Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for concrete blocks in Mthatha goes to a supplier serving Mthatha and nearby areas of Eastern Cape, and you see the offers side by side.
Concrete Blocks in Mthatha
Concrete blocks in Mthatha: say the width (90, 140 or 190 mm), hollow or solid, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Block yards around Mthatha, Eastern 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.
Mthatha notes on bricks & blocks
Village houses around Qunu, Mqanduli and Libode are mostly built in hollow cement blocks, often made nearby, with rondavels and square houses side by side. In Northcrest, Southernwood and Fort Gale, extensions and flats use blocks and maxi bricks, with some face brick. Ask for the strength of the units, because blocks from a rushed yard can be weak and crumble at the corners.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Mthatha
Rural villages across the former Transkei build with cement blocks, and Mthatha is where much of that material comes from. Families in villages around Qunu, Mqanduli, Libode and Tsolo put up rondavels, square houses and outbuildings, often with blocks made on the spot by a small yard nearby. In town, Northcrest, Fort Gale and Southernwood see extensions, flats and shops. Distances are long and some roads are rough gravel, so deliveries take planning and many builders buy a machine instead of trucking blocks. Summers are hot with heavy storms, and winters can be cold inland, so cover fresh blocks year round. Water is a real question at many village sites.
Who asks for concrete blocks around Mthatha, most often first:
- Homeowners: 140 mm hollow blocks for a boundary wall, garage or back room
- New brick-making businesses: a small block making business supplying builders with 140 mm hollow blocks
- Brickyards and block yards: block yards making 140 and 190 mm hollow blocks on static machines
Local tips for Mthatha
Common here: cement blocks for village houses and rondavels, machines for local yards. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: ask whether the price includes delivery to the village and offloading. Where they work from: hardware stores and block yards in town; small yards in the villages around.
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: hot summers with storms, cold winters inland; cover fresh blocks year round.
Service area: Mthatha and surrounds
Our network covers Mthatha together with Ngcobo, Libode, Qunu, Mqanduli, Tsolo, Viedgesville. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.