Suppliers

General DIY supplies

• Screwfix Direct http://www.screwfix.com

Wide range of tools and materials at generally competitive prices. Internet/telephone ordering. Catalogue available. Delivered by carrier. Some trade counters: open long hours, open to public.

• Toolstation http://www.toolstation.com

Wide range of tools and materials at generally lower prices than Screwfix (sometimes by only £0.01!). Internet/telephone ordering. Catalogue available. Delivered by carrier. Some trade counters: opening hours?, open to public.

• Westfalia http://www.westfalia.net/

Curious mix of gimmicky gadgets (similar to 'Innovations' catalogue) and cheap tools & materials, some quite specialised (e.g. watch repair). Internet/telephone ordering. Catalogue available.

• LiDL http://www.lidl.co.uk/
• ALDI http://www.adli.co.uk/

Twin (almost anagrammatic) German-owned supermarket chains featuring range of special offers changing approx weekly, many of DIY interest. Buy-in-store only. Individual branches do not always carry all specials listed on website (or on in-store flyers), and popular items often sell out quickly.

DIY stores:

In general the DIY stores' online operations are pretty much separate from what may be available in their shops.

• B&Q http://www.diy.co.uk

Range of items available online. Bigger stores have trade counters supplying 'trade' goods at competitive prices. Consumer items generally much more expensive than online suppliers.

• Homebase http://www.homebase.co.uk/

Separate? range of items available online - actually delivered by Argos

• Focus http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/

• Wickes http://www.wickes.co.uk/

Some items available online. Most goods are own-brand (often obviously rebadged).

Wickes Review

Tools and machinery

• Axminster

• Ebay - the big unknown

• Machine Mart

• Poundland and similar high street cheap shops.

Often have tools at extremely low prices, many items of adequate quality to do the job, but some not.

• Power Rewind - industrial supplier, extensive range, with prices to match. Useful for specialist items you can't find anywhere else.

Plumbing & Heating

• BES http://www.bes.ltd.uk

Extensive range of plumbing, gas (NG and LPG) refrigeration & other plumbing & heating materials & tools.

• Plumbworld
• Discount Heating http://www.discountheating.com/

Generally boilers and radiators

• Discounted Heating http://www.discountedheating.co.uk/

Plumbing & Heating

• Heating Controls Online http://www.heatingcontrolsonline.co.uk/ (formerly RKM Heating Controls)

Small heating controls at generally competitive prices. (They tend only to supply items that can be sent by post in a Jiffybag.)

• CET Ltd http://www.cetltd.demon.co.uk/

Reconditioned (often better than new) PCBs, fans, timers etc for central heating boilers at prices usually vastly below manufacturer's spares. Very knowledgeable and helpful staff. Fast courier delivery. Many satisfied customers on uk.d-i-y

• Pulsar Direct http://www.pulsardirect.co.uk/

Generally competitive prices but trade only.

Electronic

• RS components http://rswww.com/

Wide range of electronic and mechanical components, tools, materials etc. Trade-oriented. Prices can be steep on some items.

• Farnell http://www.farnell.com

Wide range of electronic and mechanical components, tools, materials etc.

Trade-oriented

• CPC http://www.cpc.co.uk wide range of electronic components, consumer electronics, tools, materials etc.

Part of Farnell groups but more consumer-oriented

• Maplin http://www.maplin.co.uk

Electronic components, gadgets, kits, consumer electronics

• Rapid Electronics

Wide range, good prices, reliable

Lighting

• Light Bulbs Direct

http://www.lightbulbs-direct.com/

• Efficient Light

http://www.efficientlight.co.uk/

• Ultima

http://www.ultimastore.co.uk/

• Megaman

http://www.megamanuk.com/

• LED Online [LEDs]

http://www.ledonline.co.uk/

• OptoSource [LEDs]

http://www.optosource.com/

Timber

http://www.championtimber.com/

http://www.britishhardwoods.co.uk

http://www.britishhardwoods.co.uk/worktops

http://www.tottontimber.co.uk/

Building Materials

http://www.marshalls.co.uk very wide range of decorative concrete blocks

http://www.doorwarehouse.co.uk

http://www.todd-doors.co.uk/

http://www.hingesandbrackets.co.uk/ huge range of unusual stuff

Magnet: excellent prices on ply, plasterboard and some insulation

http://www.buildersbeams.co.uk/Products/Beams/FlitchPlates.htm

Fasteners

squarescrews.co.uk

Miscellaneous

http://www.andythornton.com/index.asp Andy Thornton Ltd architectural salvage

http://www.valepack.co.uk/ cardboard

tool-up.co.uk

http://www.salvo.co.uk

http://www.lockshop-warehouse.co.uk

http://www.londontools.co.uk/

http://www.worldofbrass.co.uk

http://www.mallardmetals.co.uk/

http://www.secondsandco.co.uk/

McMaster-Carr Online Catalog

metalsupermarkets.com

http://www.mailordermetals.co.uk

Smiths Metals

Local model shops

Local engineering / machine shops

Venables - oak

Ridgeons

Holloways of Ludlow - period switches

http://www.oldfireplaces.co.uk

http://www.rutlands.co.uk

http://www.salvo.co.uk/

Travis Perkins - sash weights

http://www.comdir.co.uk

http://www.whdirect.co.uk/

http://www.fastfixdirect.co.uk/

http://www.unifix.co.uk

http://www.tool-up.co.uk

http://www.tooled-up.co.uk

http://www.toolbank.co.uk/

http://www.silverlinetools.com/ - budget tools

http://www.screwsline.co.uk/

http://www.conistonslate.co.uk

http://www.shop4steel.com/ £150 delivery!

http://www.metal2models.btinternet.co.uk/cataloguemenu.htm

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Crazy-Parts

http://www.isaaclord.com/

South London Hardwood

"Metal Supermarkets"

http://www.thechemicalshop.com/index.asp - small and strange stock range, high prices

http://www.kno3.com similar to above

http://www.thetoolbag.com.

http://www.tiranti.co.uk/

http://www.askthetrades.co.uk

http://www.belowstairs.co.uk/

Antique Baths of Ivybridge

http://www.vintageplumbing.com/

http://www.thomas-crapper.com/

http://www.adriennechinn.co.uk/

http://www.womersleys.co.uk/

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/