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Clay Bricks in Free State
Clay bricks in Free State: say whether you want stock or face bricks, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Clay brickyards that deliver to Free State, Free State 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.
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.
Building with brick in Free State
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: clay stock bricks for a plastered house, garage or room addition
- Farms and smallholdings: clay brick farmhouses, sheds and kraal walls that handle damp well
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: full truck loads of clay stock bricks booked ahead for each house
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, 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 N1, N3 and N5; farms often take full truck loads.
Service area: Free State and surrounds
We pass Free State requests to suppliers based in or regularly delivering to Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Bethlehem, Sasolburg, Harrismith, Clarens. Farm and rural requests should give the nearest town and the farm name, so delivery is quoted honestly.