A supplier quotes better when they know what the machine must make, how it will be powered and how many you want a day. Send one request with the details and we pass it to brick machine suppliers who deliver to towns and cities across Northern Cape.
Block Making Machines in Northern Cape
Want a block making machine in Northern Cape? 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 Northern Cape and around Northern Cape will quote the machine, moulds and setting up.
Want to know more first? Our block making machines guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
Northern Cape notes on machines & equipment
Small yards in Kuruman, Calvinia and Springbok often run a manual or egg-laying machine because hauling bricks in costs too much. Machine sellers in Kimberley and Upington stock moulds and mixers, and others send machines from Gauteng or the Cape by road. Engine driven machines suit farms without power, and a shaded curing area with plenty of water is a must in the Kalahari heat.
Building with brick in Northern Cape
Distance is part of the price of every brick in the Northern Cape. Kimberley and Upington have the bigger yards, but a farmhouse near Carnarvon or a school extension in Pofadder may be hundreds of kilometres from the nearest pallet, so many towns make their own cement bricks locally with a small machine and Orange River or pit sand. Mining towns such as Kathu, Postmasburg and Kuruman add rented housing and new extensions, and the Karoo towns of De Aar and Colesberg build farm sheds, dams and kraals. Kimberley's older suburbs still have red face brick to match. Fierce sun and dry wind crack fresh bricks, and the Karoo gets hard winter frost.
Typical block making machines requests in the area come from:
- Farms and smallholdings: blocks for stores, pump houses, dairy sheds and farm boundary walls
- Homeowners: making hollow blocks for a long boundary wall or a garage at home
- New brick-making businesses: a small block machine selling 140 mm blocks to local builders and homeowners
Local tips for Northern Cape
Most asked for in Northern Cape: locally made cement bricks, farm shed blocks, housing in the mining towns. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards in Kimberley, Upington and Kathu; small local yards in most towns. A useful tip: ask for a full load price delivered to the farm, not a per pallet price at the yard.
Around Northern Cape the largest group asking is farms and smallholdings, which usually means blocks for stores, pump houses, dairy sheds and farm boundary walls. Before you agree to anything: blocks for sale should meet SANS 1215. Getting stock here: long hauls on the N8, N10 and N14; many towns make bricks with local sand.
Service area: Northern Cape and surrounds
We pass Northern Cape requests to suppliers based in or regularly delivering to Kimberley, Upington, Kathu, Kuruman, Springbok, De Aar, Postmasburg. Farm and rural requests should give the nearest town and the farm name, so delivery is quoted honestly.