http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

It would seem my local DIY shop(large shop but not a shed) is cheaper than
screwfix on a considerable amount of items.
Just been there to the screwfix branch and I never even purchased one item
as I called into my local DIY yesterday to tot up some prices before
visiting SF today.

1 item was way too dear in SF an outside brasstap and backplate comes to
8.75GBP and my local DIY 4.85GBP

As local DIY blokey commented...Nah competion man.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...86507&id=20929

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608


Plasterboard Joint Tape

That's a Pack price (£70). How many tapes in a pack? Think it's 24!

--
Adrian C

Andy Burns wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...86507&id=20929

Yep! 3.79GBP in Local DIY.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Adrian C wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608


Plasterboard Joint Tape

That's a Pack price (£70). How many tapes in a pack? Think it's 24!

--
Adrian C

No chance its a mistake, I learnt summat today what prices are on the site
doesn't mean they're correct as I found out visiting the premises today.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

Yep! 3.79GBP in Local DIY.

Actually I pasted the "double width" one, but still still £4.35 for
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...87493&id=11376

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608

Bargain ! (at least, its cheaper than the plasterers around here charge)

Andy Burns wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

Yep! 3.79GBP in Local DIY.

Actually I pasted the "double width" one, but still still £4.35 for
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...87493&id=11376

They've got the sizes against the pictures wrong if you look.

The above is 96mm

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

In article , The3rd
Earl Of Derby writes
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

It would seem my local DIY shop(large shop but not a shed) is cheaper than
screwfix on a considerable amount of items.
Just been there to the screwfix branch and I never even purchased one item
as I called into my local DIY yesterday to tot up some prices before
visiting SF today.

1 item was way too dear in SF an outside brasstap and backplate comes to
8.75GBP and my local DIY 4.85GBP

As local DIY blokey commented...Nah competion man.

which one are you looking at ? outside tap 1.99, backplate 0.89 comes to
2.88?? I buy a lot of plumbing fittings from screwfix and find them
pretty cheap
--
David

David wrote:
In article , The3rd
Earl Of Derby writes
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

It would seem my local DIY shop(large shop but not a shed) is
cheaper than screwfix on a considerable amount of items.
Just been there to the screwfix branch and I never even purchased
one item as I called into my local DIY yesterday to tot up some
prices before visiting SF today.

1 item was way too dear in SF an outside brasstap and backplate
comes to
8.75GBP and my local DIY 4.85GBP

As local DIY blokey commented...Nah competion man.

which one are you looking at ? outside tap 1.99, backplate 0.89 comes
to
2.88?? I buy a lot of plumbing fittings from screwfix and find them
pretty cheap
--
David

Post the URL link.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

David wrote:
In article , The3rd
Earl Of Derby writes
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

It would seem my local DIY shop(large shop but not a shed) is
cheaper than screwfix on a considerable amount of items.
Just been there to the screwfix branch and I never even purchased
one item as I called into my local DIY yesterday to tot up some
prices before visiting SF today.

1 item was way too dear in SF an outside brasstap and backplate
comes to
8.75GBP and my local DIY 4.85GBP

As local DIY blokey commented...Nah competion man.

which one are you looking at ? outside tap 1.99, backplate 0.89 comes
to
2.88?? I buy a lot of plumbing fittings from screwfix and find them
pretty cheap
--
David

This the one your on about?
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...98073&id=16949

Notice again in the pic it says from 1.79GBP and the actual price 2.69GBP
or 2.39GBP.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

This the one your on about?
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...98073&id=16949

Notice again in the pic it says from 1.79GBP and the actual price 2.69GBP
or 2.39GBP.

Standard practice... looked through a Wickes catalog lately? The
effective unit price is commonly displayed when a bulk buy option is
offered. The key word is 'from'

What is it about Screwfix that has you rattled on a nice Sunday afternoon?

--
Adrian C

In article ,
Adrian C wrote:
What is it about Screwfix that has you rattled on a nice Sunday afternoon?

Nice? It's driech here. ;-)

--
*A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article , The3rd
Earl Of Derby writes
David wrote:
In article , The3rd
Earl Of Derby writes
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

It would seem my local DIY shop(large shop but not a shed) is
cheaper than screwfix on a considerable amount of items.
Just been there to the screwfix branch and I never even purchased
one item as I called into my local DIY yesterday to tot up some
prices before visiting SF today.

1 item was way too dear in SF an outside brasstap and backplate
comes to
8.75GBP and my local DIY 4.85GBP

As local DIY blokey commented...Nah competion man.

which one are you looking at ? outside tap 1.99, backplate 0.89 comes
to
2.88?? I buy a lot of plumbing fittings from screwfix and find them
pretty cheap
--
David

This the one your on about?
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...98073&id=16949

Notice again in the pic it says from 1.79GBP and the actual price 2.69GBP
or 2.39GBP.

One is with a check valve and one is without, I'll leave you to work out
which one is which, so buying one tap and one back plate comes to 3.48,
are you costing these things one at a time and then adding postage for
that one item? screwfix make it attractive to bulk buy and up your
quantity, did you go into town (or wherever) just to buy your one tap,
that's the equivalent and then cost that out compared to a few minutes
online. I repeat, I buy fittings from screwfix and find them pretty
cheap (I also have trade accounts at plumbers merchants)
--
David

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:


which one are you looking at ? outside tap 1.99, backplate 0.89 comes
to
2.88?? I buy a lot of plumbing fittings from screwfix and find them
pretty cheap
--
David


Post the URL link.

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...21873&id=11958
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...21938&id=17416


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Cheers,

John.

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On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:49:48 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Adrian C wrote:
What is it about Screwfix that has you rattled on a nice Sunday afternoon?

Nice? It's driech here. ;-)


You mean it wasn't broad-bosomed, bold, becalmed, benign....?

What about the vistas of Wimbledon Common....?






--

..andy

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:02:26 +0000, The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

It would seem my local DIY shop(large shop but not a shed) is cheaper than
screwfix on a considerable amount of items.
Just been there to the screwfix branch and I never even purchased one item
as I called into my local DIY yesterday to tot up some prices before
visiting SF today.

1 item was way too dear in SF an outside brasstap and backplate comes to
8.75GBP and my local DIY 4.85GBP

As local DIY blokey commented...Nah competion man.

Uh? I'm pretty up on the prices of things and generally the s/fix stuff is
fairly reasonable. Even if s/fix were a _little_ more it would still
justify it's use on grounds of time saved.

BTW the s/fix tap with wall plate elbow is 2.03+0.93

Even the Pegler tap is only a fiver.




--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html

Ed Sirett wrote:


Uh? I'm pretty up on the prices of things and generally the s/fix
stuff is fairly reasonable. Even if s/fix were a _little_ more it
would still justify it's use on grounds of time saved.

BTW the s/fix tap with wall plate elbow is 2.03+0.93

Even the Pegler tap is only a fiver.




--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ
http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html

Ah at last someone found the one I bought for 4.85GBP.

A fiver? this says different...
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...25020&id=11558
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:46:42 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

Ed Sirett wrote:


Uh? I'm pretty up on the prices of things and generally the s/fix
stuff is fairly reasonable. Even if s/fix were a _little_ more it
would still justify it's use on grounds of time saved.

BTW the s/fix tap with wall plate elbow is 2.03+0.93

Even the Pegler tap is only a fiver.




--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ
http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html

Ah at last someone found the one I bought for 4.85GBP.

A fiver? this says different...
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...25020&id=11558


I can't believe that there is a discussion about the price of a tap
being £6.99 or £4.85.


--

..andy

Andy Hall wrote:
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:46:42 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

Ed Sirett wrote:


Uh? I'm pretty up on the prices of things and generally the s/fix
stuff is fairly reasonable. Even if s/fix were a _little_ more it
would still justify it's use on grounds of time saved.

BTW the s/fix tap with wall plate elbow is 2.03+0.93

Even the Pegler tap is only a fiver.




--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ
http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html

Ah at last someone found the one I bought for 4.85GBP.

A fiver? this says different...
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...25020&id=11558


I can't believe that there is a discussion about the price of a tap
being £6.99 or £4.85.


--

.andy

lol I can't believe your being pedantic about it. ;-)

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608


The adhesive on joint tape isn't very strong, I thought that they used
nails.

Chips.

--
-----------
Chips'll make it better.
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Chips wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608


The adhesive on joint tape isn't very strong, I thought that they used
nails.

Chips.

--
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Chips'll make it better.
-----------

The adhesive doesn't have to be strong,so long as it has got enough grip to
the plasterboard till you apply the plaster over it is all that matters.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

24 pack, thats £2.91 a roll. Its £4.75 at our nearest builders
merchant.

cheers
Jacob

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
Chips wrote:

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...85702&id=68608


The adhesive on joint tape isn't very strong, I thought that they used
nails.

Chips.

--
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Chips'll make it better.
-----------


The adhesive doesn't have to be strong,so long as it has got enough grip to
the plasterboard till you apply the plaster over it is all that matters.


I was on about the Subject line - if you want to attach someone to a
cross I think nails are probably more effective than joint tape.

Never mind.

Chips.

--
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Chips'll make it better.
-----------

wrote:
24 pack, thats £2.91 a roll. Its £4.75 at our nearest builders
merchant.

cheers
Jacob

He made an assumption because it doesn't actually say how many is in a
pack?
Builders yards up'n'down the country have different price tags for their
materials.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Its says 24 pack on the page. You must have missed it.

wrote:
Its says 24 pack on the page. You must have missed it.

oops! so I did sorry,but never the less I wouldn't use 24 rolls. :-)

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
wrote:
Its says 24 pack on the page. You must have missed it.

oops! so I did sorry,but never the less I wouldn't use 24 rolls. :-)


Maybe someone from Screwfix is lurking and changed the description?
Anyone care to own up?

Richard Conway wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
wrote:
Its says 24 pack on the page. You must have missed it.

oops! so I did sorry,but never the less I wouldn't use 24 rolls. :-)


Maybe someone from Screwfix is lurking and changed the description?
Anyone care to own up?

Thats what I thought,Im sure I didn't see the "24pack" when I first looked?

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The message
from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

Its says 24 pack on the page. You must have missed it.

oops! so I did sorry,but never the less I wouldn't use 24 rolls. :-)


Maybe someone from Screwfix is lurking and changed the description?
Anyone care to own up?

Thats what I thought,Im sure I didn't see the "24pack" when I first looked?

Certainly didn't when I looked.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.