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Currently in Epernay and got a bit of a leak on our motorhome shower drain and could do with some sealant. What's the French equivalent of Screwfix?! Day 1 of a month long road trip so could do with sorting it really.
Monsieur Bricolage is like B&Q if that helps.
Also try a mega size Carrefour or Giant hypermarket if you see one.
Edit: there might be a store finder on the website:
Edit 2: Epernay has a store according to the website. See below for opening times although seems to be shut on Sunday.
Mr.Bricolage Pierry - Epernay
22 Allée Maxenu
51530 Epernay Tél. +33 3 26 59 07 14
Lundi 08:30 - 12:30 / 14:00 - 19:00
Mardi 08:30 - 12:30 / 14:00 - 19:00
Mercredi 08:30 - 12:30 / 14:00 - 19:00
Jeudi 08:30 - 12:30 / 14:00 - 19:00
Vendredi 08:30 - 12:30 / 14:00 - 19:00
Samedi 08:30 - 19:00
Put your location in to find a store
another day of mopping up after a shower beckons methinks
Or, shock horror, a day without a shower 😉
Don’t be a douche bag.
Looks as though Castorama is open Sundays so just see whether you're passing one of these places:
https://www.castorama.fr/magasin
Also got it wrong, Castorama is owned by Kingfisher, who own B&Q. Mr. B is the rival, I guess like Wickes or Homebase.
I don't recall seeing any big B&Q type places anywhere near Briancon (which is lovely by the way). Might be a little local hardware store somewhere but they're even less likely to be open on a Sunday, best to pop into Lyon or Grenoble on the way by.
Can't you just use brie ? it's of similar smell and texture.
Briancon hasnt much but you'll manage
Some massive supermarket are open on the sunday morning, there's always a small part with minimum fixing stuff in it, often on the entrance side
Otherwise if you want to find a hardwear store near you just type "magasin bricolage" on google maps, but don't expect much of them to be open on sunday.
I do love closed store on sunday, a day to focus on something else, but when you have a real big problem to fix and not what's needed it can be a pain.
Although if it's for the shower, we do have plenty of nice (rather cold) rivers along the way 😉
are there any e leclerc shops near by ? it always amazed me what you could buy in those
Got sorted in a Bricolage store near Reim. Will see if the repair has worked later. Cheers all.
Leroy Merlin, but pronounced in French
You can spend hours in those stores. They're generally massive!
Leroy merlin (pronounced in french) used to be an awesome hardwear store, nowadays it’s mainly paint and basic furnitures needs all inclusive, you need to get a full bathroom, new led lights or room for the baby, no worries they’ll fit it for you full price, you do it diy and need a special tool or part or paint diluter, well go on the internet, like everywhere
Stores are getting huge but choice is getting so limited…. No more old school hardwear store where you could find any spare parts, dangerous tools or non bio based products, its ikea everywhere now 😉
Stores are getting huge but choice is getting so limited…
Frankly, nonsense. I've been building an extension for a couple of years and there's been no trouble finding stuff. Chauson, Point P, Batiland, Leroy Merlin (still trading in Russia) Brico Dépôt, Casto'... then plenty of old-school hardware places too that specialize, there's a plumbling place, roofing place, timber yard, leccy specialist... . France is a DIYer's paridise. Haven't been to Ikea for over 20 years.
The only time I use the Net is for second-hand stuff on leboncoin.fr. Pallets of bricks, roofing tiles, specialist tools for gluing bricks, insulation, steels, insulated garage door (150e for an 850e door). There's nowhere I'd rather do DIY.
Talking only about the mainstream stores leroy merlin and castorama, which are the easiest to find and the most focus on "everything in one place" they've lost a lot of stock diversity over the years, everyone around me agrees, and even the nice vendor of the tool section i often visit working there for 20years agrees with me.
Building an extension is what almost everyone does at the moment, or pay someone to, so of course they have stuff for that, that's basic.
Depending on where you live and on what you do, if you have other options, you may have plenty of choice, or not
Anyway lets not digress, my fault, happy diy everyone 🙂
So what can't you get that you could get 20 years ago? Name a few items, heyne. IME it's quite the opposite, the stores follow the development of new products and there's a better selection of tools than ever. So may be it's harder to find hand-forged nails but in terms of screws, bolts, scellements etc. there are a host of new sollutions.
I started with a pick and shovel and haven't paid anyone to do anything.
Man, I'm not going to get you the catalog, but way less paint diluters and remover, try findind amonia, essence F or E or even white spirit is getting hard at casto or leroy merlin, i do love ecological stuff but it doesn't work on everything. pry bars have become springy, welding and drill bits, spans wrench, adapters, special screws not so frequent and all have slowly reduced in choice and quality, as well as spare parts.
As i said, no worries for the latest stuff in building or roof solutions, because every one is doing it, but for tools and hardwear it lost a bit.
Don't feel attacked by the way i said some people pay to do it, i wasnt speaking about you at all, just that you see plenty of small construction company shopping there so they better have what's needed for that, just don't go too much out of the actual trend or you wont find it.
End of the subject for me, have fun it's all that matters
The average Leroy Merlin still pisses over your average B&Q.
I dont know, i never visited one, but i'm super happy i live in a country that doesnt have B&Q as standard hardwear store then 😉
Have fun with your projects !
pry bars have become springy,
- try this: made in France, indestructible (I've tried)
https://www.chausson.fr/quincaillerie/pince-decoffrer-avec-arrache-clous-obra-p-182221-1
Welding gear - Brico Dépôt, if not a specialist. They've always had what I've needed in stock whether gas or leccy. The tools you mention too
Paint, some of the thinners have been rightly banned, I worked for 9 months for Permoglase paint in Tyseley and quit when I got to grips with the risks associated with what the guys were washing their hands in. : Bricot dépôt or one of the multiple specialists locally for your shopping list. White spirit, acids, thinners, alcool à bruler etc from medium-sized supermarkets such as U or Intermarché.
Yeah don't worry for me i do know where to find most of what i need, and now i have a big city and an industrial zone near me so plenty of choice, and brico depot is stil very good indeed, and often cheaper also. i was only talking about leroy or casto which are sometimes the only option in a very large perimeter depending on where you live