Screwfix

[Babba]

I used to be a big fan of Screwfix, but since B&Q have taken over the prices seem to have skyrocketed.

£13 for a box of 100 disposable Nitrile gloves !

Screw 'em.

[JonB]

You reputedly wear a £2500 suit to work.

Suck it up, bitch.
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[Babba]

[Hetzer]

B&Q...

I remember needing a number of brackets for a job and B&Q wanted £1.50 something for a packet of four. And they were shite quality. I then found a local hardware seller who had 50 well-made ones to a box for £4.95.



B&Q are profiteering scum. They buy cheap shit from china and sell it here at primo prices as if it were primo quality. I'm amazed they're still in business. But then I remember Eastenders is still on the box after over two decades.
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[robs321]

I prefere Toolstation, I think they have something to do with Wickes and Travis perkins group! They dont have such a large range but they hold a better stock limit and seem to be a lot cheaper that screwfux

[kestrel]

[dodgydog]

[herulach]

[cornish]

I always go to our local hardware place as it seems to be loads cheaper than B&Q for screws, fixings, nic-nacs etc. The paints, strippers, fillers, brushes, sand-paper etc are the same, cheaper but better.

I only resort to B&Q for stuff they don't have because there aren't any other DIY places in range of us.

The bloke behind the counter on the stores bit is a fountain of knowledge. Since we moved into our (built by twats then wrecked by junkies) place when i was a DIY virgin, he's my new best mate
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[Raffles]

[recman]

[mistergixer]

[G]

Yea; as far as I knew screwfix as we know it now (with the local trade counters) has always been in the same group as B&Q.

I don't expect bargain prices, but they offer a good selection and are convenient as you can check online etc.

[drzsta]

I usually get all that shit from work, it's the only good thing about working there.
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[robs321]

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[andyscooter]

i miss the old hardware shop in my local town

you could buy exactly what you wanted

from a screw (yes one ) up to a kitchen suite from the same shop

and if you wanted somthing they didnt have in stock they would order it for the next working day
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[janner_10]

[Skudd]

two pounds of oval wire head nails served in a paper bag. that was my old chandlers, but heaven help ypu if you didn't know the correct term or size in inches.

I once went in for a philips screwdriver, that started the shit rolling big time.
Although i did have some satisfaction asking for a Bull nosed rebate plane.
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[Raffles]

[andyscooter]

got a bollocking for asking for drawing pins once


i think you mean brass thumbtacks also remember someone asking for a certain brand of spirit level

bloke who owned the place looked puzzled said i have one somwere went off into the back came back ten minutes later covered in cobwebs and dust with the level in his hand

it used to sell pushbikes as well and then started fishing tackle and then guns

i got my air pistol from there
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[JonB]

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[LustyLew]