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Concrete Blocks in Pretoria
Concrete blocks in Pretoria: say the width (90, 140 or 190 mm), hollow or solid, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Block yards around Pretoria, Gauteng 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.
Pretoria notes on bricks & blocks
Soshanguve, Mabopane and Hammanskraal use a lot of cement maxi bricks and 140 mm hollow blocks for extensions and rental rooms. In Waterkloof, Brooklyn and Menlo Park the work is renovation, where face brick has to match an older house, and complexes in Montana and Pretoria East order face brick by the truckload. Retaining blocks are common on the sloping stands around Moreleta Park and Faerie Glen, where gardens step down the ridges.
Building with brick in Pretoria
From Mamelodi in the east to Atteridgeville in the west and Soshanguve in the north, Pretoria's townships keep a large share of the city's bricklayers busy with extensions, double storeys and RDP houses being enlarged. The eastern side tells a different story: estates and complexes around Silver Lakes, Mooikloof and Pretoria East use face brick and plastered maxi brick for security villages and townhouses. Block yards cluster in Rosslyn, Pretoria West and Silverton, while many township stands run a small machine of their own. Winters are cold and dry with frost in the low parts of the city, and summer brings heavy afternoon storms, so bricks curing in the open need plastic sheeting and a slab with good fall.
Who asks for concrete blocks around Pretoria, 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
- Housing developers and complexes: hollow blocks for estate perimeter walls and complex boundary walls
Local tips for Pretoria
Most asked for in Pretoria: maxi bricks and blocks for township extensions, face brick for eastern estates. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards in Rosslyn, Pretoria West and Silverton; small yards in the townships. A useful tip: ask whether the quote includes offloading, since many township streets are narrow.
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 on the edges of the city; sand by tipper from pits north and west of Pretoria.
Service area: Pretoria and surrounds
Our network covers Pretoria together with Centurion, Hatfield, Waterkloof, Montana, Silver Lakes, Mooikloof, Akasia. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.