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Cement Bricks in Bloemfontein
Cement bricks in Bloemfontein: say the number of bricks, the strength your plans ask for and the delivery address. Block yards and small brick makers around Bloemfontein, Free State can quote per 1,000 at the yard or delivered, and tell you how long the bricks have cured.
The main cement bricks page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Bricks & blocks in Bloemfontein: local notes
Estates in Langenhoven Park and around Bainsvlei mostly build in face brick with pavers for driveways. In Mangaung and Heidedal, extensions and rental rooms go up in cement maxi bricks or blocks. Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu families build with 140 mm blocks from local yards. Older Brandwag homes have face brick that can be hard to match, so take a sample.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Bloemfontein
Frost is a winter fact of life for Bloemfontein builders, and the city has a big, steady brick trade. Suburbs such as Langenhoven Park, Brandwag and the estates around Bainsvlei add homes, townhouses and boundary walls, often in face brick. In Mangaung and Heidedal families extend with cement bricks and blocks, and Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu build homes and rooms with blocks from local yards. Brickyards, block yards and machine sellers sit in the industrial areas, and the city is a supply base for much of the Free State. Cement bricks made in winter need covering on frosty nights, and summer storms hit hard. Pit sand from around the city feeds yards and sites.
Typical cement bricks requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: cement bricks for an extension, a garage or a plastered boundary wall
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: bulk cement stock bricks from a nearby yard to cut transport costs
- Housing developers and complexes: cement bricks of a set strength for RDP and social housing phases
Local tips for Bloemfontein
Most asked for in Bloemfontein: face brick for estates, cement bricks and blocks for Mangaung and Botshabelo. Where the yards and suppliers are: brickyards, block yards and machine sellers in the city's industrial areas. A useful tip: ask how the yard covers fresh bricks on frosty nights in winter.
Cement Bricks usually suit plastered house walls, extensions and walls, made or supplied like this: cement, sand and water pressed and cured. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means cement bricks for an extension, a garage or a plastered boundary wall. On the weather side: hard winter frost on fresh bricks; violent summer thunderstorms.
Service area: Bloemfontein and surrounds
Requests from Bloemfontein go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Botshabelo, Thaba Nchu, Langenhoven Park, Brandwag, Heidedal, Mangaung, Bainsvlei and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.