Cape Brick

Contact Information

Telephone: 021 511 2006/7
Fax: 021 510 2172
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Website: www.capebrick.com

Company Profile

Cape Brick is an innovative family owned and run Cape-based company that promotes sustainable development through the manufacture and supply of arguably the most energy efficient concrete products available. Established in 1938, Cape Brick is the longest running manufacturer of quality concrete masonry in operation in the Cape.

The company’s comprehensive product range includes the standard masonry products such as all sizes of bricks and blocks, as well as the GreenLock range of retaining wall blocks and the BOBBLOK decking blocks. Cape Brick is known for its commitment to consistent customer service excellence and provision of the highest quality products to the market. The company is the only brick manufacturer that is an extensive supplier of environmentally friendly masonry with a minimum of 70% recycled materials in the Western Cape.

Both the materials and the production techniques that Cape Brick uses make for a product that has an extremely low embodied energy (the energy required to source the raw materials, manufacture the product and transport it to the site).

The bricks are made mostly out of recycled construction and demolition rubble which means that the company is not quarrying virgin aggregates and is therefore reducing the impact of mining on the environment. The practice of using these materials also eases the pressure on landfill sites where the rubble would otherwise end up. Cape Brick’s own waste material is reprocesses and all it’s products are all fully recyclable. The bricks are cured naturally and not baked. Baking uses large amounts of fossil fuel and releases greenhouses gases. All this leads to products that have the lowest embodied energy of any conventional masonry product available to the market.

Cape Brick’s decision to use recycled materials has resulted in the company saving the equivalent amount of energy needed to run 2000 medium income homes for a month. The use of these materials has also had a beneficial impact on the product quality as it offers higher compressive strengths than quarried materials at a similar price.

Not only do Cape Brick’s products have an incredibly low embodied energy but they are thermally efficient when used in conjunction with a cavity wall construction and ensure that buildings stay warm in winter and cool in summer. This saves money on any heating or cooling systems that would otherwise have to be used.

All of Cape Brick’s products comply with the SABS 1215 code for concrete masonry and the NHBRC, and are endorsed by the Concrete Manufacturers Association. All of this at no extra cost and no compromise in quality standards, while at the same time saving transport and manufacturing energy, reducing the mining impact on the environment, reducing the pressure on landfill dumping sites and promoting sustainable development.

Contact: Jaco Gildenhuys.