A yard can quote faster when it knows the size, the type, how many you need and where the truck must go. Say it once in a request for concrete blocks in Upington and we pass it to brickyards and block yards delivering in Upington and nearby areas of Northern Cape.
Concrete Blocks in Upington
Concrete blocks in Upington: say the width (90, 140 or 190 mm), hollow or solid, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Block yards around Upington, Northern Cape 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.
Bricks & blocks in Upington: local notes
Vineyards around Kakamas, Keimoes and Kanoneiland build packsheds and staff houses in hollow blocks. Paballelo families build in cement maxi bricks and blocks. Upington homeowners extend houses and add boundary walls, often plastered and painted light colours against the heat. Pavers around houses need a firm base on the sandy ground.
Building with brick in Upington
On the Orange River at the edge of the Kalahari, Upington builds in fierce heat. Fresh cement bricks can dry out within hours on a summer slab, so local yards make early, cover with plastic and keep the rows wet. The green strip of vineyards from Kakamas to Keimoes needs packsheds, cellars and workers' housing, and Paballelo and the town suburbs add homes, rooms and boundary walls. Brickyards and block yards in town serve the river settlements, but face bricks and machines usually come from far away by long-haul truck. River sand is close at hand. Winter days are mild, though clear nights can still bring frost.
The requests we see from Upington usually come from:
- Homeowners: 140 mm hollow blocks for a boundary wall, garage or back room
- Farms and smallholdings: block walls for sheds, pump houses, feed stores and dairy buildings
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: block walls on outbuildings and houses that go up in fewer courses
Local tips for Upington
Most asked for in Upington: blocks for packsheds and farm housing, cement bricks for Paballelo homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards and hardware suppliers in Upington serving the river towns. A useful tip: ask the yard how many days its bricks were cured and kept wet before delivery.
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: extreme summer heat dries fresh bricks fast; make early and keep them wet.
Service area: Upington and surrounds
Requests from Upington go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Keimoes, Kakamas, Paballelo, Louisvale, Groblershoop, Kanoneiland and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.