Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for face bricks in East London goes to a supplier serving East London and nearby areas of Eastern Cape, and you see the offers side by side.
Face Bricks in East London
Face bricks in East London: say the colour and texture you want, the number of bricks or the wall size, and whether it is for a house or a boundary wall. Brickyards serving East London, Eastern Cape can quote per 1,000 delivered and may have sample panels to look at.
The main face bricks page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Bricks & blocks in East London: local notes
Mdantsane, Duncan Village and Scenery Park build mostly in plastered hollow blocks and cement maxi bricks. In Beacon Bay, Nahoon and Vincent, face brick houses are common, so extensions need colour matched from one batch, and units near the sea should be dense to resist salt. Farms and villages towards Bhisho and Qonce use blocks for houses and outbuildings, often bought from small local yards.
East London: the building, the weather and the yards
On the banks of the Buffalo River, East London is a port city with a big housing need around it. Mdantsane, one of the largest townships in the country, builds constantly: new rooms, boundary walls, spaza shops and family houses, mostly in cement blocks. Beacon Bay, Gonubie and Nahoon have face brick homes and newer complexes, and the industrial development zone on the West Bank draws factory and warehouse work. The coast is humid with rain spread through the year, so cement bricks cure slowly and face brick near the sea shows salt. Block yards and stores sit in Wilsonia and the West Bank, and small yards in Mdantsane and Duncan Village make blocks for neighbours.
The requests we see from East London usually come from:
- Homeowners: a face brick house front or boundary wall that never needs painting
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: matched face bricks for a house build ordered in one batch per job
- Brickyards and block yards: clay yards grading each firing into face, semi face and stock bricks
Local tips for East London
Most asked for in East London: cement blocks for homes and walls in Mdantsane, face brick for the suburbs. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards and stores in Wilsonia and the West Bank, small yards in Mdantsane. A useful tip: ask how long blocks were cured, since damp weather slows curing here.
Face Bricks usually suit houses, boundary walls and feature walls, made or supplied like this: clay shaped, dried and fired in a kiln. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means a face brick house front or boundary wall that never needs painting. On the weather side: humid coast with rain through the year; cover bricks and allow longer curing.
Service area: East London and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in East London and surrounding areas, including Mdantsane, Bhisho, Qonce, Beacon Bay, Gonubie, Vincent, Nahoon. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.