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Manual Brick Machines in Pretoria
Looking for a manual brick machine in Pretoria? 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 Pretoria and around Gauteng will quote the machine and moulds.
The main manual brick machines page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Pretoria notes on machines & equipment
Egg-laying machines are a familiar sight on open stands in Mamelodi, Soshanguve and Winterveld, where a small team can supply the street. Three phase machines and small plants suit the industrial stands in Rosslyn, Pretoria West and Waltloo. Before you buy, check the slab: Pretoria summer storms flood a flat slab with no fall. Ask a supplier about moulds for maxi bricks and blocks on one machine, and about engine driven machines for plots in Winterveld.
Pretoria: the building, the weather and the yards
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.
The requests we see from Pretoria 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
- Housing developers and complexes: lever presses for labour-based housing projects that train local teams
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.
Manual Brick Machines usually suit start-ups, farms, villages and home builders, made or supplied like this: lever and tamper compact a damp mix. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means making bricks yourself for a backyard room, boundary wall or outside toilet. On the weather side: frosty winter mornings in low areas, heavy summer storms; cover curing bricks.
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.