OK its clearly off topic - french builders merchants

[jim.arnold]

A friend needs a couple of lorry loads of gravel in Northern France

So whats the french for builders merchant ?

[Attanagh]

Brico D=E9p=F4t France

Similar to B&Q (owned by Kingfisher too!)

[Andy Hall]

Kingfisher owns Castorama as well as Brico Depot.

Bricolage is the French description for DIY (roughly meaning fiddling and tinkering).

Castorama is roughly like B&Q. Brico Depot is down market and looks more like a poorly presented version of Wickes. It claims to have more of a trade focus and certainly in one that I went in recently had aggregates etc. However, they were prepackaged like Wickes and certainly not inexpensive.

A Google for keywords "materiaux" "construction" will yield a number of places that sell bulk materials.

[Terry W.]

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You shout "BUILDERS MERCHANT" in a loud, slow voice and wave your arms around a bit !

Terry W.

[Weatherlawyer]

Non! Youaye wantaye Quaryaye. Eh?

[nightjar]

Look for matériaux de construction.

Colin Bignell