Phoning around Eastern Cape 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 bricklayers and building teams who work in towns and cities across Eastern Cape.
Bricklayers in Eastern Cape
Need a bricklayer in Eastern Cape? Give the wall lengths and heights, single or double skin, face brick or plaster brick, and whether you buy the materials. Say if it is a new house in Eastern Cape, so the bricklayers know whether an NHBRC registered builder is involved.
New to this? Read the bricklayers guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Supplies & services in Eastern Cape: local notes
Bricklaying teams in Gqeberha, East London and Mthatha quote per square metre or per 1,000 bricks laid, and paving contractors work driveways and complexes in both metros. Building sand comes from coastal pits and inland rivers; ask for washed sand where salt is a concern. Fire bricks are used in farm boilers and pizza ovens at coastal guest houses, and mobile repairers cover the N2 towns.
Building with brick in Eastern Cape
Two very different building worlds sit side by side in the Eastern Cape. Along the coast, Gqeberha and East London build suburbs, complexes and factories, holiday homes go up at Jeffreys Bay, Kenton-on-Sea and Port Alfred, and townships such as Motherwell, Kwazakhele and Mdantsane keep extending. Inland and in the former Transkei, around Mthatha, Butterworth, Lusikisiki and Mount Frere, rural homes and rondavels are built in cement blocks from village yards, many of them one-machine businesses. The Karoo towns of Graaff-Reinet and Cradock build farm sheds and match old brickwork. Strong wind dries fresh bricks fast, salt air stains face brick on the coast, and the high ground near Komani gets frost.
Typical bricklayers requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a bricklayer for a boundary wall, a garage or an extra room at the back
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: extra bricklaying teams taken on per m² when a site falls behind
- New brick-making businesses: a small block yard offering supply and lay with a bricklayer it trusts
Local tips for Eastern Cape
Most asked for in Eastern Cape: cement blocks for rural homes, maxi bricks in the metros, face brick on the coast. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards in Gqeberha, East London and Mthatha; small block yards in most villages. A useful tip: in windy weather, ask the yard how long the bricks were kept damp before delivery.
Requests range widely: per m², per 1,000 bricks laid or per day. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for a bricklayer for a boundary wall, a garage or an extra room at the back. One local point to raise: yards deliver along the N2 and R61; rural loads on gravel roads by small truck.
Service area: Eastern Cape and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work throughout Eastern Cape, including Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha, Makhanda, Jeffreys Bay, Port Alfred, Graaff-Reinet. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether delivery is in the price and how far the truck travels.