A supplier quotes better when they know what the machine must make, how it will be powered and how many you want a day. Send one request with the details and we pass it to brick machine suppliers who deliver to East London and nearby areas of Eastern Cape.
Manual Brick Machines in East London
Looking for a manual brick machine in East London? Say whether you want a hand press or a manual egg-layer, what you will make (stock bricks, maxis, blocks, pavers or earth blocks) and whether you need delivery. Suppliers who serve East London and around Eastern Cape will quote the machine and moulds.
New to this? Read the manual brick machines guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Machines & equipment in East London: local notes
A small block yard with an electric egg-laying machine and a mixer is a common start-up in Mdantsane, selling to neighbours building rooms. Damp, salty air rusts steel, so keep the machine under cover, grease it often and touch up the paint. Beyond the metro, in villages towards Bhisho, engine driven and manual machines suit stands without power. Ask the supplier where spares and moulds are kept.
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: making bricks yourself for a backyard room, boundary wall or outside toilet
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: a cheap second machine for small rural sites where there is no power
- Brickyards and block yards: a low-cost machine for special orders or for training new staff
Local tips for East London
Common here: cement blocks for homes and walls in Mdantsane, face brick for the suburbs. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: ask how long blocks were cured, since damp weather slows curing here. Where they work from: yards and stores in Wilsonia and the West Bank, small yards in Mdantsane.
Around East London the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means making bricks yourself for a backyard room, boundary wall or outside toilet. Before you agree to anything: bricks for sale should meet SANS 1215. Getting stock here: bricks by truck from local yards; sand from pits and quarries inland.
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.