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Building Sand in Pretoria
Need building sand in Pretoria? 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 Pretoria, Gauteng can quote a delivered price per load.
The main building sand page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Pretoria notes on supplies & services
Bricklayers from Mamelodi and Atteridgeville work right across the city and quote per m² or per 1,000 bricks laid. Sand comes by tipper from pits to the north and west, so ask for plaster and building sand separately. Paving contractors are busy in Pretoria East estates and on township driveways. Fire bricks for braai and pizza ovens are asked for in Lynnwood and Garsfontein, and repairers in Pretoria West fix motors and moulds.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Pretoria
From Mamelodi in the east to Atteridgeville in the west and Soshanguve in the north, Pretoria's townships keep a large share of the city's bricklayers busy with extensions, double storeys and RDP houses being enlarged. The eastern side tells a different story: estates and complexes around Silver Lakes, Mooikloof and Pretoria East use face brick and plastered maxi brick for security villages and townhouses. Block yards cluster in Rosslyn, Pretoria West and Silverton, while many township stands run a small machine of their own. Winters are cold and dry with frost in the low parts of the city, and summer brings heavy afternoon storms, so bricks curing in the open need plastic sheeting and a slab with good fall.
Who asks for building sand around Pretoria, most often first:
- 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 Pretoria
Common here: maxi bricks and blocks for township extensions, face brick for eastern estates. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: ask whether the quote includes offloading, since many township streets are narrow. Where they work from: block yards in Rosslyn, Pretoria West and Silverton; small yards in the townships.
Building Sand usually suit mortar, plaster, concrete and brick making, made or supplied like this: pit, river and crusher sand by the m³. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means a tipper of building sand and a load of plaster sand for an extension. On the weather side: frosty winter mornings in low areas, heavy summer storms; cover curing bricks.
Service area: Pretoria and surrounds
Requests from Pretoria go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Centurion, Hatfield, Waterkloof, Montana, Silver Lakes, Mooikloof, Akasia and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.