Whether it is one manual machine for a start-up yard or a line for a busy plant, our free service makes it easy to price brick and block moulds in Durban. Your request goes to a supplier serving Durban and nearby areas of KwaZulu-Natal.
Brick and Block Moulds in Durban
Need a brick or block mould in Durban? Say which machine it is for, the brick, block or paver shape and size, how many cavities and whether you want steel or plastic. Suppliers and mould makers who serve Durban and around KwaZulu-Natal will quote the mould and the delivery.
New to this? Read the brick and block moulds guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
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.
Durban: the building, the weather and the yards
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 and block moulds around Durban, most often first:
- Homeowners: plastic moulds for making your own pavers, stepping stones or garden edging
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: an extra machine mould so one machine makes bricks and blocks for a job
- Housing developers and complexes: spare moulds to keep machines running through a long housing project
Local tips for Durban
Most asked for in Durban: cement blocks and maxi bricks for extensions, boundary walls and complexes. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards in Jacobs, Prospecton and Riverhorse Valley, sand yards inland. A useful tip: ask how long the bricks were cured and whether they were kept covered in the rain.
Around Durban the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means plastic moulds for making your own pavers, stepping stones or garden edging. Before you agree to anything: check the finished size against the spec. Getting stock here: tipper sand from inland pits and quarries; bricks by flatbed with crane.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Requests from Durban go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.