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Glass Blocks and Bricks in Paarl
Want glass blocks in Paarl? Give the panel width and height, whether it is inside or outside, the pattern (clear, wave or frosted) and supply only or supply and fit. Suppliers and builders around Paarl, Western Cape can quote the blocks, the fixing system and the labour.
New to this? Read the glass blocks guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
What to know locally in Paarl
Bricklayers here are used to face brick farm work and estate homes, as well as plastered blocks in town. Paving contractors lay courtyards, driveways and farm roads with clay pavers. Building and plaster sand come by tipper from pits in the area. Fire bricks are in demand for pizza ovens and braais at farm restaurants and homes, and machine repairs come from Paarl or the northern suburbs.
Paarl: the building, the weather and the yards
Wine farms, fruit packsheds and a growing town give Paarl a wide mix of brick work. Farms across the Drakenstein valley build cellars, sheds, staff housing and boundary walls, many in face brick that suits the Cape Winelands look. Mbekweni and the newer housing areas of Paarl East extend with cement blocks and maxi bricks, while Wellington and Klapmuts see estates and warehouses. The Boland gets cold, wet winters and very hot, dry summers, so fresh bricks need cover from rain in July and shade and water in January. Brick and block yards sit in the industrial areas of Paarl and Wellington, and clay brickyards in the wider Winelands supply face brick.
The requests we see from Paarl usually come from:
- Farms and smallholdings: glass blocks to light a farm store, dairy or passage without a window
- Homeowners: a glass block shower wall or a panel beside the front door for light
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: glass block panels built into bathrooms and stairwells on new houses
Local tips for Paarl
Most asked for in Paarl: face brick for farms and estates, blocks and maxi bricks for homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards and stores in the Paarl and Wellington industrial areas. A useful tip: ask the yard for a sample panel so face brick colour matches existing buildings.
Around Paarl the largest group asking is farms and smallholdings, which usually means glass blocks to light a farm store, dairy or passage without a window. Before you agree to anything: non load-bearing; framed by a structural wall. Getting stock here: bricks by truck from Winelands yards and Cape Town; sand from local pits.
Service area: Paarl and surrounds
Requests from Paarl go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Wellington, Mbekweni, Klapmuts, Simondium, Franschhoek, Dal Josafat, Groot Drakenstein and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.