Aah - that's why then....
Still miss the ability to order from them - they did have quite a range - and delivery (in the UK) was usually pretty fast....
Ah well - there are compensations, he said... ...like the lovely summery weather (looking out at the gale force winds and driving rain in West Cork right now )
One of the great and slightly surprising things about using 'bricks and mortar' suppliers out here, rather than online suppliers, is their willingness to sell you the amount of something that you need - rather than sticking to some pre-ordained 'pack isze' or multiple.
Our local place happily sold me 2ft of 3/4" copper pipe, when I needed to make a slight adjustment to the siting of the bath, and they also sold me 3ft of a particular UPVC profile. What a refreshing change.
Had to chuckle at the other place though - I wanted 20m of 2.5mm T&E cable - the dear girl carefully counted twenty metre lengths - measured on the old 'tip of my fingers to the tip of my nose' scale....and then threw in two extra 'lengths' for good luck ! Lovely !
Regards Adrian