A yard can quote faster when it knows the size, the type, how many you need and where the truck must go. Say it once in a request for bricks in Eastern Cape and we pass it to brickyards and block yards delivering in towns and cities across Eastern Cape.
Bricks in Eastern Cape
Bricks in Eastern Cape: say the brick type (cement, clay stock or face), the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Brickyards serving Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape can quote per 1,000 delivered and say how soon a truck can come and whether it can offload with a crane.
The main bricks page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Eastern Cape
Extensions in Motherwell, Kwazakhele and Mdantsane are mostly cement maxi bricks and hollow blocks, while suburbs like Walmer, Lorraine and Beacon Bay favour clay face brick. Rondavels and homes around Mthatha, Ngcobo and Libode are built in blocks and plastered in bright colours. Holiday homes at St Francis Bay and Port Alfred need dense face brick and good damp-proofing against salt.
Eastern Cape: the building, the weather and the yards
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.
Who asks for bricks around Eastern Cape, most often first:
- Homeowners: bricks for an extra room, a garage or a boundary wall round the house
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: regular loads of stock bricks delivered to site in step with the building programme
- New brick-making businesses: a small yard making cement stock bricks to sell to builders in the area
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.
Around Eastern Cape the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means bricks for an extra room, a garage or a boundary wall round the house. Before you agree to anything: sANS 1215 for cement, SANS 227 for clay. Getting stock here: yards deliver along the N2 and R61; rural loads on gravel roads by small truck.
Service area: Eastern Cape and surrounds
We pass Eastern Cape requests to suppliers based in or regularly delivering to Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha, Makhanda, Jeffreys Bay, Port Alfred, Graaff-Reinet. Farm and rural requests should give the nearest town and the farm name, so delivery is quoted honestly.