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Maxi Bricks in Western Cape
Maxi bricks in Western Cape: say the number of maxis or the wall size, solid or hollow, and the delivery address. Block yards and small brick makers around Western Cape, Western Cape can quote per 1,000 delivered and say how long their bricks have been cured.
The main maxi bricks page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Bricks & blocks in Western Cape: local notes
Backyard rooms in Khayelitsha, Gugulethu and Delft are mostly built in cement blocks, while complexes in Parklands, Durbanville and Somerset West use clay face brick or plastered blocks. Alterations in Rondebosch, Observatory and Wynberg often need older clay bricks matched in size. Retaining blocks hold slopes in Tygerberg Hills and Fish Hoek, and coastal homes in Hermanus and Kommetjie need dense face brick against salt.
Western Cape: the building, the weather and the yards
Winter rain, not frost, is the main enemy of fresh bricks in the Western Cape. From May to August, curing rows in the Cape Flats and Winelands need covering, and bricklayers plan around wet weeks. The metro builds everywhere at once: backyard rooms in Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain and Delft, complexes in Parklands, Kraaifontein and Somerset West, and alterations to Victorian homes in the Southern Suburbs. Sand has long come from the Philippi area and the dunes of the Cape Flats, and clay brickyards work the shale belt north of the city. Stellenbosch, Paarl, Worcester and George add wine farms, student housing and Garden Route homes, and the south easter carries salt spray well inland.
The requests we see from Western Cape 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
- Housing developers and complexes: maxi bricks ordered in bulk for social and RDP housing phases
Local tips for Western Cape
Most asked for in Western Cape: cement blocks for backyard rooms, clay face brick for complexes and alterations. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards on the Cape Flats and northern edge of the metro; trades in the Winelands and George. A useful tip: in winter, ask how the yard covers its stock and whether bricks arrive dry.
Around Western Cape 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: yards deliver across the metro by crane truck; sand from pits on the Cape Flats.
Service area: Western Cape and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work throughout Western Cape, including Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, George, Knysna, Hermanus, Worcester. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether delivery is in the price and how far the truck travels.