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Paving Bricks in Pietermaritzburg
Paving bricks in Pietermaritzburg: 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 Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal can quote per m² for the pavers alone or supplied and laid.
Want to know more first? Our paving bricks guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
What to know locally in Pietermaritzburg
Extending an older house in Scottsville, Clarendon or Wembley usually means matching red face brick, so take a sample to the yard and order the full job at once. Edendale, Imbali and Northdale mostly build in plastered cement blocks and maxi bricks. Estates in Hilton and Hayfields use face brick, with paving bricks for driveways, and retaining blocks are common on the sloped plots.
Building with brick in Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg has a long clay brick tradition, and the red face brick of the old city centre, the Victorian houses of Scottsville and the school buildings around town show it. Today most new building is in cement blocks and maxi bricks: RDP and social housing in Edendale and Imbali, extensions in Northdale and Eastwood, and estates out towards Hilton and Hayfields. The Msunduzi valley is hot in summer and can be frosty on winter mornings, and afternoon thunderstorms roll in through summer, so fresh bricks need covering against both rain and frost. Block yards and hardware stores sit around Willowton and Mkondeni, and machine sellers deliver up the N3 from Durban.
The requests we see from Pietermaritzburg 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
- Municipalities, schools and public works: paved walkways, taxi ranks, school grounds and clinic parking areas
Local tips for Pietermaritzburg
Most asked for in Pietermaritzburg: cement blocks and maxi bricks for housing, face brick to match older homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards and hardware stores around Willowton, Mkondeni and the city centre. A useful tip: ask whether bricks made in winter were covered against frost while curing.
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: summer storms and winter frost in the valley; cover fresh bricks for both.
Service area: Pietermaritzburg and surrounds
Our network covers Pietermaritzburg together with Edendale, Imbali, Scottsville, Hilton, Howick, Hayfields, Northdale. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.