A yard can quote faster when it knows the size, the type, how many you need and where the truck must go. Say it once in a request for maxi bricks in East London and we pass it to brickyards and block yards delivering in East London and nearby areas of Eastern Cape.
Maxi Bricks in East London
Maxi bricks in East London: say the number of maxis or the wall size, solid or hollow, and the delivery address. Block yards and small brick makers around East London, Eastern Cape can quote per 1,000 delivered and say how long their bricks have been cured.
New to this? Read the maxi bricks guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Bricks & blocks in East London: local notes
Mdantsane, Duncan Village and Scenery Park build mostly in plastered hollow blocks and cement maxi bricks. In Beacon Bay, Nahoon and Vincent, face brick houses are common, so extensions need colour matched from one batch, and units near the sea should be dense to resist salt. Farms and villages towards Bhisho and Qonce use blocks for houses and outbuildings, often bought from small local yards.
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: maxi bricks for a back room, a garage or a plastered boundary wall
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: faster walling on extensions and low-cost houses with fewer bricks to lay
- Brickyards and block yards: yards adding a maxi mould to make a bigger, faster-selling cement brick
Local tips for East London
Most asked for in East London: cement blocks for homes and walls in Mdantsane, face brick for the suburbs. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards and stores in Wilsonia and the West Bank, small yards in Mdantsane. A useful tip: ask how long blocks were cured, since damp weather slows curing here.
Maxi Bricks usually suit rDP homes, extensions, garages and walls, made or supplied like this: cement, sand and water pressed and cured. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means maxi bricks for a back room, a garage or a plastered boundary wall. On the weather side: humid coast with rain through the year; cover bricks and allow longer curing.
Service area: East London and surrounds
Requests from East London go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Mdantsane, Bhisho, Qonce, Beacon Bay, Gonubie, Vincent, Nahoon and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.