A supplier quotes better when they know what the machine must make, how it will be powered and how many you want a day. Send one request with the details and we pass it to machine dealers and sellers who deliver to towns and cities across Eastern Cape.
Second Hand Brick Machines in Eastern Cape
Looking for a second hand brick making machine near Eastern Cape? 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 Eastern Cape and around Eastern Cape will tell you what they have and its condition.
The main second hand brick machines page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Machines & equipment in Eastern Cape: local notes
Small block yards in Mthatha, Butterworth and Lusikisiki often run a manual or engine driven egg-laying machine, as rural power can be patchy. Machine sellers and engineering workshops in Gqeberha's Struandale and East London's industrial areas stock moulds, mixers and spares. Salt wind rusts machine frames near the coast, and a windbreak or cover over the slab helps bricks cure evenly.
Eastern Cape: the building, the weather and the yards
Two very different building worlds sit side by side in the Eastern Cape. Along the coast, Gqeberha and East London build suburbs, complexes and factories, holiday homes go up at Jeffreys Bay, Kenton-on-Sea and Port Alfred, and townships such as Motherwell, Kwazakhele and Mdantsane keep extending. Inland and in the former Transkei, around Mthatha, Butterworth, Lusikisiki and Mount Frere, rural homes and rondavels are built in cement blocks from village yards, many of them one-machine businesses. The Karoo towns of Graaff-Reinet and Cradock build farm sheds and match old brickwork. Strong wind dries fresh bricks fast, salt air stains face brick on the coast, and the high ground near Komani gets frost.
Typical second hand brick machines requests in the area come from:
- 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
- New brick-making businesses: a used egg-layer as a low-cost first machine, checked before buying
Local tips for Eastern Cape
Common here: cement blocks for rural homes, maxi bricks in the metros, face brick on the coast. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: in windy weather, ask the yard how long the bricks were kept damp before delivery. Where they work from: yards in Gqeberha, East London and Mthatha; small block yards in most villages.
Around Eastern Cape the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a cheap used press for making bricks for one building project at home. Before you agree to anything: check the mould size and the motors. Getting stock here: yards deliver along the N2 and R61; rural loads on gravel roads by small truck.
Service area: Eastern Cape and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work throughout Eastern Cape, including Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha, Makhanda, Jeffreys Bay, Port Alfred, Graaff-Reinet. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether delivery is in the price and how far the truck travels.