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Brick Making Plants in Durban
Planning a brick making plant in Durban? Say what you will make, the volume you are aiming for, semi or fully automatic, the power on your site and whether a used plant would do. Suppliers who install in Durban and around KwaZulu-Natal will quote the line, setting up and training.
Want to know more first? Our brick making plants guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
What to know locally in Durban
Small brick-making yards on open stands in Umlazi, KwaMashu and Inanda mostly run egg-laying machines on a concrete slab, electric where there is a supply and engine driven where there is not. The humid air means bricks need longer under cover before they are stacked, so plan more slab space than an inland yard would. Within a few kilometres of the sea, ask for galvanised or well painted frames, and hose salt off the machine after a shift.
Building with brick in Durban
Humidity is the first thing a Durban builder plans around. Cement bricks and blocks cure slowly in the damp, sticky air, and summer downpours can wash out a fresh slab of bricks in an afternoon, so yards cover their rows and keep stock on pallets longer. Most of the metro builds in cement blocks and maxi bricks: extensions in Chatsworth and Phoenix, new rooms and boundary walls in Umlazi and KwaMashu, and complexes going up around Umhlanga and Cornubia. Face brick near the beachfront and the Bluff often shows white efflorescence from the salt air, and steel on brick machines rusts quickly. Block yards sit along the industrial belts in Jacobs, Prospecton and Riverhorse Valley, and tippers bring sand in from inland.
Who asks for brick making plants around Durban, most often first:
- Homeowners: rarely needed for a house; plants supply the yards that homeowners buy from
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: a contractor setting up its own plant for a steady stream of large jobs
- Housing developers and complexes: an on-site or nearby plant supplying bricks and blocks for a large housing development
Local tips for Durban
Yards and suppliers serving Durban mostly work from here: block yards in Jacobs, Prospecton and Riverhorse Valley, sand yards inland. The requests that come up most: cement blocks and maxi bricks for extensions, boundary walls and complexes. When you ask for quotes, ask how long the bricks were cured and whether they were kept covered in the rain.
Brick Making Plants usually suit established yards, developers and investors, made or supplied like this: batcher, pan mixer, press, conveyor, stacker. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means rarely needed for a house; plants supply the yards that homeowners buy from. On the weather side: humid air slows curing; summer storms wash out fresh bricks, so cover rows.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Our network covers Durban together with Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.