Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for concrete blocks in Pietermaritzburg goes to a supplier serving Pietermaritzburg and nearby areas of KwaZulu-Natal, and you see the offers side by side.
Concrete Blocks in Pietermaritzburg
Concrete blocks in Pietermaritzburg: say the width (90, 140 or 190 mm), hollow or solid, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Block yards around Pietermaritzburg, 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.
Pietermaritzburg notes on bricks & blocks
Extending an older house in Scottsville, Clarendon or Wembley usually means matching red face brick, so take a sample to the yard and order the full job at once. Edendale, Imbali and Northdale mostly build in plastered cement blocks and maxi bricks. Estates in Hilton and Hayfields use face brick, with paving bricks for driveways, and retaining blocks are common on the sloped plots.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg has a long clay brick tradition, and the red face brick of the old city centre, the Victorian houses of Scottsville and the school buildings around town show it. Today most new building is in cement blocks and maxi bricks: RDP and social housing in Edendale and Imbali, extensions in Northdale and Eastwood, and estates out towards Hilton and Hayfields. The Msunduzi valley is hot in summer and can be frosty on winter mornings, and afternoon thunderstorms roll in through summer, so fresh bricks need covering against both rain and frost. Block yards and hardware stores sit around Willowton and Mkondeni, and machine sellers deliver up the N3 from Durban.
Who asks for concrete blocks around Pietermaritzburg, most often first:
- 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
- Municipalities, schools and public works: blocks for municipal depots, school boundary walls and community buildings
Local tips for Pietermaritzburg
Most asked for in Pietermaritzburg: cement blocks and maxi bricks for housing, face brick to match older homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards and hardware stores around Willowton, Mkondeni and the city centre. A useful tip: ask whether bricks made in winter were covered against frost while curing.
Around Pietermaritzburg 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 and sand by truck from local yards; machines often from Durban.
Service area: Pietermaritzburg and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Pietermaritzburg and surrounding areas, including Edendale, Imbali, Scottsville, Hilton, Howick, Hayfields, Northdale. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.