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Face Bricks in Western Cape
Face bricks in Western Cape: 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 Western Cape, Western 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.
Western Cape notes on bricks & blocks
Backyard rooms in Khayelitsha, Gugulethu and Delft are mostly built in cement blocks, while complexes in Parklands, Durbanville and Somerset West use clay face brick or plastered blocks. Alterations in Rondebosch, Observatory and Wynberg often need older clay bricks matched in size. Retaining blocks hold slopes in Tygerberg Hills and Fish Hoek, and coastal homes in Hermanus and Kommetjie need dense face brick against salt.
Building with brick in Western Cape
Winter rain, not frost, is the main enemy of fresh bricks in the Western Cape. From May to August, curing rows in the Cape Flats and Winelands need covering, and bricklayers plan around wet weeks. The metro builds everywhere at once: backyard rooms in Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain and Delft, complexes in Parklands, Kraaifontein and Somerset West, and alterations to Victorian homes in the Southern Suburbs. Sand has long come from the Philippi area and the dunes of the Cape Flats, and clay brickyards work the shale belt north of the city. Stellenbosch, Paarl, Worcester and George add wine farms, student housing and Garden Route homes, and the south easter carries salt spray well inland.
Who asks for face bricks around Western Cape, most often first:
- 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
- Housing developers and complexes: one colour of face brick across a whole estate for a uniform look
Local tips for Western Cape
Yards and suppliers serving Western Cape mostly work from here: yards on the Cape Flats and northern edge of the metro; trades in the Winelands and George. The requests that come up most: cement blocks for backyard rooms, clay face brick for complexes and alterations. When you ask for quotes, in winter, ask how the yard covers its stock and whether bricks arrive dry.
Requests range widely: 222 x 106 x 73 mm, about 52 a square metre. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for a face brick house front or boundary wall that never needs painting. One local point to raise: yards deliver across the metro by crane truck; sand from pits on the Cape Flats.
Service area: Western Cape and surrounds
Across Western Cape our network reaches Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, George, Knysna, Hermanus, Worcester and the towns between them. Outside the bigger centres, ask whether delivery is charged per kilometre or per load.