Brickwork & Plastering Guides for Cape Town Homeowners
Plastering rates, brickwork, boundary walls and wall crack repair in Cape Town.
Brickwork & PlasteringFace Brick Repointing and Repair in Cape Town
Brick repointing means raking out the old, failed mortar between your face bricks and replacing it with fresh mortar. It is one of the cheapest repairs you can do to a face brick wall, and one of the most expensive to leave alone. Mortar is designed to be the sacrificial part of a wall. It […]
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Brickwork & PlasteringReplastering Old Walls: When You Need It and What It Costs
Replastering walls costs R90 to R160 per square metre for a full two-coat internal job in 2026. A skim over sound plaster is cheaper at R50 to R90 per square metre. External work runs R130 to R200 per square metre. The hard part is not the price. It is working out whether you actually need […]
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Brickwork & PlasteringVibracrete Walls Cape Town: Prices and Options
A vibracrete wall costs R620 to R1,400 per metre installed in Cape Town in 2026. Most standard 1.8m boundary walls land near the bottom of that band. Security-height walls sit at the top. Cape Town calls it vibracrete. The rest of the country usually says precast. It is the same product: reinforced concrete panels that […]
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Brickwork & PlasteringBoundary Wall Cost in Cape Town: Brick vs Vibracrete
Boundary wall cost in Cape Town splits into two very different brackets in 2026. Precast vibracrete runs roughly R620 to R1,400 per metre installed. Built brick runs roughly R1,500 to R3,800 per metre. That is a two to three times difference for something that does the same basic job. This guide explains what the extra […]
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Brickwork & PlasteringPlaster Sand 40kg Bag Price: Worth It or Buy Bulk?
The plaster sand 40kg price at South African retailers in 2026 runs from about R40 to R90 a bag. Cheaper suppliers sit near R40, and the larger national chains list closer to R90. Bags look convenient. For small jobs they genuinely are. The problem is that the maths turns against them faster than most people […]
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Brickwork & Plastering3 and 6 Cubic Metre Plaster Sand Prices Explained
The 3 meter plaster sand price in South Africa sits somewhere between R1,550 and R2,750 in 2026, and a 6 cube load between about R1,650 and R2,750. Those bands overlap, and that overlap is the whole point of this article. Bulk sand is not priced per cube. It is priced per truck. Once you understand […]
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Brickwork & Plastering1 Meter of Plaster Sand Price and How Far It Goes
The 1 meter plaster sand price in Cape Town lands around R500 to R750 delivered in 2026, or nearer R430 to R560 if you collect it from a yard. A metre here means a cubic metre — one cube. The more useful question is not what it costs. It is how much wall one cube […]
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