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Clay Bricks in Paarl
Clay bricks in Paarl: say whether you want stock or face bricks, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Clay brickyards that deliver to Paarl, Western Cape can quote per 1,000 delivered and say whether all your bricks will come from one firing.
Want to know more first? Our clay bricks guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
Paarl notes on bricks & blocks
Wine farms around Simondium and Groot Drakenstein use face brick and clay pavers for cellars, tasting rooms and courtyards, and the colour has to match older buildings. Mbekweni and Paarl East build mostly in plastered cement blocks and maxi bricks. Lifestyle estates between Paarl and Franschhoek use face brick and paving, so order each phase from a consistent batch and keep a few spares.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Paarl
Wine farms, fruit packsheds and a growing town give Paarl a wide mix of brick work. Farms across the Drakenstein valley build cellars, sheds, staff housing and boundary walls, many in face brick that suits the Cape Winelands look. Mbekweni and the newer housing areas of Paarl East extend with cement blocks and maxi bricks, while Wellington and Klapmuts see estates and warehouses. The Boland gets cold, wet winters and very hot, dry summers, so fresh bricks need cover from rain in July and shade and water in January. Brick and block yards sit in the industrial areas of Paarl and Wellington, and clay brickyards in the wider Winelands supply face brick.
The requests we see from Paarl usually come from:
- Farms and smallholdings: clay brick farmhouses, sheds and kraal walls that handle damp well
- 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
Local tips for Paarl
Most asked for in Paarl: face brick for farms and estates, blocks and maxi bricks for homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards and stores in the Paarl and Wellington industrial areas. A useful tip: ask the yard for a sample panel so face brick colour matches existing buildings.
Around Paarl the largest group asking is farms and smallholdings, which usually means clay brick farmhouses, sheds and kraal walls that handle damp well. Before you agree to anything: burnt clay masonry units to SANS 227. Getting stock here: bricks by truck from Winelands yards and Cape Town; sand from local pits.
Service area: Paarl and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Paarl and surrounding areas, including Wellington, Mbekweni, Klapmuts, Simondium, Franschhoek, Dal Josafat, Groot Drakenstein. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.