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Paving Brick Machines in Durban
Making pavers in Durban? Say which pavers you want to make (shape, 50, 60 or 80 mm, grey or coloured), whether you want a manual, electric or hydraulic machine and the power you have. Paving machine suppliers who deliver to Durban and around KwaZulu-Natal will quote the machine and moulds.
The main paving brick machines page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Durban
Small brick-making yards on open stands in Umlazi, KwaMashu and Inanda mostly run egg-laying machines on a concrete slab, electric where there is a supply and engine driven where there is not. The humid air means bricks need longer under cover before they are stacked, so plan more slab space than an inland yard would. Within a few kilometres of the sea, ask for galvanised or well painted frames, and hose salt off the machine after a shift.
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.
Typical paving brick machines requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: making pavers for your own driveway, patio or garden paths over a few weekends
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: pavers made alongside bricks to finish driveways and walkways on house jobs
- Housing developers and complexes: a pressing machine supplying pavers for estate roads, parking and walkways
Local tips for Durban
Common here: cement blocks and maxi bricks for extensions, boundary walls and complexes. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: ask how long the bricks were cured and whether they were kept covered in the rain. Where they work from: block yards in Jacobs, Prospecton and Riverhorse Valley, sand yards inland.
Requests range widely: 200 x 100 mm pavers, 50, 60 or 80 mm thick. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for making pavers for your own driveway, patio or garden paths over a few weekends. One local point to raise: tipper sand from inland pits and quarries; bricks by flatbed with crane.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Durban and surrounding areas, including Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.