Anyone know where to buy fixtures and hardware like hinges/latches of
different types. I'm thinking about small hinges/latches for small wooden
boxes etc.

The only place i've looked really is wickes. They seem to be more of a
builders merchants. Any of the other big stores more tailored to what I
want?

Or should I be looking for a little local hardware store?

Thanks

"J"  wrote in message
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> Anyone know where to buy fixtures and hardware like hinges/latches of
> different types. I'm thinking about small hinges/latches for small wooden
> boxes etc.
>
> The only place i've looked really is wickes. They seem to be more of a
> builders merchants. Any of the other big stores more tailored to what I
> want?
>
> Or should I be looking for a little local hardware store?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>


Local hardware store is much cheaper in some stuff, depends n what it is.
Brassware is expensive I have found in most major DIY outlets and cheaper
in my local handymans store,problem here is it's limited.

ben wrote:

> in my local handymans store, problem here is it's limited.


What is a "handymans store"?

Chris Bacon wrote:

> ben wrote:
>> in my local handymans store, problem here is it's limited.
>
> What is a "handymans store"?


Like the sheds but on a very small scale and is around the corner(handy).
:-)

"ben"  wrote in message 
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> Chris Bacon wrote:
>> ben wrote:
>>> in my local handymans store, problem here is it's limited.
>>
>> What is a "handymans store"?
>
> Like the sheds but on a very small scale and is around the corner(handy).
> :-)
>
>

You may need to look in Yellow pages. These places sometimes sell hinges and 
stuff
along with various types of fasteners, bolts etc.

Wickes' selection of fasteneners is not huge. B&Q, Homebase and maybe Focus 
D-I-Y
will probably do more. Also local builder's merchants may carry a selection, 
often they
sell them singly.

Andy.

"J"  wrote in message 
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> Anyone know where to buy fixtures and hardware like hinges/latches of
> different types. I'm thinking about small hinges/latches for small wooden
> boxes etc.
>
> The only place i've looked really is wickes. They seem to be more of a
> builders merchants. Any of the other big stores more tailored to what I
> want?
>
> Or should I be looking for a little local hardware store?
>


http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/

http://www.isaaclord.co.uk/

You fail to say where you are. In Oxford, for example, there is a shop on 
the Botley Road which specialises in bolts, hinges, door furniture etc.

Bob Mannix

ben wrote:

> Chris Bacon wrote:
>>ben wrote:
>>>in my local handymans store, problem here is it's limited.
>>
>>What is a "handymans store"?
> 
> Like the sheds but on a very small scale and is around the corner(handy).


Hm, "sheds". B&Q etc., I take it... how did they get that name?
I guess a "handymans store" is an ironmonger?

On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:55:58 +0100, Chris Bacon 
wrote:

| Hm, "sheds". B&Q etc., I take it... how did they get that name?

"Big Sheds" It is an architectural term for the style of building they use.
IMO quite appropriate.

-- 
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> 
"Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*.
"Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*.

In article , Dave
Fawthrop  writes

>On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:55:58 +0100, Chris Bacon 
>wrote:
>
>| Hm, "sheds". B&Q etc., I take it... how did they get that name?
>
>"Big Sheds" It is an architectural term for the style of building they use.
>IMO quite appropriate.


Often containing cattle ;-)
-- 
fred

> You fail to say where you are. In Oxford, for example, there is a shop on 
> the Botley Road which specialises in bolts, hinges, door furniture etc.
>

I'm in Milton Keynes. I'll have to have a look for a local handyman store.

"J"  writes:

>> You fail to say where you are. In Oxford, for example, there is a shop on 
>> the Botley Road which specialises in bolts, hinges, door furniture etc.
>>
>I'm in Milton Keynes. I'll have to have a look for a local handyman store.


The best one in the whole world is in St.Albans. I bought 3 pin round plugs
there, once.

(We rent some *really* old cottages. This one had round pin sockets, so I made
up some adaptors.)


-- 
       "The road to Paradise is through Intercourse."
        [email me at huge [at] huge [dot] org [dot] uk]

J wrote:

>>You fail to say where you are. In Oxford, for example, there is a shop on 
>>the Botley Road which specialises in bolts, hinges, door furniture etc.
>
> I'm in Milton Keynes. I'll have to have a look for a local handyman store.


Pollards in Fenny Stratford. Worth a look to see all those things
and wonder "What's *that*?". Worked in Bletchley a while back,
it's a good shop.