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Glass Blocks and Bricks in Pretoria
Want glass blocks in Pretoria? 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 Pretoria, Gauteng can quote the blocks, the fixing system and the labour.
The main glass blocks page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Pretoria notes on supplies & services
Bricklayers from Mamelodi and Atteridgeville work right across the city and quote per m² or per 1,000 bricks laid. Sand comes by tipper from pits to the north and west, so ask for plaster and building sand separately. Paving contractors are busy in Pretoria East estates and on township driveways. Fire bricks for braai and pizza ovens are asked for in Lynnwood and Garsfontein, and repairers in Pretoria West fix motors and moulds.
Building with brick in Pretoria
From Mamelodi in the east to Atteridgeville in the west and Soshanguve in the north, Pretoria's townships keep a large share of the city's bricklayers busy with extensions, double storeys and RDP houses being enlarged. The eastern side tells a different story: estates and complexes around Silver Lakes, Mooikloof and Pretoria East use face brick and plastered maxi brick for security villages and townhouses. Block yards cluster in Rosslyn, Pretoria West and Silverton, while many township stands run a small machine of their own. Winters are cold and dry with frost in the low parts of the city, and summer brings heavy afternoon storms, so bricks curing in the open need plastic sheeting and a slab with good fall.
Typical glass blocks requests in the area come from:
- 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
- Housing developers and complexes: matching glass block panels in stairwells across a block of units
Local tips for Pretoria
Yards and suppliers serving Pretoria mostly work from here: block yards in Rosslyn, Pretoria West and Silverton; small yards in the townships. The requests that come up most: maxi bricks and blocks for township extensions, face brick for eastern estates. When you ask for quotes, ask whether the quote includes offloading, since many township streets are narrow.
Around Pretoria the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a glass block shower wall or a panel beside the front door for light. Before you agree to anything: non load-bearing; framed by a structural wall. Getting stock here: yards on the edges of the city; sand by tipper from pits north and west of Pretoria.
Service area: Pretoria and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Pretoria and surrounding areas, including Centurion, Hatfield, Waterkloof, Montana, Silver Lakes, Mooikloof, Akasia. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.