PyroJames
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Reged: 09/08/2002
Posts: 1061
Loc: Cambridge
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I use Anglia Stainless. Don't be fooled by the name. They have done a lot of gal. stuff for me, up to a 350mm x M20 coach bolt, but I do tend to order in reasonable quantity.
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Seanick
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Reged: 13/01/2006
Posts: 205
Loc: West Sussex
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Seaware V.Good, Sod the internet, just ring 'em up !
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interpol2
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Reged: 13/02/2006
Posts: 34
Loc: me: Lichfield / boat: Maldon
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Living in the Midlands, and having built my 'old gaffer' here, I got to know most of the local narrowboat chandlers. Some do have the gizmos, but most have proper boatbuilders stuff in stock at reasonable prices.
Rather than galvanised, I used sherardized coach bolts & nuts from a local stockist who'd over-ordered for a canal marina project. They've been on for nine years now and look as though another nine would be no problem.
Anglia (highly recommended) supplied most of the other fasteners, including silicon bronze woodscrews and keel bolts.
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srp
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Reged: 10/05/2006
Posts: 1320
Loc: IoW
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Why wuold you want to buy nuts and bolts from a chandler for fxxxx sake?any hardware store will sort you out for a fraction of the price.
Very few hardware stores stock hot-dipped galvanised fixings. As one of the above posters has pointed out, they are nearly always BZP - bright zinc electro plated. About as much use on a boat as a cardboard wheelbarrow. Even most shackles sold nowadays in the chandlers are electro-plated and go rusty in a matter of weeks.
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chrishelen
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Reged: 07/01/2007
Posts: 1324
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Nonsense,you just need to know what you are looking for.
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Dayspring
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Reged: 13/12/2006
Posts: 57
Loc: Southampton, UK
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Used both Seaware and anglia stainless. Both excellent and helpful, but often anglia is cheaper. good luck
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LakeSailor
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Reged: 15/02/2005
Posts: 27121
Loc: ation : Lake District
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I often get stuff from an agricultural merchant. If you have one locally who has an engineering section, or better still a tractor dealership, you can get just about everything. They have trailer U-bolts and saddles and rows of steel cabinets with every type of bolt and nut and washer.
If you're in the South Lakes area go into C T Hayton's just off Shap Road near the Porsche garage.
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