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Retaining Wall Blocks in KwaZulu-Natal
Retaining wall blocks in KwaZulu-Natal: give the wall length, the height of soil to hold back, plantable or rock face blocks, and whether you want supply only or a built wall. Block yards and landscapers around KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal can quote and say whether an engineer is needed.
The main retaining wall blocks page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
KwaZulu-Natal notes on bricks & blocks
Rooms added in Umlazi, KwaMashu and Clermont are mostly hollow blocks and cement maxi bricks, while estates in Umhlanga, Ballito and Hillcrest use clay face brick and paving. On the steep stands of Westville, Kloof and Pietermaritzburg's Montrose, retaining wall blocks hold up gardens and driveways. Coastal face brick should be a dense unit laid with a sound damp-proof course to keep salt staining down.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in KwaZulu-Natal
Steep hills, coastal damp and a huge rural population make KwaZulu-Natal a province of hollow blocks and retaining walls. Across the hills of Ndwedwe, Msinga and Nongoma, homesteads are built in cement blocks from small local yards, often with the blocks made on site. Durban's townships of Umlazi, KwaMashu and Inanda keep adding rooms, while Umhlanga, Ballito and Cornubia take estate and complex work with face brick and paving. Pietermaritzburg, Newcastle and Richards Bay each have their own yards. On the coast, salt and humidity bring white efflorescence on face brick and rust on machine parts, and summer downpours wash out uncovered bricks. The Midlands and Drakensberg get winter frost.
Typical retaining wall blocks requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: terracing a sloping garden or holding back the bank beside a driveway
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: retaining walls on sloping plots before the house platform is built
- Housing developers and complexes: terraced retaining walls on hillside estates and along internal roads
Local tips for KwaZulu-Natal
Most asked for in KwaZulu-Natal: hollow blocks for rural homes, retaining blocks on slopes, face brick for estates. Where the yards and suppliers are: block yards across the townships and rural towns; bigger yards near Durban and PMB. A useful tip: on steep rural sites, ask whether the truck can reach the stand or needs a smaller load.
Requests range widely: quoted per block and per m² of wall face. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for terracing a sloping garden or holding back the bank beside a driveway. One local point to raise: yards deliver along the N2 and N3; rural loads up steep gravel roads by small truck.
Service area: KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds
We pass KwaZulu-Natal requests to suppliers based in or regularly delivering to Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Umhlanga, Ballito, Richards Bay, Newcastle, Port Shepstone. Farm and rural requests should give the nearest town and the farm name, so delivery is quoted honestly.