Phoning around George for the right supplier or team at a fair price takes time. Send one request instead, with what you need and how much, and we pass it to brick suppliers and contractors who work in George and nearby areas of Western Cape.
Brick Suppliers in George
Looking for brick suppliers in George? Say which bricks or blocks you need, how many, the delivery address and whether a crane truck can reach the spot. Yards and merchants that deliver around George, Western Cape can then quote a delivered price and a date.
The main brick suppliers page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in George
Bricklayers and builders cover George, Wilderness and the farms towards Blanco and the Outeniqua foothills. Paving contractors lay estate driveways and need good drainage in the wet climate. Building sand comes by tipper from local pits. Fire bricks are in demand for fireplaces in this cool, damp area, and repairers in the industrial area can fix motors and rebuild worn moulds.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in George
Garden Route rain falls through the year, and that sets George apart from the rest of the Western Cape for brickmakers. Fresh cement bricks stay damp and cure slowly, and in a wet spell they need a roof, not just a sheet. Thembalethu and Pacaltsdorp build steadily with cement blocks and maxi bricks, while Blanco, Heatherlands and the golf estates around town use face brick and paving. Holiday homes at Wilderness and Herold's Bay face sea salt and efflorescence. Block yards and hardware stores sit in George's industrial area and in town, sand comes from local pits, and deliveries run out along the N2 to Mossel Bay and Knysna.
Typical brick suppliers requests in the area come from:
- 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
Local tips for George
Most asked for in George: blocks and maxi bricks for homes, face brick and paving for estates. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards and stores in George's industrial area and town, more in Mossel Bay. A useful tip: ask whether the yard cures bricks under a roof during wet spells.
Requests range widely: part pallets to full house loads. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for one delivered load of bricks for an extension, a garage or a boundary wall. One local point to raise: bricks and sand by truck along the N2; machines often from Cape Town.
Service area: George and surrounds
Requests from George go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Wilderness, Blanco, Pacaltsdorp, Thembalethu, Herold's Bay, Mossel Bay, Knysna and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.