Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for maxi bricks in Mthatha goes to a supplier serving Mthatha and nearby areas of Eastern Cape, and you see the offers side by side.
Maxi Bricks in Mthatha
Maxi bricks in Mthatha: say the number of maxis or the wall size, solid or hollow, and the delivery address. Block yards and small brick makers around Mthatha, Eastern Cape can quote per 1,000 delivered and say how long their bricks have been cured.
Want to know more first? Our maxi bricks guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
Bricks & blocks in Mthatha: local notes
Village houses around Qunu, Mqanduli and Libode are mostly built in hollow cement blocks, often made nearby, with rondavels and square houses side by side. In Northcrest, Southernwood and Fort Gale, extensions and flats use blocks and maxi bricks, with some face brick. Ask for the strength of the units, because blocks from a rushed yard can be weak and crumble at the corners.
Building with brick in Mthatha
Rural villages across the former Transkei build with cement blocks, and Mthatha is where much of that material comes from. Families in villages around Qunu, Mqanduli, Libode and Tsolo put up rondavels, square houses and outbuildings, often with blocks made on the spot by a small yard nearby. In town, Northcrest, Fort Gale and Southernwood see extensions, flats and shops. Distances are long and some roads are rough gravel, so deliveries take planning and many builders buy a machine instead of trucking blocks. Summers are hot with heavy storms, and winters can be cold inland, so cover fresh blocks year round. Water is a real question at many village sites.
Typical maxi bricks requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: maxi bricks for a back room, a garage or a plastered boundary wall
- New brick-making businesses: a small egg-laying machine with a maxi mould supplying local builders
- Brickyards and block yards: yards adding a maxi mould to make a bigger, faster-selling cement brick
Local tips for Mthatha
Most asked for in Mthatha: cement blocks for village houses and rondavels, machines for local yards. Where the yards and suppliers are: hardware stores and block yards in town; small yards in the villages around. A useful tip: ask whether the price includes delivery to the village and offloading.
Around Mthatha the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means maxi bricks for a back room, a garage or a plastered boundary wall. Before you agree to anything: ask for the strength to SANS 1215. Getting stock here: cement and bricks by truck along the N2; machines often from East London.
Service area: Mthatha and surrounds
Our network covers Mthatha together with Ngcobo, Libode, Qunu, Mqanduli, Tsolo, Viedgesville. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.