Wickes Building Supplies

When we moved into our flat we needed to sort a few things out, like rehanging the shower curtain rail, and so forth. As such, for a little while our weekends were taken up with the incredibly domestic activity of going to places like Wickes, looking for screws, and so forth. Unfortunately we didn’t really know our wood screws from out coach screws, plus we only wanted a few screws, not oodles of screws and, Wickes being a building suppliers rather than a DIY shop mostly sold large packs, which left us, well, screwed. Basically amateurs are better off heading to Dockerills or B&Q, and Wickes should be left for the professionals. The staff were however quite helpful when it transpired my boyfriend had locked the car keys in the car…

Wickes is more a building supplies company than your average DIY store, so the choice is a bit more more basic, but generally also more robust. They sell both to the building trade and to the public.
We’ve bought paint, tiles and plumbing supplies from here over the years, and it’s served its purpose very well — I’m especially impressed at the price and quality of their paints, but then they sell to the trade, so they should be good.
This store has car-​parking but the frequent 7 bus also stops just outside (every 6 minutes, Mon-​Sat).