Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for bricks in Tzaneen goes to a supplier serving Tzaneen and nearby areas of Limpopo, and you see the offers side by side.
Bricks in Tzaneen
Bricks in Tzaneen: say the brick type (cement, clay stock or face), the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Brickyards serving Tzaneen, Limpopo 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 Tzaneen
Farms around Letsitele and Politsi build packhouses and staff houses in 140 mm and 190 mm blocks. Holiday homes near Haenertsburg and Magoebaskloof favour face brick to suit the forest setting. Nkowankowa and Lenyenye families build with cement maxi bricks. Hillside gardens in town use retaining blocks, and pavers need good drainage for the heavy rain.
Tzaneen: the building, the weather and the yards
Fruit farms, forestry and a warm, wet climate set Tzaneen apart. Citrus, avocado, mango and banana farms around Letsitele and the valleys need packhouses, stores and staff housing, while the town adds homes, flats and shops. Nkowankowa and Lenyenye grow with family houses in cement blocks, and village yards supply much of the work. Up in the mist belt around Haenertsburg and Magoebaskloof, holiday cottages and lodges often use face brick or stone. Humidity helps fresh bricks cure, but heavy summer rain washes out open slabs and leaves damp walls if the DPC is skipped. Steep sites call for retaining blocks, and sand comes from the rivers and pits of the district.
The requests we see from Tzaneen usually come from:
- Farms and smallholdings: bricks for staff houses, stores, kraals and walls around the farm buildings
- 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
Local tips for Tzaneen
Yards and suppliers serving Tzaneen mostly work from here: block yards and hardware suppliers in Tzaneen and small yards in Nkowankowa. The requests that come up most: blocks for packhouses and staff housing, retaining blocks on hillside plots. When you ask for quotes, ask whether a loaded truck can manage the road to a hillside or mountain site.
Around Tzaneen the largest group asking is farms and smallholdings, which usually means bricks for staff houses, stores, kraals and walls around the farm buildings. Before you agree to anything: sANS 1215 for cement, SANS 227 for clay. Getting stock here: trucks deliver from town yards to farms and villages; mountain roads limit loads.
Service area: Tzaneen and surrounds
Our network covers Tzaneen together with Nkowankowa, Lenyenye, Letsitele, Haenertsburg, Magoebaskloof, Duiwelskloof, Politsi. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.