Phoning around East London for the right supplier or team at a fair price takes time. Send one request instead, with what you need and how much, and we pass it to sand and aggregate suppliers who work in East London and nearby areas of Eastern Cape.
Building Sand in East London
Need building sand in East London? 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 East London, Eastern Cape can quote a delivered price per load.
Want to know more first? Our building sand guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
What to know locally in East London
Bricklayers and builders cover the city out to Gonubie and Kidd's Beach, quoting per square metre or per 1,000 bricks laid. Paving contractors lay driveways and complex roads in Beacon Bay and Gonubie. Building sand comes by tipper from pits inland. Interlocking bricks draw interest for village houses, and repairers in Wilsonia can rebuild worn moulds and fix vibrator motors.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in East London
On the banks of the Buffalo River, East London is a port city with a big housing need around it. Mdantsane, one of the largest townships in the country, builds constantly: new rooms, boundary walls, spaza shops and family houses, mostly in cement blocks. Beacon Bay, Gonubie and Nahoon have face brick homes and newer complexes, and the industrial development zone on the West Bank draws factory and warehouse work. The coast is humid with rain spread through the year, so cement bricks cure slowly and face brick near the sea shows salt. Block yards and stores sit in Wilsonia and the West Bank, and small yards in Mdantsane and Duncan Village make blocks for neighbours.
The requests we see from East London usually 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
- Brickyards and block yards: steady tipper loads of crusher and river sand to keep the machines running
Local tips for East London
Common here: cement blocks for homes and walls in Mdantsane, face brick for the suburbs. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: ask how long blocks were cured, since damp weather slows curing here. Where they work from: yards and stores in Wilsonia and the West Bank, small yards in Mdantsane.
Requests range widely: bakkie loads to 6 m³ tipper loads. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for a tipper of building sand and a load of plaster sand for an extension. One local point to raise: bricks by truck from local yards; sand from pits and quarries inland.
Service area: East London and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in East London and surrounding areas, including Mdantsane, Bhisho, Qonce, Beacon Bay, Gonubie, Vincent, Nahoon. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.