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 paving bricks in Durban and we pass it to brickyards and block yards delivering in Durban and nearby areas of KwaZulu-Natal.
Paving Bricks in Durban
Paving bricks in Durban: say the area in square metres, whether it is a driveway, path or patio, the thickness and colour you want and whether you need it laid too. Yards and paving teams around Durban, KwaZulu-Natal can quote per m² for the pavers alone or supplied and laid.
New to this? Read the paving bricks guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Bricks & blocks in Durban: local notes
Along the Berea, Glenwood and Morningside, older houses are often face brick, and matching an old colour for an extension takes some hunting, so take a sample brick to the yard. In Chatsworth, Phoenix and Umlazi most new rooms go up in cement maxi bricks or hollow blocks and get plastered. Near the beachfront and on the Bluff, ask for dense units and plan for efflorescence on any unplastered wall.
Durban: the building, the weather and the yards
Humidity is the first thing a Durban builder plans around. Cement bricks and blocks cure slowly in the damp, sticky air, and summer downpours can wash out a fresh slab of bricks in an afternoon, so yards cover their rows and keep stock on pallets longer. Most of the metro builds in cement blocks and maxi bricks: extensions in Chatsworth and Phoenix, new rooms and boundary walls in Umlazi and KwaMashu, and complexes going up around Umhlanga and Cornubia. Face brick near the beachfront and the Bluff often shows white efflorescence from the salt air, and steel on brick machines rusts quickly. Block yards sit along the industrial belts in Jacobs, Prospecton and Riverhorse Valley, and tippers bring sand in from inland.
The requests we see from Durban usually come from:
- Homeowners: a paved driveway, a path to the front door or a patio by the braai
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: pavers ordered for driveways and walkways at the end of a house build
- Housing developers and complexes: matching pavers for the roads, parking and walkways of an estate or complex
Local tips for Durban
Most asked for in Durban: cement blocks and maxi bricks for extensions, boundary walls and complexes. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards in Jacobs, Prospecton and Riverhorse Valley, sand yards inland. A useful tip: ask how long the bricks were cured and whether they were kept covered in the rain.
Paving Bricks usually suit driveways, paths, patios and parking, made or supplied like this: concrete pressed and cured, or fired clay. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means a paved driveway, a path to the front door or a patio by the braai. On the weather side: humid air slows curing; summer storms wash out fresh bricks, so cover rows.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Requests from Durban go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.