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Second Hand Brick Machines in Pietermaritzburg
Looking for a second hand brick making machine near Pietermaritzburg? 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 Pietermaritzburg 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.
Pietermaritzburg notes on machines & equipment
Small block yards in Edendale, Imbali and Sobantu often start with a manual or electric egg-laying machine and a mixer, selling to neighbours building rooms. Winter frost in the valley can damage bricks made late in the day, so make early and cover the slab overnight. Second hand machines come up through the farming districts and from Durban; check the mould for wear before you pay.
Pietermaritzburg: the building, the weather and the yards
Pietermaritzburg has a long clay brick tradition, and the red face brick of the old city centre, the Victorian houses of Scottsville and the school buildings around town show it. Today most new building is in cement blocks and maxi bricks: RDP and social housing in Edendale and Imbali, extensions in Northdale and Eastwood, and estates out towards Hilton and Hayfields. The Msunduzi valley is hot in summer and can be frosty on winter mornings, and afternoon thunderstorms roll in through summer, so fresh bricks need covering against both rain and frost. Block yards and hardware stores sit around Willowton and Mkondeni, and machine sellers deliver up the N3 from Durban.
The requests we see from Pietermaritzburg usually 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
- Municipalities, schools and public works: used machines refurbished and put to work in community and skills training projects
Local tips for Pietermaritzburg
Yards and suppliers serving Pietermaritzburg mostly work from here: block yards and hardware stores around Willowton, Mkondeni and the city centre. The requests that come up most: cement blocks and maxi bricks for housing, face brick to match older homes. When you ask for quotes, ask whether bricks made in winter were covered against frost while curing.
Second Hand Brick Machines usually suit start-ups and yards on a tight budget, made or supplied like this: used manual, electric and static machines. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means a cheap used press for making bricks for one building project at home. On the weather side: summer storms and winter frost in the valley; cover fresh bricks for both.
Service area: Pietermaritzburg and surrounds
Requests from Pietermaritzburg go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Edendale, Imbali, Scottsville, Hilton, Howick, Hayfields, Northdale and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.