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 Free State.
Brick Making Plants in Free State
Planning a brick making plant in Free State? 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 Free State and around Free State will quote the line, setting up and training.
New to this? Read the brick making plants guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Machines & equipment in Free State: local notes
Small yards in Botshabelo, Phuthaditjhaba and Kroonstad's Maokeng often run an egg-laying machine on a home slab. Machine sellers and engineering workshops in Bloemfontein's Hamilton and Bloemdustria, and around Sasolburg, keep moulds, mixers and vibrator motors. Frost means curing under cover from May to August, so many yards add a roofed slab or plastic sheeting to keep winter production going.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Free State
Sandstone farmhouses in the eastern Free State and red face brick in Bloemfontein tell you the province has always built with what the ground offers. Today the busiest orders come from the townships and new housing around Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu, from Welkom and Virginia where old mine houses are extended and rented, and from Phuthaditjhaba in Qwaqwa where families build in stages. Kroonstad, Bethlehem and Sasolburg have their own yards and builders, and grain and cattle farms order blocks for sheds and staff housing. Cement brick and block yards work the edges of most towns. Hard winter frost and summer hail are real threats to bricks that have not cured.
Typical brick making plants requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: rarely needed for a house; plants supply the yards that homeowners buy from
- Farms and smallholdings: a plant on farm land with its own sand, supplying a growing district
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: a contractor setting up its own plant for a steady stream of large jobs
Local tips for Free State
Most asked for in Free State: maxi bricks for township homes, farm shed blocks, face brick to match older homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards in Bloemfontein, Welkom, Bethlehem and Sasolburg; small yards near every town. A useful tip: in winter, ask the yard how it protects bricks from frost before they leave.
Requests range widely: semi-automatic lines to industrial plants. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for rarely needed for a house; plants supply the yards that homeowners buy from. One local point to raise: yards deliver along the N1, N3 and N5; farms often take full truck loads.
Service area: Free State and surrounds
We pass Free State requests to suppliers based in or regularly delivering to Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Bethlehem, Sasolburg, Harrismith, Clarens. Farm and rural requests should give the nearest town and the farm name, so delivery is quoted honestly.