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Tensile Cables Annual shutdown dates for 2021
Dear client Tensile Cables will be closing for the Builders Holiday from Friday 17 December 2021 at midday. We will open our doors again on Monday 10 January 2022 to assist you again with your cable requirements. Kindly get your last orders in from Monday 13 December – Thursday 16 December. We would like to […]
Stunning Cable Staircase in Kenrock Country Estate
Kenrock Country Estate is a low-density residential Eco Estate that comprises 94 homes on a 34 hectare estate, with more than 13 hectares of communal ground. Kenrock is situated on the foothills of Table Mountain in Hout Bay, which is a unique location where mountain and valley meet on the rising slopes that surround the estate. This staircase required […]
Wine Rack Cable System
Tensile Cables has designed a sleek range of Wine Rack Cables that suspends your Wine Collection on Stainless Steel Cables. Our Wine Rack Cable Systems are ideal for Wine Farms, Retail Outlets, Restaurants & Wine Collectors to display their Wine Collections in a superior way. Tensile Cables supply Cable Wine Racks for three different basic […]
Hand swaging & Hydraulic swaging of cables
Here at Tensile Cables, we have developed our own brand of hand swaging tool which allows cables to be cut to length and conveniently swaged on site. This tool is a specialist tool designed by our qualified Engineers for Tensile Cable’s clients. The tool head is machined out of specialist tool steel and the head […]
Showcase: Wine Rack Cable Systems
Tensile Cables has designed a sleek range of Wine Rack Cables that suspends your Wine Collection on Stainless Steel Cables. Our Wine Rack Cable Systems are ideal for Wine Farms, Retail Outlets, Restaurants & Wine Collectors to display their Wine Collections in a superior way. Tensile Cables supply Cable Wine Racks for three different basic […]
Balustrade in Mount Bain Nature Reserve
Our client required Stainless Steel Cables for the balustrade of their secluded Mountain cabin deck. Stonewood Mountain Cabin is a rustic Mountain Cabin nestled in the Mount Bain Nature Reserve in Bainskloof, South Africa. Positioned high up on the side of a hill the Cabin treats the visitor to uninterrupted views of snow-capped mountains in […]
Stainless Steel Cable Grade 316 Maintenance
Stainless Steel Grade 316 cables and fittings are very popular for their longevity, durability, and aesthetic mirror finish all whilst being able to withstand the harsh conditions of the African Coastline. Tensile Cables supplies a range of high-quality Stainless-Steel Grade 316 Cables and fittings for this purpose. To ensure your Cables always remain in […]
Deck with a View in the Cape Wine Lands
This Deck with a View was built outside the town of Wellington in the heart of the Cape Wine Lands using Stainless Steel Grade 316 cables. The town of Wellington is situated at the base of one of the oldest Mountain passes in South Africa, Bains Kloof Pass built by Master Road Builder Andrew Geddes […]
Showcase: Wine Rack Cable Systems
July 2021 Tensile Cables has designed a sleek range of Wine Rack Cables that suspends your Wine Collection on Stainless Steel Cables. Our Wine Rack Cable Systems are ideal for Wine Farms, Retail Outlets, Restaurants & Wine Collectors to display their Wine Collections in a superior way. Tensile Cables supply Cable Wine Racks for […]
POPIA Compliance
Good day to all the subscribers of Tensile Cables. As you are aware, the new RSA Protection of Information Act (POPIA) will become effective soon. As a result, we address this letter to you to explain the usage of your data, and offer you an opportunity to unsubscribe below. In terms of a variety of […]
New Suspended Wine Rack Cables
Tensile Cables has designed a revolutionary and sleek range of Wine Rack Cable Systems that suspends your Wine Collection on Stainless Steel Grade 316 Cables. Our Wine Rack Cable System is ideal for Wine Farms, Restaurants or Wine Collectors who want to display their Wine Collections in a unique way. As well as enhancing the […]
New! Wine Rack Cables
Tensile Cables has designed and manufactured a new range of sleek Wine Rack cable systems to suspend your cellar wine collection on Stainless Steel Cables. Our Wine Rack Cables are suitable for all wine collectors, wine farms and restaurants. This new and suspended display method will allow your wine bottles to appear to float in […]
Vertical Cable balustrade in Grotto Bay
This Vertical balustrade is in Grotto Bay, a private and exclusive property estate on the West Coast of South Africa and was designed by Ontwerp Architecture. The Grotto Bay Estate comprises of 685 hectares of Strandveld and Sandveld bush. Grotto Bay forms part of the Cape West Coast Biosphere reserve which was proclaimed by UNESCO […]
Gatlinburg Sky Bridge
The Gatlinburg Sky Bridge opened on May 2019, in the beautiful American state of Tennessee, home to the Great Smoky Mountains, a sub range of the Appalachian Mountains. It is 42.6 meters long at its mid-point and at 207 meters long and 1.5 meters wide, it is the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in North America. […]
New! Vertical balustrade cables
This is a sneak peek of our new range of Stainless-Steel fittings for Vertical cables in balustrades that terminate in the metal post and specifically do not go through the posts. Vertical Stainless-Steel cable balustrades have become very popular in Europe and are starting to form part of building regulations in those countries. Tensile Cables […]
Garapa deck & Stainless Steel cables in Tamboerskloof
Today we showcase a Beautiful Garapa wood balustrade with a deck using Stainless Steel cables overlooking the leafy green Cape Town suburb of Tamboerskloof. This home renovation involved building a balustrade consisting of Garapa handrail and posts using Tensile Cables signature Stainless Steel cables. Garapa wood is a high density and very durable hardwood species […]
Circular cities of the world: what can green infrastructure do? chuttersnap/Unsplash Daniel Johnson, ESCP Europe More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities while projections show an increase to two thirds by 2050. Many people living in small areas means large amounts of waste, high resource consumption and loads of energy use. […]
Tensile Cables Stainless Steel Trellis systems
Trellis systems using Stainless Steel cables are becoming very popular for green walls and are being incorporated into designs in business parks and shopping malls across Cape Town and South Africa. They are practical for gardens in commercial spaces as well as residential homes. Not only are the Stainless steel trellis cables aesthetically pleasing but […]
Spier Arts Academy vertical cables
Robert McKendrick of Scotchworx Carpentry was tasked to design and install vertical cables for a balustrade at the Spier Arts Academy at Union House in Commercial street, near the Parliament of Cape Town. Stainless Steel 4mm thick cables were connected to manufactured steel channels rather than the historical existing Oregon timber handrail in order to […]
Riposatevi Installation by architect Lúcio Costain in Brazil
Images from ArchDaily All images and Text description provided by the architects. RIPOSATEVI (Meaning: take a rest) is an installation designed by the architect Lúcio Costa for Milan’s Triennial of Architecture, held in the fateful year of 1964. In 2018, the work is presented for the first time in Rio de Janeiro and inside a […]