Phoning around Free State for the right supplier or team at a fair price takes time. Send one request instead, with what you need and how much, and we pass it to paving contractors who work in towns and cities across Free State.
Paving Contractors in Free State
Want paving contractors in Free State? Give the area in m², whether it is a driveway, path or yard, the ground now (grass, soil, old paving or concrete) and the paver you like. Contractors around Free State, Free State can then quote supplied and laid or labour only.
Want to know more first? Our paving contractors guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
Supplies & services in Free State: local notes
Bricklaying teams in Bloemfontein, Welkom and Bethlehem quote per square metre or per 1,000 bricks laid, and paving contractors are busy on driveways and church yards across the city. Building sand comes from pits near the Modder and Vaal rivers and local quarries. Fire bricks are used in farm boilers and braai rooms, and mobile repairers from Bloemfontein cover the N1 towns for worn moulds.
Free State: the building, the weather and the yards
Sandstone farmhouses in the eastern Free State and red face brick in Bloemfontein tell you the province has always built with what the ground offers. Today the busiest orders come from the townships and new housing around Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu, from Welkom and Virginia where old mine houses are extended and rented, and from Phuthaditjhaba in Qwaqwa where families build in stages. Kroonstad, Bethlehem and Sasolburg have their own yards and builders, and grain and cattle farms order blocks for sheds and staff housing. Cement brick and block yards work the edges of most towns. Hard winter frost and summer hail are real threats to bricks that have not cured.
The requests we see from Free State usually come from:
- Homeowners: a new driveway, a path to the back door or paving around a pool
- Farms and smallholdings: paved yards at sheds, dairies and farmhouses where tractors turn
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: a paving subcontractor to finish driveways and walkways at handover
Local tips for Free State
Most asked for in Free State: maxi bricks for township homes, farm shed blocks, face brick to match older homes. Where the yards and suppliers are: yards in Bloemfontein, Welkom, Bethlehem and Sasolburg; small yards near every town. A useful tip: in winter, ask the yard how it protects bricks from frost before they leave.
Requests range widely: 20 to 30 mm bedding sand under the pavers. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for a new driveway, a path to the back door or paving around a pool. One local point to raise: yards deliver along the N1, N3 and N5; farms often take full truck loads.
Service area: Free State and surrounds
Across Free State our network reaches Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Bethlehem, Sasolburg, Harrismith, Clarens and the towns between them. Outside the bigger centres, ask whether delivery is charged per kilometre or per load.