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Brick and Block Moulds in Johannesburg
Need a brick or block mould in Johannesburg? 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 Johannesburg and around Gauteng 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 Johannesburg
Many small brick businesses in Soweto, Orange Farm and Lenasia started with an egg-laying machine on a slab behind a house, selling to the street and to builders nearby. Single phase electric machines suit a residential stand; a three phase static machine needs a bigger yard, like the light industrial stands around Booysens and Crown Mines. Second hand machines change hands often in the city, so check the mould for wear and the vibrator motor before you pay.
Johannesburg: the building, the weather and the yards
Soweto sets the pace for brick demand in Johannesburg. Across Orlando, Diepkloof, Meadowlands and Protea Glen, families add backyard rooms, second storeys and boundary walls one pallet at a time, and small block yards on open stands make cement bricks to order for the street. Further north, older suburbs like Melville, Westdene and Kensington call for matching red face brick when a stoep is closed in or a garage is added. Along the Main Reef Road and in Booysens and City Deep, yards and hardware stores sit near the old mine dumps, close to most of the city. Highveld winters bring frost on still mornings, so fresh cement bricks need covering, and summer storms can wash out a slab of uncured bricks in minutes.
Typical brick and block moulds requests in the area come from:
- 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
- Brickyards and block yards: replacing worn moulds and adding new shapes that customers ask for
Local tips for Johannesburg
Most asked for in Johannesburg: cement maxi bricks for backyard rooms, face brick to match older suburbs. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards in Soweto, yards and hardware stores along Main Reef Road and in Booysens. A useful tip: ask the yard whether the bricks were cured a full week before they left the slab.
Around Johannesburg 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: yards spread through the city; tippers bring sand from pits south and west of town.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Requests from Johannesburg go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.