Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for maxi bricks in Upington goes to a supplier serving Upington and nearby areas of Northern Cape, and you see the offers side by side.
Maxi Bricks in Upington
Maxi bricks in Upington: say the number of maxis or the wall size, solid or hollow, and the delivery address. Block yards and small brick makers around Upington, Northern 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.
Upington notes on bricks & blocks
Vineyards around Kakamas, Keimoes and Kanoneiland build packsheds and staff houses in hollow blocks. Paballelo families build in cement maxi bricks and blocks. Upington homeowners extend houses and add boundary walls, often plastered and painted light colours against the heat. Pavers around houses need a firm base on the sandy ground.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Upington
On the Orange River at the edge of the Kalahari, Upington builds in fierce heat. Fresh cement bricks can dry out within hours on a summer slab, so local yards make early, cover with plastic and keep the rows wet. The green strip of vineyards from Kakamas to Keimoes needs packsheds, cellars and workers' housing, and Paballelo and the town suburbs add homes, rooms and boundary walls. Brickyards and block yards in town serve the river settlements, but face bricks and machines usually come from far away by long-haul truck. River sand is close at hand. Winter days are mild, though clear nights can still bring frost.
The requests we see from Upington usually come from:
- Homeowners: maxi bricks for a back room, a garage or a plastered boundary wall
- Farms and smallholdings: quick maxi brick walls for stores, workshops and staff houses on the farm
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: faster walling on extensions and low-cost houses with fewer bricks to lay
Local tips for Upington
Common here: blocks for packsheds and farm housing, cement bricks for Paballelo homes. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: ask the yard how many days its bricks were cured and kept wet before delivery. Where they work from: block yards and hardware suppliers in Upington serving the river towns.
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: extreme summer heat dries fresh bricks fast; make early and keep them wet.
Service area: Upington and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Upington and surrounding areas, including Keimoes, Kakamas, Paballelo, Louisvale, Groblershoop, Kanoneiland. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.