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Cement Bricks in Free State
Cement bricks in Free State: say the number of bricks, the strength your plans ask for and the delivery address. Block yards and small brick makers around Free State, Free State can quote per 1,000 at the yard or delivered, and tell you how long the bricks have cured.
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Bricks & blocks in Free State: local notes
Homes in Mangaung's townships, Botshabelo and Thabong in Welkom are mostly built in cement maxi bricks and plastered, while Westdene, Universitas and Fichardt Park in Bloemfontein carry older red face brick that extensions should match. Bethlehem and Ficksburg still see sandstone details paired with face brick. Grain stores and sheds near Bothaville, Reitz and Viljoenskroon are built with hollow blocks on solid footings.
Free State: the building, the weather and the yards
Sandstone farmhouses in the eastern Free State and red face brick in Bloemfontein tell you the province has always built with what the ground offers. Today the busiest orders come from the townships and new housing around Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu, from Welkom and Virginia where old mine houses are extended and rented, and from Phuthaditjhaba in Qwaqwa where families build in stages. Kroonstad, Bethlehem and Sasolburg have their own yards and builders, and grain and cattle farms order blocks for sheds and staff housing. Cement brick and block yards work the edges of most towns. Hard winter frost and summer hail are real threats to bricks that have not cured.
The requests we see from Free State usually come from:
- Homeowners: cement bricks for an extension, a garage or a plastered boundary wall
- Farms and smallholdings: cement bricks made or bought locally for stores, kraals and staff houses
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: bulk cement stock bricks from a nearby yard to cut transport costs
Local tips for Free State
Most asked for in Free State: maxi bricks for township homes, farm shed blocks, face brick to match older homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards in Bloemfontein, Welkom, Bethlehem and Sasolburg; small yards near every town. A useful tip: in winter, ask the yard how it protects bricks from frost before they leave.
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: yards deliver along the N1, N3 and N5; farms often take full truck loads.
Service area: Free State and surrounds
Across Free State our network reaches Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Bethlehem, Sasolburg, Harrismith, Clarens and the towns between them. Outside the bigger centres, ask whether delivery is charged per kilometre or per load.