Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for concrete blocks in Potchefstroom goes to a supplier serving Potchefstroom and nearby areas of North West, and you see the offers side by side.
Concrete Blocks in Potchefstroom
Concrete blocks in Potchefstroom: say the width (90, 140 or 190 mm), hollow or solid, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Block yards around Potchefstroom, North West can quote per block collected or delivered and say how many blocks a pallet holds.
New to this? Read the concrete blocks guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
What to know locally in Potchefstroom
Student flats near the university and in Die Bult often go up in face brick so they need little maintenance, with pavers for parking. In Ikageng and Promosa, families build in cement maxi bricks and 140 mm blocks. Baillie Park homeowners add boundary walls and garages. Order all face bricks for a building at once so the colour stays even.
Potchefstroom: the building, the weather and the yards
Student housing is a big part of the brick trade in Potchefstroom. Investors build rooms, flats and communes near the university, and owners in Die Bult and Van der Hoff Park convert and extend older homes. Ikageng, Promosa and Mohadin grow with family houses and backyard rooms in cement bricks and blocks, and the farms along the Mooi River and toward Ventersdorp need sheds and stores. The old town has many clay brick buildings, and owners often want face bricks that blend in. Brickyards and block yards sit on the edges of town, and machine sellers come through from Gauteng and Klerksdorp. Winters here are cold, with frost that damages fresh bricks, and summers bring heavy storms.
Typical concrete blocks requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: 140 mm hollow blocks for a boundary wall, garage or back room
- Housing developers and complexes: hollow blocks for estate perimeter walls and complex boundary walls
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: block walls on outbuildings and houses that go up in fewer courses
Local tips for Potchefstroom
Most asked for in Potchefstroom: face brick for student flats, maxi bricks and blocks for Ikageng homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: brickyards and block yards on the edges of town and along the main routes. A useful tip: ask the yard to hold one batch of face bricks for the whole student building.
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: hard frost in winter, hot summers with afternoon storms.
Service area: Potchefstroom and surrounds
Our network covers Potchefstroom together with Ikageng, Promosa, Mohadin, Baillie Park, Van der Hoff Park, Klerksdorp, Ventersdorp. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.