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 Upington and we pass it to brickyards and block yards delivering in Upington and nearby areas of Northern Cape.
Bricks in Upington
Bricks in Upington: say the brick type (cement, clay stock or face), the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Brickyards serving Upington, Northern Cape 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 Upington: local notes
Vineyards around Kakamas, Keimoes and Kanoneiland build packsheds and staff houses in hollow blocks. Paballelo families build in cement maxi bricks and blocks. Upington homeowners extend houses and add boundary walls, often plastered and painted light colours against the heat. Pavers around houses need a firm base on the sandy ground.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Upington
On the Orange River at the edge of the Kalahari, Upington builds in fierce heat. Fresh cement bricks can dry out within hours on a summer slab, so local yards make early, cover with plastic and keep the rows wet. The green strip of vineyards from Kakamas to Keimoes needs packsheds, cellars and workers' housing, and Paballelo and the town suburbs add homes, rooms and boundary walls. Brickyards and block yards in town serve the river settlements, but face bricks and machines usually come from far away by long-haul truck. River sand is close at hand. Winter days are mild, though clear nights can still bring frost.
Who asks for bricks around Upington, most often first:
- Homeowners: bricks for an extra room, a garage or a boundary wall round the house
- Farms and smallholdings: bricks for staff houses, stores, kraals and walls around the farm buildings
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: regular loads of stock bricks delivered to site in step with the building programme
Local tips for Upington
Common here: blocks for packsheds and farm housing, cement bricks for Paballelo homes. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: ask the yard how many days its bricks were cured and kept wet before delivery. Where they work from: block yards and hardware suppliers in Upington serving the river towns.
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: extreme summer heat dries fresh bricks fast; make early and keep them wet.
Service area: Upington and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Upington and surrounding areas, including Keimoes, Kakamas, Paballelo, Louisvale, Groblershoop, Kanoneiland. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.