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Face Bricks in Mthatha
Face bricks in Mthatha: 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 Mthatha, Eastern Cape can quote per 1,000 delivered and may have sample panels to look at.
Want to know more first? Our face bricks guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
Bricks & blocks in Mthatha: local notes
Village houses around Qunu, Mqanduli and Libode are mostly built in hollow cement blocks, often made nearby, with rondavels and square houses side by side. In Northcrest, Southernwood and Fort Gale, extensions and flats use blocks and maxi bricks, with some face brick. Ask for the strength of the units, because blocks from a rushed yard can be weak and crumble at the corners.
Building with brick in Mthatha
Rural villages across the former Transkei build with cement blocks, and Mthatha is where much of that material comes from. Families in villages around Qunu, Mqanduli, Libode and Tsolo put up rondavels, square houses and outbuildings, often with blocks made on the spot by a small yard nearby. In town, Northcrest, Fort Gale and Southernwood see extensions, flats and shops. Distances are long and some roads are rough gravel, so deliveries take planning and many builders buy a machine instead of trucking blocks. Summers are hot with heavy storms, and winters can be cold inland, so cover fresh blocks year round. Water is a real question at many village sites.
The requests we see from Mthatha usually come from:
- Homeowners: a face brick house front or boundary wall that never needs painting
- New brick-making businesses: small traders buying and reselling face bricks by the pallet to local builders
- Brickyards and block yards: clay yards grading each firing into face, semi face and stock bricks
Local tips for Mthatha
Most asked for in Mthatha: cement blocks for village houses and rondavels, machines for local yards. Where the yards and suppliers are: hardware stores and block yards in town; small yards in the villages around. A useful tip: ask whether the price includes delivery to the village and offloading.
Around Mthatha the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a face brick house front or boundary wall that never needs painting. Before you agree to anything: burnt clay masonry units to SANS 227. Getting stock here: cement and bricks by truck along the N2; machines often from East London.
Service area: Mthatha and surrounds
Our network covers Mthatha together with Ngcobo, Libode, Qunu, Mqanduli, Tsolo, Viedgesville. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.