A yard can quote faster when it knows the size, the type, how many you need and where the truck must go. Say it once in a request for clay bricks in Upington and we pass it to brickyards and block yards delivering in Upington and nearby areas of Northern Cape.
Clay Bricks in Upington
Clay bricks in Upington: say whether you want stock or face bricks, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Clay brickyards that deliver to Upington, Northern Cape 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 Upington: local notes
Vineyards around Kakamas, Keimoes and Kanoneiland build packsheds and staff houses in hollow blocks. Paballelo families build in cement maxi bricks and blocks. Upington homeowners extend houses and add boundary walls, often plastered and painted light colours against the heat. Pavers around houses need a firm base on the sandy ground.
Upington: the building, the weather and the yards
On the Orange River at the edge of the Kalahari, Upington builds in fierce heat. Fresh cement bricks can dry out within hours on a summer slab, so local yards make early, cover with plastic and keep the rows wet. The green strip of vineyards from Kakamas to Keimoes needs packsheds, cellars and workers' housing, and Paballelo and the town suburbs add homes, rooms and boundary walls. Brickyards and block yards in town serve the river settlements, but face bricks and machines usually come from far away by long-haul truck. River sand is close at hand. Winter days are mild, though clear nights can still bring frost.
The requests we see from Upington 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 Upington
Most asked for in Upington: blocks for packsheds and farm housing, cement bricks for Paballelo homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards and hardware suppliers in Upington serving the river towns. A useful tip: ask the yard how many days its bricks were cured and kept wet before delivery.
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: long hauls from the interior for face bricks and machines; river sand nearby.
Service area: Upington and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Upington and surrounding areas, including Keimoes, Kakamas, Paballelo, Louisvale, Groblershoop, Kanoneiland. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.