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Brick Making Plants in Western Cape
Planning a brick making plant in Western 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 Western Cape and around Western Cape 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.
What to know locally in Western Cape
Small yards in Philippi, Mfuleni and Atlantis run egg-laying and static machines, and some sell pavers from the same slab. Machine sellers and engineering workshops in Epping, Montague Gardens and Blackheath stock moulds, mixers and spares. Through the wet winter, a roofed curing area keeps production going, and near the coast the south easter rusts bare steel, so clean and paint machine frames.
Western Cape: the building, the weather and the yards
Winter rain, not frost, is the main enemy of fresh bricks in the Western Cape. From May to August, curing rows in the Cape Flats and Winelands need covering, and bricklayers plan around wet weeks. The metro builds everywhere at once: backyard rooms in Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain and Delft, complexes in Parklands, Kraaifontein and Somerset West, and alterations to Victorian homes in the Southern Suburbs. Sand has long come from the Philippi area and the dunes of the Cape Flats, and clay brickyards work the shale belt north of the city. Stellenbosch, Paarl, Worcester and George add wine farms, student housing and Garden Route homes, and the south easter carries salt spray well inland.
Typical brick making plants requests in the area 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
- Housing developers and complexes: an on-site or nearby plant supplying bricks and blocks for a large housing development
Local tips for Western Cape
Yards and suppliers serving Western Cape mostly work from here: yards on the Cape Flats and northern edge of the metro; trades in the Winelands and George. The requests that come up most: cement blocks for backyard rooms, clay face brick for complexes and alterations. When you ask for quotes, in winter, ask how the yard covers its stock and whether bricks arrive dry.
Around Western Cape the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means rarely needed for a house; plants supply the yards that homeowners buy from. Before you agree to anything: test units to SANS 1215 or SANS 1058. Getting stock here: yards deliver across the metro by crane truck; sand from pits on the Cape Flats.
Service area: Western Cape and surrounds
We pass Western Cape requests to suppliers based in or regularly delivering to Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, George, Knysna, Hermanus, Worcester. Farm and rural requests should give the nearest town and the farm name, so delivery is quoted honestly.