Cupboard Handles...

If you've been following this blog, you'll have read how a few items had somehow been missed off the order we agreed & paid for. 

So far, these included:

- 1 extractor fan

- 3 lights

- 3 light housings, for bathrooms

- 1 clever power transformer thing

Although I collected all these items from B&Q myself one evening, only the extractor fan & transformer were suitable. I'd been given lights & fixtures unsuitable for bathrooms. Make of that what you will. The installer bought an additional suitable set, which meant he could finish the job.

However, on the last day of the install it emerged that the handles we'd chosen had also ended up being missed off the order. Some companies sell complete units i.e. handles included. Not B&Q. What's more, the ones we had chosen had to be ordered, so picking up the 6 we needed, at short notice, wasn't possible.

So off I went, on a Saturday lunchtime, to pick us up some handles. On the advice of the installer I tried ScrewFix (see ScrewFix.com). This is an Argos-like store setup, where you choose your item/s from a catalogue, write the item number on a slip of paper (using a tiny, free pencil), then queue up to pay, before collecting your order from another desk... unless they're out of stock.

Unfortunately my choice was out of stock. In fact, they had no 6 matching handles that I could buy there and then..! So, back to B&Q I went.

It happened that our original bathroom designer was available due to a cancelled appointment, so he took me around the store to choose a set of handles. As mentioned above, options were limited, but we found a set of fairly standard brushed chrome bar-type handles, which fitted the bill. After a 50% discount (in recognition of the error) they were only £1 a piece.  

Sorted - taken home ready for the return of the installer.