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Building Sand in Cape Town
Need building sand in Cape Town? Say which sand it is for (mortar, plaster, concrete or brick making), how many cubic metres, the delivery address and whether a tipper can get in. Sand suppliers around Cape Town, Western Cape can quote a delivered price per load.
New to this? Read the building sand guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Supplies & services in Cape Town: local notes
Bricklayers and paving contractors are spread across the metro, from boundary walls in Mitchells Plain to driveways in Durbanville and Constantia. Cape Flats sand is plentiful, but it is often fine and needs care in mortar and bricks, so ask the yard which sand suits which job. Fire bricks for braais, pizza ovens and fireplaces are easy to find, and glass blocks appear in older Atlantic seaboard flats.
Cape Town: the building, the weather and the yards
Winter rain is what Cape Town brickmakers plan around. From May to August, cold fronts can soak fresh bricks for days, while the summer south-easter dries them too fast, so yards cover rows in both seasons. Cement blocks and maxi bricks dominate, building new rooms and backyard units in Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Delft and Gugulethu, while face brick and stock bricks go into homes and complexes in the northern and southern suburbs. Block yards and stores cluster in Epping, Montague Gardens and Philippi, sand comes from the Cape Flats and pits around the city, and salt air on the Atlantic seaboard and False Bay coast causes efflorescence on face brick.
Typical building sand requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a tipper of building sand and a load of plaster sand for an extension
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: regular sand deliveries to several sites, mortar and plaster sand kept apart
- Housing developers and complexes: sand supply planned per phase for a housing project or a complex
Local tips for Cape Town
Yards and suppliers serving Cape Town mostly work from here: block yards and stores in Epping, Montague Gardens, Philippi and Parow. The requests that come up most: cement blocks and maxi bricks for backyard rooms, face brick for suburbs. When you ask for quotes, ask whether bricks were cured under cover during the winter rains.
Around Cape Town the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a tipper of building sand and a load of plaster sand for an extension. Before you agree to anything: clean sand: no clay, soil or roots. Getting stock here: bricks by flatbed with crane across the metro; Cape Flats sand by tipper.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Our network covers Cape Town together with Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.