Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for concrete blocks in Secunda goes to a supplier serving Secunda and nearby areas of Mpumalanga, and you see the offers side by side.
Concrete Blocks in Secunda
Concrete blocks in Secunda: say the width (90, 140 or 190 mm), hollow or solid, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Block yards around Secunda, Mpumalanga 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 Secunda
Backyard rentals in Embalenhle are usually built from cement maxi bricks or 140 mm blocks, plastered inside and out. Secunda and Trichardt homeowners extending a face brick house try to match the original, which can mean ordering from further afield. Plant contractors order hollow blocks for stores and workshops. Ask for the strength of any ash bricks before using them on load-bearing walls.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Secunda
Built around a big synthetic fuel complex, Secunda is a company town that keeps growing outward. Family suburbs in Secunda itself and Trichardt add rooms, garages and boundary walls, while Embalenhle grows with RDP houses, backyard rentals and shops built from cement maxi bricks and blocks. Contractors serving the plant need blocks for workshops and stores, and shutdown periods bring work crews who rent rooms, which keeps backyard building busy. Yards in the industrial area and in Embalenhle sell bricks off the slab, and some use ash from the area in their mix. Sand comes from pits around Bethal and Kinross. The Highveld frost and the long dry winter wind are the main risks to curing bricks here.
Who asks for concrete blocks around Secunda, 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
- Brickyards and block yards: block yards making 140 and 190 mm hollow blocks on static machines
Local tips for Secunda
Common here: maxi bricks and blocks for backyard rentals, extensions and boundary walls. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: ask the yard for a delivery date that avoids plant shutdown rush periods. Where they work from: block yards in the Secunda industrial area and small yards in Embalenhle.
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: frost and dry wind in winter; violent summer thunderstorms on open slabs.
Service area: Secunda and surrounds
Requests from Secunda go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Embalenhle, Trichardt, Evander, Kinross, Bethal, Leandra and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.