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 Johannesburg and we pass it to brickyards and block yards delivering in Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Paving Bricks in Johannesburg
Paving bricks in Johannesburg: 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 Johannesburg, Gauteng can quote per m² for the pavers alone or supplied and laid.
The main paving bricks page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Bricks & blocks in Johannesburg: local notes
Backyard rooms in Soweto, Alexandra and Riverlea are mostly built in cement maxi bricks or hollow blocks, then plastered, because they go up fast. In Melville, Parkview and Emmarentia the job is usually a face brick extension that has to sit next to brick laid decades ago, so take a loose brick to the yard and order the whole lot at once. Boundary walls in Rosettenville and Turffontein often mix blocks with face brick piers.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Johannesburg
Soweto sets the pace for brick demand in Johannesburg. Across Orlando, Diepkloof, Meadowlands and Protea Glen, families add backyard rooms, second storeys and boundary walls one pallet at a time, and small block yards on open stands make cement bricks to order for the street. Further north, older suburbs like Melville, Westdene and Kensington call for matching red face brick when a stoep is closed in or a garage is added. Along the Main Reef Road and in Booysens and City Deep, yards and hardware stores sit near the old mine dumps, close to most of the city. Highveld winters bring frost on still mornings, so fresh cement bricks need covering, and summer storms can wash out a slab of uncured bricks in minutes.
Typical paving bricks requests in the area 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
- Brickyards and block yards: a block yard adding pavers to its range to sell alongside bricks
Local tips for Johannesburg
Common here: cement maxi bricks for backyard rooms, face brick to match older suburbs. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: ask the yard whether the bricks were cured a full week before they left the slab. Where they work from: block yards in Soweto, yards and hardware stores along Main Reef Road and in Booysens.
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: frost on winter mornings and hard summer storms; cover fresh bricks for the first week.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, including Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.