Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for concrete blocks in Newcastle goes to a supplier serving Newcastle and nearby areas of KwaZulu-Natal, and you see the offers side by side.
Concrete Blocks in Newcastle
Concrete blocks in Newcastle: say the width (90, 140 or 190 mm), hollow or solid, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Block yards around Newcastle, 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.
Newcastle notes on bricks & blocks
Madadeni and Osizweni build mostly with cement maxi bricks and hollow blocks for new rooms, houses and walls, often plastered later. The older suburbs such as Arbor Park and Hutten Heights have many face brick houses, so match the colour from one batch. Farm buildings around Utrecht and Dannhauser use blocks and stock bricks. Ask yards for the strength of the units before you buy.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Newcastle
Coal and steel country in northern KwaZulu-Natal has a long history of brickmaking, and Newcastle sits right in it. Madadeni and Osizweni grow by the street, with new rooms, family houses and boundary walls built in cement blocks and maxi bricks, while the older town has many face brick homes. The town gets cold, frosty winters and hard summer thunderstorms, so fresh cement bricks need covering in both seasons. Block yards, hardware stores and small backyard brickmakers supply most jobs, and engineering workshops in the industrial area can repair machines. Deliveries to farms around Utrecht and Dannhauser take a little longer, so plan loads ahead and check the farm road.
The requests we see from Newcastle usually 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
- Brickyards and block yards: block yards making 140 and 190 mm hollow blocks on static machines
Local tips for Newcastle
Yards and suppliers serving Newcastle mostly work from here: yards and stores in town and the industrial area, small yards in the townships. The requests that come up most: maxi bricks and blocks for rooms and houses, clay bricks for face work. When you ask for quotes, ask whether the yard covers curing bricks on frosty nights.
Around Newcastle the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means 140 mm hollow blocks for a boundary wall, garage or back room. Before you agree to anything: concrete masonry units to SANS 1215. Getting stock here: bricks by truck from local yards; sand from rivers and pits nearby.
Service area: Newcastle and surrounds
Our network covers Newcastle together with Madadeni, Osizweni, Blaauwbosch, Utrecht, Dannhauser, Charlestown. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.