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Fixings & Tools

Order screws and nails for delivery in Chester-le-Street

Screws and nails are the everyday mechanical fixings on site: screws for strong, removable joints and nails for fast fixing of framing, boards and battens.

SK Trade is a builders' merchant delivering screws and nails into Chester-le-Street, priced to your postcode and confirmed in writing.

Wood screws, drywall screws and galvanised nails spilling from tubs on a workbench

Your Chester-le-Street delivery

Nearby (straight line)
Washington (4 mi), Houghton-le-Spring (5 mi), Stanley (5 mi)
Delivery
Standard mainland delivery
How it arrives
Boxed with your order
Daylight
About 7h 12m on the shortest day
Delivering to
Chester-le-Street, Durham
Postcode districts
DH3, DH2, DH4

Which screws and nails can you order in Chester-le-Street?

  • Multi-purpose wood screwsGeneral fixing in timber and sheet materials.
  • Clout and lost-head nailsFor felt, boards and finishing.
  • Round wire and galvanised nailsFor framing, carcassing and external work.
  • Decking and exterior screwsCoated or stainless for outdoor timber.
  • Drywall screwsFor fixing plasterboard to timber or metal.

Estimating your screws and nails

Fixing 10 sheets of plasterboard at about 35 screws a sheet uses 350 drywall screws, or 1 box of 1,000.

Delivering screws and nails in Chester-le-Street

Boxed fixings travel with the rest of your order. Chester-le-Street is inside our standard mainland delivery area.

  • Give us the full postcode for the drop point; deliveries around DH3 are priced to the exact address.
  • With roughly 7h 12m of daylight in Chester-le-Street around the shortest day, morning deliveries leave more working light for the job.
  • Clear a level area for pallets, ideally on boards, so materials stay out of standing water.

Things to check before you order

Structural fixings

Joist hangers, straps and structural connections need the fixings the connector maker specifies.

Inside or outside?

Use galvanised, coated or stainless fixings outdoors and with treated timber, so they do not corrode.

Your questions answered

How long should a screw be?

As a rough guide, at least two and a half times the thickness of the material being fixed.

Do you deliver screws and nails to trades and homeowners in Chester-le-Street?

Both. Trades can apply for a trade account; homeowners and self-builders can order on a delivered quote.

What screws for decking?

Coated or stainless decking screws designed for treated timber outdoors.

Do you deliver screws and nails to Chester-le-Street?

Yes. We deliver across Chester-le-Street, including DH3, DH2, DH4. Chester-le-Street is inside our standard mainland delivery area. Send your list or call 0800 088 6341 and we will price it delivered to your postcode.

Send your list, get a delivered price

Tell us what you need and where it is going. We check the quantities and come back with a delivered price before you commit.

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