Clay Bricks in Pietermaritzburg

Clay Bricks in Pietermaritzburg

Clay bricks in Pietermaritzburg: say whether you want stock or face bricks, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Clay brickyards that deliver to Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal can quote per 1,000 delivered and say whether all your bricks will come from one firing.

The main clay bricks page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.

Bricks & blocks in Pietermaritzburg: local notes

Extending an older house in Scottsville, Clarendon or Wembley usually means matching red face brick, so take a sample to the yard and order the full job at once. Edendale, Imbali and Northdale mostly build in plastered cement blocks and maxi bricks. Estates in Hilton and Hayfields use face brick, with paving bricks for driveways, and retaining blocks are common on the sloped plots.

Building with brick in Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg has a long clay brick tradition, and the red face brick of the old city centre, the Victorian houses of Scottsville and the school buildings around town show it. Today most new building is in cement blocks and maxi bricks: RDP and social housing in Edendale and Imbali, extensions in Northdale and Eastwood, and estates out towards Hilton and Hayfields. The Msunduzi valley is hot in summer and can be frosty on winter mornings, and afternoon thunderstorms roll in through summer, so fresh bricks need covering against both rain and frost. Block yards and hardware stores sit around Willowton and Mkondeni, and machine sellers deliver up the N3 from Durban.

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
• Municipalities, schools and public works: clay brick schools, clinics and halls built for a long service life

Local tips for Pietermaritzburg

Yards and suppliers serving Pietermaritzburg mostly work from here: block yards and hardware stores around Willowton, Mkondeni and the city centre. The requests that come up most: cement blocks and maxi bricks for housing, face brick to match older homes. When you ask for quotes, ask whether bricks made in winter were covered against frost while curing.

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: bricks and sand by truck from local yards; machines often from Durban.

Service area: Pietermaritzburg and surrounds

Our network covers Pietermaritzburg together with Edendale, Imbali, Scottsville, Hilton, Howick, Hayfields, Northdale. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.

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