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Second Hand Brick Machines in Durban
Looking for a second hand brick making machine near Durban? Say what you want it to make, the most you want to spend, your power supply and whether you can collect. Sellers and suppliers with used stock in Durban and around KwaZulu-Natal will tell you what they have and its condition.
New to this? Read the second hand brick machines guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Durban notes on machines & equipment
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.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Durban
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.
Who asks for second hand brick machines around Durban, most often first:
- Homeowners: a cheap used press for making bricks for one building project at home
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: a used machine to make bricks on a remote site, sold on afterwards
- Housing developers and complexes: used static machines bought for a single housing phase and resold after
Local tips for Durban
Yards and suppliers serving Durban mostly work from here: block yards in Jacobs, Prospecton and Riverhorse Valley, sand yards inland. The requests that come up most: cement blocks and maxi bricks for extensions, boundary walls and complexes. When you ask for quotes, ask how long the bricks were cured and whether they were kept covered in the rain.
Requests range widely: hand presses to complete used plants. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for a cheap used press for making bricks for one building project at home. One local point to raise: tipper sand from inland pits and quarries; bricks by flatbed with crane.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Our network covers Durban together with Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea. A street address helps a seller work out the delivery before quoting.