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Manual Brick Machines in Pietermaritzburg
Looking for a manual brick machine in Pietermaritzburg? 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 Pietermaritzburg and around KwaZulu-Natal 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 Pietermaritzburg
Small block yards in Edendale, Imbali and Sobantu often start with a manual or electric egg-laying machine and a mixer, selling to neighbours building rooms. Winter frost in the valley can damage bricks made late in the day, so make early and cover the slab overnight. Second hand machines come up through the farming districts and from Durban; check the mould for wear before you pay.
Pietermaritzburg: the building, the weather and the yards
Pietermaritzburg has a long clay brick tradition, and the red face brick of the old city centre, the Victorian houses of Scottsville and the school buildings around town show it. Today most new building is in cement blocks and maxi bricks: RDP and social housing in Edendale and Imbali, extensions in Northdale and Eastwood, and estates out towards Hilton and Hayfields. The Msunduzi valley is hot in summer and can be frosty on winter mornings, and afternoon thunderstorms roll in through summer, so fresh bricks need covering against both rain and frost. Block yards and hardware stores sit around Willowton and Mkondeni, and machine sellers deliver up the N3 from Durban.
The requests we see from Pietermaritzburg 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
- Municipalities, schools and public works: skills and youth projects learning brick making with simple equipment
Local tips for Pietermaritzburg
Most asked for in Pietermaritzburg: cement blocks and maxi bricks for housing, face brick to match older homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards and hardware stores around Willowton, Mkondeni and the city centre. A useful tip: ask whether bricks made in winter were covered against frost while curing.
Around Pietermaritzburg 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 and sand by truck from local yards; machines often from Durban.
Service area: Pietermaritzburg and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Pietermaritzburg and surrounding areas, including Edendale, Imbali, Scottsville, Hilton, Howick, Hayfields, Northdale. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.