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Block Making Machines in KwaZulu-Natal
Want a block making machine in KwaZulu-Natal? Say which blocks you will make (90, 140 or 190 mm, hollow or solid), egg-laying or static, your power supply and how many blocks a day you hope for. Suppliers who deliver to KwaZulu-Natal and around KwaZulu-Natal will quote the machine, moulds and setting up.
New to this? Read the block making machines guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
What to know locally in KwaZulu-Natal
Small yards in Inanda, Edendale and Madadeni often run an egg-laying machine on a slab beside the house. Machine sellers and engineering workshops in Pinetown, Hammarsdale and Pietermaritzburg stock moulds, mixers and spares. On the coast, the salt air rusts frames, tampers and vibrator housings, so wash machines down and paint bare steel, and a roofed curing area makes life easier through the wet summer.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in KwaZulu-Natal
Steep hills, coastal damp and a huge rural population make KwaZulu-Natal a province of hollow blocks and retaining walls. Across the hills of Ndwedwe, Msinga and Nongoma, homesteads are built in cement blocks from small local yards, often with the blocks made on site. Durban's townships of Umlazi, KwaMashu and Inanda keep adding rooms, while Umhlanga, Ballito and Cornubia take estate and complex work with face brick and paving. Pietermaritzburg, Newcastle and Richards Bay each have their own yards. On the coast, salt and humidity bring white efflorescence on face brick and rust on machine parts, and summer downpours wash out uncovered bricks. The Midlands and Drakensberg get winter frost.
Typical block making machines requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: making hollow blocks for a long boundary wall or a garage at home
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: blocks made on site for boundary walls, outbuildings and quick structural walls
- Housing developers and complexes: a static block machine supplying blocks for estate walls and housing phases
Local tips for KwaZulu-Natal
Yards and suppliers serving KwaZulu-Natal mostly work from here: block yards across the townships and rural towns; bigger yards near Durban and PMB. The requests that come up most: hollow blocks for rural homes, retaining blocks on slopes, face brick for estates. When you ask for quotes, on steep rural sites, ask whether the truck can reach the stand or needs a smaller load.
Requests range widely: 390 x 190 mm face, 90, 140 or 190 mm wide. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for making hollow blocks for a long boundary wall or a garage at home. One local point to raise: yards deliver along the N2 and N3; rural loads up steep gravel roads by small truck.
Service area: KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work throughout KwaZulu-Natal, including Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Umhlanga, Ballito, Richards Bay, Newcastle, Port Shepstone. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether delivery is in the price and how far the truck travels.