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Bricklayers in KwaZulu-Natal
Need a bricklayer in KwaZulu-Natal? 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 KwaZulu-Natal, so the bricklayers know whether an NHBRC registered builder is involved.
Want to know more first? Our bricklayers guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
What to know locally in KwaZulu-Natal
Bricklaying teams across Durban, Pinetown and Richards Bay quote per square metre or per 1,000 bricks laid, and paving contractors work driveways from Amanzimtoti to Salt Rock. River sand from the Mngeni and Thukela catchments, and crusher sand from local quarries, comes by tipper. Fire bricks go into sugar mill boilers and home braais, and mobile repairers travel the N2 and N3 for motors and worn moulds.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in KwaZulu-Natal
Steep hills, coastal damp and a huge rural population make KwaZulu-Natal a province of hollow blocks and retaining walls. Across the hills of Ndwedwe, Msinga and Nongoma, homesteads are built in cement blocks from small local yards, often with the blocks made on site. Durban's townships of Umlazi, KwaMashu and Inanda keep adding rooms, while Umhlanga, Ballito and Cornubia take estate and complex work with face brick and paving. Pietermaritzburg, Newcastle and Richards Bay each have their own yards. On the coast, salt and humidity bring white efflorescence on face brick and rust on machine parts, and summer downpours wash out uncovered bricks. The Midlands and Drakensberg get winter frost.
The requests we see from KwaZulu-Natal usually 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
- Housing developers and complexes: bricklaying crews quoted per unit across a phase of townhouses or RDP houses
Local tips for KwaZulu-Natal
Yards and suppliers serving KwaZulu-Natal mostly work from here: block yards across the townships and rural towns; bigger yards near Durban and PMB. The requests that come up most: hollow blocks for rural homes, retaining blocks on slopes, face brick for estates. When you ask for quotes, on steep rural sites, ask whether the truck can reach the stand or needs a smaller load.
Bricklayers usually suit house walls, boundary walls and extensions, made or supplied like this: laid to a string line with 10 mm joints. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means a bricklayer for a boundary wall, a garage or an extra room at the back. On the weather side: coastal salt and damp cause efflorescence; summer downpours; Midlands frost.
Service area: KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds
Across KwaZulu-Natal our network reaches Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Umhlanga, Ballito, Richards Bay, Newcastle, Port Shepstone and the towns between them. Outside the bigger centres, ask whether delivery is charged per kilometre or per load.