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 Eastern Cape.
Brick Making Plants in Eastern Cape
Planning a brick making plant in Eastern Cape? 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 Eastern Cape and around Eastern Cape will quote the line, setting up and training.
The main brick making plants page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Eastern Cape notes on machines & equipment
Small block yards in Mthatha, Butterworth and Lusikisiki often run a manual or engine driven egg-laying machine, as rural power can be patchy. Machine sellers and engineering workshops in Gqeberha's Struandale and East London's industrial areas stock moulds, mixers and spares. Salt wind rusts machine frames near the coast, and a windbreak or cover over the slab helps bricks cure evenly.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Eastern Cape
Two very different building worlds sit side by side in the Eastern Cape. Along the coast, Gqeberha and East London build suburbs, complexes and factories, holiday homes go up at Jeffreys Bay, Kenton-on-Sea and Port Alfred, and townships such as Motherwell, Kwazakhele and Mdantsane keep extending. Inland and in the former Transkei, around Mthatha, Butterworth, Lusikisiki and Mount Frere, rural homes and rondavels are built in cement blocks from village yards, many of them one-machine businesses. The Karoo towns of Graaff-Reinet and Cradock build farm sheds and match old brickwork. Strong wind dries fresh bricks fast, salt air stains face brick on the coast, and the high ground near Komani gets frost.
The requests we see from Eastern Cape usually come from:
- 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
- New brick-making businesses: a well funded venture with confirmed buyers, after starting smaller with one machine
Local tips for Eastern Cape
Most asked for in Eastern Cape: cement blocks for rural homes, maxi bricks in the metros, face brick on the coast. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards in Gqeberha, East London and Mthatha; small block yards in most villages. A useful tip: in windy weather, ask the yard how long the bricks were kept damp before delivery.
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: strong wind dries fresh bricks; coastal salt on face brick; frost inland.
Service area: Eastern Cape and surrounds
Across Eastern Cape our network reaches Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha, Makhanda, Jeffreys Bay, Port Alfred, Graaff-Reinet and the towns between them. Outside the bigger centres, ask whether delivery is charged per kilometre or per load.