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Second Hand Brick Machines in Stellenbosch
Looking for a second hand brick making machine near Stellenbosch? 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 Stellenbosch and around Western Cape will tell you what they have and its condition.
Want to know more first? Our second hand brick machines guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
Stellenbosch notes on machines & equipment
Small brick yards in Kayamandi often work on a tight plot, so a compact electric egg-laying machine or a static machine with pallets can suit better than a long slab. Farms out towards Klapmuts and Elsenburg sometimes buy a block machine for staff housing. Summer heat and dry wind crack fresh bricks, so a curing area under shade cloth with daily watering helps a lot.
Stellenbosch: the building, the weather and the yards
Old Cape Dutch buildings and new university blocks share the streets of Stellenbosch, and building here leans towards careful face brick and plaster work. Kayamandi grows fast with backyard rooms and family houses in cement blocks, while Cloetesville and Idas Valley extend homes and boundary walls. Wine estates in the valleys build cellars and staff housing, and student flats and offices go up around Technopark and the town centre. The town follows the Winelands weather: wet, cold winters that soak curing bricks and hot summers that dry them too fast. Yards in Stellenbosch, Somerset West and the Paarl area supply most jobs, and heritage approval may be needed in the old town.
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
- Housing developers and complexes: used static machines bought for a single housing phase and resold after
- Builders and bricklaying contractors: a used machine to make bricks on a remote site, sold on afterwards
Local tips for Stellenbosch
Common here: face brick for flats and estates, blocks for Kayamandi rooms and houses. Ask each supplier or contractor about this: ask whether your site in the old town needs heritage approval before you build. Where they work from: yards in Stellenbosch, Somerset West and the Paarl area; stores in town.
Around Stellenbosch 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: bricks by truck from Winelands and Helderberg yards; sand from nearby pits.
Service area: Stellenbosch and surrounds
Requests from Stellenbosch go to yards and suppliers that already deliver to Kayamandi, Idas Valley, Cloetesville, Technopark, Somerset West, Jamestown, Franschhoek and the rest of the area. Mention a narrow street, a steep site or an estate with delivery hours, because they change the price.