Brick suppliers range from big clay brickworks to small cement brick yards with one egg-laying machine and a slab behind the house. Between them they stock stock bricks, face bricks, maxi bricks, blocks and pavers, and most deliver on strapped pallets by truck with a crane or by tipper. The best yard for you is usually the one closest to site that has the right brick, the right strength and a delivery date that suits your builder. Send one free, no-obligation request and brick suppliers near you quote you directly.
What brick suppliers stock
Most yards fall into one of a few kinds:
- Clay brickworks fire clay bricks in a kiln: stock bricks for plastering and face bricks for bare walls.
- Cement brick and block yards press cement bricks, maxis and hollow blocks and cure them on site.
- Paving brick suppliers make or stock pavers, kerbs and edging.
- Hardware stores and builders' merchants resell bricks from several makers, often with sand and cement on the same order.
Choosing a brick supplier near you
Start with the job. A plastered house wall takes stock or cement bricks; a bare boundary wall takes face bricks, ordered all at once so the colour matches. Then compare yards on:
- Strength. Ask for the compressive strength in MPa and whether the bricks are tested to SANS 1215 or SANS 227.
- Curing. A good cement yard does not sell bricks pressed yesterday. Ask how long they cure.
- Distance. Bricks are heavy and cheap, so transport can be a big share of the bill.
- Minimum order and whether part pallets are possible.
Delivery, offloading and common mistakes
Pallets come off a crane truck in minutes; loose bricks are tipped or offloaded by the crew, and more of them break. Make sure the truck can reach a firm, level spot close to where the bricklayers will work. Mistakes that cost money:
- Ordering in batches, so face bricks from two firings do not match.
- Not counting: use about 52 bricks a m² single skin, plus 5% for breakage.
- Leaving cement bricks uncovered in a summer storm the day they arrive.
- Forgetting building sand and cement for the mortar.
What affects the price, and what to ask
Brick prices are quoted per job, because they depend on the type, the strength, the quantity and, above all, the distance to site. Ask each yard:
- Is the price per brick, per 1,000 or per pallet, and how many are on a pallet?
- Is delivery and crane offloading included?
- Is there a charge or deposit on the pallets?
- When can you deliver, and can you split the load?
What to include in your request
- The brick or block type and size
- How many, with 5% for breakage
- The delivery address and access for a truck
- Whether you need crane offloading
- When the bricklayers start
Brick Suppliers for different clients
- Homeowners: one delivered load of bricks for an extension, a garage or a boundary wall
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: regular pallets of stock bricks and blocks delivered to several sites a month
- Housing developers and complexes: large phased orders of one brick for a complex or a housing estate
- Brickyards and block yards: a yard buying in face bricks or pavers to sell beside its own cement bricks
- New brick-making businesses: a new block yard checking what nearby suppliers charge before setting its prices
- Farms and smallholdings: bricks and blocks trucked out to a farm for stores, staff houses and kraals
- Municipalities, schools and public works: a school or clinic building ordering tested bricks with delivery notes per load
- Landscapers and paving teams: paving bricks, kerbs and garden wall bricks from one supplier for a driveway job
Frequently asked questions
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Brick Suppliers by province and city
- Johannesburg
- Pretoria
- Centurion
- Midrand
- Sandton
- Randburg
- Roodepoort
- Krugersdorp
- Randfontein
- Germiston
- Boksburg
- Benoni
- Kempton Park
- Alberton
- Vanderbijlpark
- Vereeniging
- Durban
- Pinetown
- Pietermaritzburg
- Richards Bay
- Newcastle
- Ladysmith
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
- East London
- Kariega (Uitenhage)
- Mthatha
- Cape Town
- Bellville
- Paarl
- Stellenbosch
- George
- Worcester
- eMalahleni (Witbank)
- Middelburg
- Secunda
- Mbombela (Nelspruit)
- Rustenburg
- Brits
- Klerksdorp
- Potchefstroom
- Mahikeng
- Polokwane
- Tzaneen
- Kimberley
- Upington
- Bloemfontein
- Welkom
- Sasolburg