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Clay Bricks in KwaZulu-Natal
Clay bricks in KwaZulu-Natal: say whether you want stock or face bricks, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Clay brickyards that deliver to KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal 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.
KwaZulu-Natal notes on bricks & blocks
Rooms added in Umlazi, KwaMashu and Clermont are mostly hollow blocks and cement maxi bricks, while estates in Umhlanga, Ballito and Hillcrest use clay face brick and paving. On the steep stands of Westville, Kloof and Pietermaritzburg's Montrose, retaining wall blocks hold up gardens and driveways. Coastal face brick should be a dense unit laid with a sound damp-proof course to keep salt staining down.
KwaZulu-Natal: the building, the weather and the yards
Steep hills, coastal damp and a huge rural population make KwaZulu-Natal a province of hollow blocks and retaining walls. Across the hills of Ndwedwe, Msinga and Nongoma, homesteads are built in cement blocks from small local yards, often with the blocks made on site. Durban's townships of Umlazi, KwaMashu and Inanda keep adding rooms, while Umhlanga, Ballito and Cornubia take estate and complex work with face brick and paving. Pietermaritzburg, Newcastle and Richards Bay each have their own yards. On the coast, salt and humidity bring white efflorescence on face brick and rust on machine parts, and summer downpours wash out uncovered bricks. The Midlands and Drakensberg get winter frost.
The requests we see from KwaZulu-Natal usually 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
- Housing developers and complexes: large clay brick orders from one yard so a whole phase matches
Local tips for KwaZulu-Natal
Most asked for in KwaZulu-Natal: hollow blocks for rural homes, retaining blocks on slopes, face brick for estates. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards across the townships and rural towns; bigger yards near Durban and PMB. A useful tip: on steep rural sites, ask whether the truck can reach the stand or needs a smaller load.
Clay Bricks usually suit plastered and face brick walls, paving, made or supplied like this: clay shaped, dried and fired in a kiln. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means clay stock bricks for a plastered house, garage or room addition. On the weather side: coastal salt and damp cause efflorescence; summer downpours; Midlands frost.
Service area: KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds
We pass KwaZulu-Natal requests to suppliers based in or regularly delivering to Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Umhlanga, Ballito, Richards Bay, Newcastle, Port Shepstone. Farm and rural requests should give the nearest town and the farm name, so delivery is quoted honestly.