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Clay Bricks in Eastern Cape
Clay bricks in Eastern Cape: say whether you want stock or face bricks, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Clay brickyards that deliver to Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape can quote per 1,000 delivered and say whether all your bricks will come from one firing.
New to this? Read the clay bricks guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
What to know locally in Eastern Cape
Extensions in Motherwell, Kwazakhele and Mdantsane are mostly cement maxi bricks and hollow blocks, while suburbs like Walmer, Lorraine and Beacon Bay favour clay face brick. Rondavels and homes around Mthatha, Ngcobo and Libode are built in blocks and plastered in bright colours. Holiday homes at St Francis Bay and Port Alfred need dense face brick and good damp-proofing against salt.
Eastern Cape: the building, the weather and the yards
Two very different building worlds sit side by side in the Eastern Cape. Along the coast, Gqeberha and East London build suburbs, complexes and factories, holiday homes go up at Jeffreys Bay, Kenton-on-Sea and Port Alfred, and townships such as Motherwell, Kwazakhele and Mdantsane keep extending. Inland and in the former Transkei, around Mthatha, Butterworth, Lusikisiki and Mount Frere, rural homes and rondavels are built in cement blocks from village yards, many of them one-machine businesses. The Karoo towns of Graaff-Reinet and Cradock build farm sheds and match old brickwork. Strong wind dries fresh bricks fast, salt air stains face brick on the coast, and the high ground near Komani gets frost.
Typical clay bricks requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: clay stock bricks for a plastered house, garage or room addition
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: full truck loads of clay stock bricks booked ahead for each house
- New brick-making businesses: resellers buying clay bricks by the truck load for local builders
Local tips for Eastern Cape
Common here: cement blocks for rural homes, maxi bricks in the metros, face brick on the coast. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: in windy weather, ask the yard how long the bricks were kept damp before delivery. Where they work from: yards in Gqeberha, East London and Mthatha; small block yards in most villages.
Requests range widely: 222 x 106 x 73 mm, about 52 a square metre. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for clay stock bricks for a plastered house, garage or room addition. One local point to raise: yards deliver along the N2 and R61; rural loads on gravel roads by small truck.
Service area: Eastern Cape and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work throughout Eastern Cape, including Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha, Makhanda, Jeffreys Bay, Port Alfred, Graaff-Reinet. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether delivery is in the price and how far the truck travels.