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 KwaZulu-Natal and we pass it to brickyards and block yards delivering in towns and cities across KwaZulu-Natal.
Bricks in KwaZulu-Natal
Bricks in KwaZulu-Natal: say the brick type (cement, clay stock or face), the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Brickyards serving KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal can quote per 1,000 delivered and say how soon a truck can come and whether it can offload with a crane.
Want to know more first? Our bricks guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
Bricks & blocks in KwaZulu-Natal: local notes
Rooms added in Umlazi, KwaMashu and Clermont are mostly hollow blocks and cement maxi bricks, while estates in Umhlanga, Ballito and Hillcrest use clay face brick and paving. On the steep stands of Westville, Kloof and Pietermaritzburg's Montrose, retaining wall blocks hold up gardens and driveways. Coastal face brick should be a dense unit laid with a sound damp-proof course to keep salt staining down.
Building with brick 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.
Who asks for bricks around KwaZulu-Natal, 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
- Housing developers and complexes: large orders of matching bricks for a whole phase of houses or a complex
Local tips for KwaZulu-Natal
Most asked for in KwaZulu-Natal: hollow blocks for rural homes, retaining blocks on slopes, face brick for estates. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards across the townships and rural towns; bigger yards near Durban and PMB. A useful tip: on steep rural sites, ask whether the truck can reach the stand or needs a smaller load.
Bricks usually suit house walls, boundary walls and extensions, made or supplied like this: cement pressed and cured, or clay fired. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means bricks for an extra room, a garage or a boundary wall round the house. On the weather side: coastal salt and damp cause efflorescence; summer downpours; Midlands frost.
Service area: KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work throughout KwaZulu-Natal, including Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Umhlanga, Ballito, Richards Bay, Newcastle, Port Shepstone. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether delivery is in the price and how far the truck travels.