I'm looking for a decent screw

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
20/02/2012 23:25

Can anyone tell me where you can buy UK quality posidriv/philips screws that don't go rusty overnight?

I assume the ones I bought in the uk are galvanised or something, but the screws here look all shiny when you buy them but rust like a 70s lancia.

greylag


Joined: 08/04/2009
Posts: 1110

Message Posted:
20/02/2012 23:28

You and me both Phil,



Grey.

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
20/02/2012 23:58

Try Hilti brand supplied by Tekser ltd. tel. 2282006 Nicosia

ismet

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 00:09

Thank you Elko , so you can get them here-do you think there will be stockists in the Girne area- Nicosia is a long way to go for a screw( If you will pardon the expression)

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 00:13

Ask Mikelapta,



He seems to know where to go for one !

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3534

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 00:20

Msg5, I think the OP

wants to buy not rent his

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 00:27

and while we are on the subject , where can I go to get a good matchmaker?



I have spent all winter trying to light a fire with flimsy little sticks which snap in half instead of coming alight when struck.



I did find a couple of boxes of long stout ones from the UK at a charity shop, but they wont last the cold season.

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 00:32

Msg 7

Rub two sticks together

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 00:58

msg 6. Philbailey,



Why are you always nasty ? it does you no credit and in fact, diminishes you, surely you are better than that.

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 01:04

PhilUK,

I have some that I bought with me from the Uk , I'll bring them with me tomorrow



Gary

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 01:11

You may not smoke but have you tried buying 2 or 3 cigarette lighters which are as cheap as chips and at least one if not all should last several winters.

Smity



Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 826

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 01:17

here we go again of on another subject

Hippo


Joined: 02/02/2007
Posts: 2070

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 05:35

You can buy inox (stainless steel) either at the small chandlery in Delta marina or at the chandlery in the old harbour near the mosque.



Long matches very sturdy can be bought in the South either at Home store or Carrefour.

yrret


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 761

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 06:50

GepaZ, gold coloured screws, used them for my sheds, no rust

birdman



Joined: 20/09/2010
Posts: 690

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 09:35

Brass screws do not rust and are not that expensive by the box. They are available at every builders merchants.



Gerry

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 10:13

I agree with yrret. Marshalls (and probably others) sell a gold/bronze coloured rustless posidriv screw in many sizes.

As to matches, many places sell long-nosed rechargeable gas lighters especially for fires/BBQs. I have a Ronson but it was 6 years ago and I don't remember where I got it now. The lighters cost about 10tl and can of gas about 5tl - how long the gas lasts I cannot tell you - after 6 years mine isn't empty yet.

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 11:28

Msg 13-14 thanks for that I will have a look.

Gerry msg 15-I have some brass screws, but I have always found that they have a habit of breaking if you screw too hard(oooeeer missus!)-also I have never seen posidriv-philips head brass screws?

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
22/02/2012 08:39

A pal of mine who was a joiner would always dip screws into water before fixing things like floorboards and staircases when he really didn't want them to move afterwards - he said that the surface rust that developed helped them grip the wood

Stainless steel screws and fittings also available from Sevkotoglu & Kingfisher Marine as well as the places at the harbours that Hippo mentioned - also a very good place in the South, just past Orphanides on the main road, if you happen to be going that way, it's called 'Spanias'.

Long-nosed rechargeable gas lighters from good old Mr Pound

islandgirl


Joined: 12/09/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
22/02/2012 10:18

Tektan stock all sorts of things like that and are quite helpful.