Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for concrete blocks in KwaZulu-Natal goes to a supplier serving towns and cities across KwaZulu-Natal, and you see the offers side by side.
Concrete Blocks in KwaZulu-Natal
Concrete blocks in KwaZulu-Natal: say the width (90, 140 or 190 mm), hollow or solid, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Block yards around KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal 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.
What to know locally in KwaZulu-Natal
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.
Building with brick in KwaZulu-Natal
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.
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 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.
Requests range widely: 390 x 190 mm face, 90, 140 or 190 mm wide. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for 140 mm hollow blocks for a boundary wall, garage or back room. One local point to raise: yards deliver along the N2 and N3; rural loads up steep gravel roads by small truck.
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.