DIY Projects with the Claybrick Association

The Clay Brick Association lists a number of DIY projects on their website.

Build your own Clay Brick Braai

This project has been kept as simple as possible and can be completed in a weekend. Each stage has been illustrated with drawings. The plan and elevation drawings show the overall dimensions of the braai, and the perspective drawing shows how it looks on completion.

Build your own Clay Brick Braai (A)

This project has been kept as simple as possible and can be completed in a weekend. Each stage has been illustrated with drawings. The plan and elevation drawings show the overall dimensions of the braai, and the perspective drawing shows how it looks on completion.

Build your own Stepped Flower Box

Study Instructions and Drawings before starting

These Stepped Flower Boxes serve as a useful means of overcoming differences in garden levels and breaking up open spaces, such as patios. The height and arrangements can be altered to preferred garden designs. However, to avoid brick cutting it is suggested that sizes are chosen to equivalent brick lengths.

Build your own Tree Seat

Study Instructions and Drawings before starting. Decide on a radius that suits your tree, but no smaller than 1200m.

Build your own Pizza Oven

Study Instructions and Drawings before starting.

Note that the bricks forming the bottom, sides, back and top of the actual oven should be refractory Clay Bricks or Clay Bricks burnt in excess of 1200°C. This project must be built on level ground and should only be tackled with previous bricklaying experience.

We hope these plans will encourage practical South Africans to undertake projects that use beautiful, long-lasting clay brick!