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Manual Brick Machines in Free State
Looking for a manual brick machine in Free State? 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 Free State and around Free State will quote the machine and moulds.
The main manual brick machines page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Free State
Small yards in Botshabelo, Phuthaditjhaba and Kroonstad's Maokeng often run an egg-laying machine on a home slab. Machine sellers and engineering workshops in Bloemfontein's Hamilton and Bloemdustria, and around Sasolburg, keep moulds, mixers and vibrator motors. Frost means curing under cover from May to August, so many yards add a roofed slab or plastic sheeting to keep winter production going.
Building with brick in Free State
Sandstone farmhouses in the eastern Free State and red face brick in Bloemfontein tell you the province has always built with what the ground offers. Today the busiest orders come from the townships and new housing around Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu, from Welkom and Virginia where old mine houses are extended and rented, and from Phuthaditjhaba in Qwaqwa where families build in stages. Kroonstad, Bethlehem and Sasolburg have their own yards and builders, and grain and cattle farms order blocks for sheds and staff housing. Cement brick and block yards work the edges of most towns. Hard winter frost and summer hail are real threats to bricks that have not cured.
The requests we see from Free State usually come from:
- Homeowners: making bricks yourself for a backyard room, boundary wall or outside toilet
- Farms and smallholdings: bricks for staff houses, stores and kraals without needing grid power
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: a cheap second machine for small rural sites where there is no power
Local tips for Free State
Most asked for in Free State: maxi bricks for township homes, farm shed blocks, face brick to match older homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards in Bloemfontein, Welkom, Bethlehem and Sasolburg; small yards near every town. A useful tip: in winter, ask the yard how it protects bricks from frost before they leave.
Around Free State 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: yards deliver along the N1, N3 and N5; farms often take full truck loads.
Service area: Free State and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work throughout Free State, including Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Bethlehem, Sasolburg, Harrismith, Clarens. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether delivery is in the price and how far the truck travels.