Phoning around Mthatha 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 Mthatha and nearby areas of Eastern Cape.
Bricklayers in Mthatha
Need a bricklayer in Mthatha? 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.
Want to know more first? Our bricklayers guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
Mthatha notes on supplies & services
Builders and bricklayers from Mthatha travel to village jobs and often quote per house or per day, sometimes with transport added. Sand is a challenge: river sand is common but quality varies, so ask for a clean load and test a batch before making blocks. Interlocking bricks and compressed earth blocks are worth asking about for rural homes. Machine repairs usually mean a trip into town.
Building with brick in Mthatha
Rural villages across the former Transkei build with cement blocks, and Mthatha is where much of that material comes from. Families in villages around Qunu, Mqanduli, Libode and Tsolo put up rondavels, square houses and outbuildings, often with blocks made on the spot by a small yard nearby. In town, Northcrest, Fort Gale and Southernwood see extensions, flats and shops. Distances are long and some roads are rough gravel, so deliveries take planning and many builders buy a machine instead of trucking blocks. Summers are hot with heavy storms, and winters can be cold inland, so cover fresh blocks year round. Water is a real question at many village sites.
Typical bricklayers requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a bricklayer for a boundary wall, a garage or an extra room at the back
- New brick-making businesses: a small block yard offering supply and lay with a bricklayer it trusts
- Brickyards and block yards: a yard pointing its customers to bricklayers who know how its bricks lay
Local tips for Mthatha
Yards and suppliers serving Mthatha mostly work from here: hardware stores and block yards in town; small yards in the villages around. The requests that come up most: cement blocks for village houses and rondavels, machines for local yards. When you ask for quotes, ask whether the price includes delivery to the village and offloading.
Around Mthatha the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a bricklayer for a boundary wall, a garage or an extra room at the back. Before you agree to anything: new houses need an NHBRC registered builder. Getting stock here: cement and bricks by truck along the N2; machines often from East London.
Service area: Mthatha and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Mthatha and surrounding areas, including Ngcobo, Libode, Qunu, Mqanduli, Tsolo, Viedgesville. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.