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Cement Bricks in Cape Town
Cement bricks in Cape Town: say the number of bricks, the strength your plans ask for and the delivery address. Block yards and small brick makers around Cape Town, Western Cape can quote per 1,000 at the yard or delivered, and tell you how long the bricks have cured.
New to this? Read the cement bricks guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Bricks & blocks in Cape Town: local notes
Backyard rooms and extensions in Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Delft and Gugulethu go up mostly in cement maxi bricks and hollow blocks, then plastered. Older houses in Woodstock, Salt River and Observatory are often clay brick under plaster. Near the sea in Sea Point, Muizenberg and Strand, plan for salt and efflorescence on face brick. Developers around Century City order paving bricks by the m².
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Cape Town
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.
The requests we see from Cape Town usually 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 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.
Requests range widely: 222 x 106 x 73 mm stock, 290 mm maxi. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for cement bricks for an extension, a garage or a plastered boundary wall. One local point to raise: 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.