Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for concrete blocks in Cape Town goes to a supplier serving Cape Town and nearby areas of Western Cape, and you see the offers side by side.
Concrete Blocks in Cape Town
Concrete blocks in Cape Town: say the width (90, 140 or 190 mm), hollow or solid, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Block yards around Cape Town, Western Cape can quote per block collected or delivered and say how many blocks a pallet holds.
Want to know more first? Our concrete blocks guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
Cape Town notes on bricks & blocks
Backyard rooms and extensions in Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Delft and Gugulethu go up mostly in cement maxi bricks and hollow blocks, then plastered. Older houses in Woodstock, Salt River and Observatory are often clay brick under plaster. Near the sea in Sea Point, Muizenberg and Strand, plan for salt and efflorescence on face brick. Developers around Century City order paving bricks by the m².
Cape Town: the building, the weather and the yards
Winter rain is what Cape Town brickmakers plan around. From May to August, cold fronts can soak fresh bricks for days, while the summer south-easter dries them too fast, so yards cover rows in both seasons. Cement blocks and maxi bricks dominate, building new rooms and backyard units in Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Delft and Gugulethu, while face brick and stock bricks go into homes and complexes in the northern and southern suburbs. Block yards and stores cluster in Epping, Montague Gardens and Philippi, sand comes from the Cape Flats and pits around the city, and salt air on the Atlantic seaboard and False Bay coast causes efflorescence on face brick.
Typical concrete blocks requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: 140 mm hollow blocks for a boundary wall, garage or back room
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: block walls on outbuildings and houses that go up in fewer courses
- Housing developers and complexes: hollow blocks for estate perimeter walls and complex boundary walls
Local tips for Cape Town
Yards and suppliers serving Cape Town mostly work from here: block yards and stores in Epping, Montague Gardens, Philippi and Parow. The requests that come up most: cement blocks and maxi bricks for backyard rooms, face brick for suburbs. When you ask for quotes, ask whether bricks were cured under cover during the winter rains.
Concrete Blocks usually suit boundary walls, outbuildings and houses, made or supplied like this: cement, sand and stone pressed and cured. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means 140 mm hollow blocks for a boundary wall, garage or back room. On the weather side: winter rain soaks fresh bricks; the summer south-easter dries them too fast.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Requests from Cape Town go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.