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 Western Cape. Your request goes to a supplier serving towns and cities across Western Cape.
Brick and Block Moulds in Western Cape
Need a brick or block mould in Western Cape? 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 Western Cape and around Western Cape will quote the mould and the delivery.
The main brick and block moulds page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
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.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Western Cape
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.
The requests we see from Western Cape usually 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
- Housing developers and complexes: spare moulds to keep machines running through a long housing project
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.
Requests range widely: one to many cavities per mould. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for plastic moulds for making your own pavers, stepping stones or garden edging. One local point to raise: yards deliver across the metro by crane truck; sand from pits on the Cape Flats.
Service area: Western Cape and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work throughout Western Cape, including Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, George, Knysna, Hermanus, Worcester. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether delivery is in the price and how far the truck travels.