Rankuwa, Mabopane and Winterveld at 24–48-hour notice, with Hammanskraal and Temba serviced on request.