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Take it on Trust: They Won't Ever Rust!
Continue readingHow can you be sure that JCS hose clips will not only deliver top-notch function but will keep on and on delivering it without fail? Well, we know that our customers trust our expert knowledge in choosing partners to work with and so the simple fact that we stock their products at all is the highest endorsement. […]
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A Bolt From the Blue...
Continue readingNuts & Bolts are fasteners that have become such an intrinsic part of our lives that they have even entered the language as an idiom – ‘the nuts & bolts of it’ – meaning the most important aspects of something that keep it all together. At BS Fixings, we supply a full range of the […]
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Nailed It! A Brief History
Continue readingNails have been used as a fastening device for thousands of years and the methods and materials used to create them have changed dramatically during this time. The original design remains much unchanged. Here we take a brief look at the history of nails, which is divided into three distinct sections. Forged Nails Bronze nails […]
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Wire, Warmth and Wet Weather
Continue readingDon’t even get us started about the weather. We don’t know if we’re hot cold, both or neither. Ditto for wet/dry. It’s a good job stainless steel keeps functioning whatever the weather and temperature or the world would be a very different place. So we won’t advise you to get out doing some garden jobs […]
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Tiny but Mighty: Meet the Cool Kings of Compression
Continue readingThe vocabulary of heavy industry is, by its very nature, replete with weighty words to describe the many various processes and materials. One word that fits perfectly into this category is one that is used to describe gods, goddesses and giants: that word is ‘mighty’. If something is described as mighty, then it has got […]
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Kick Plates: Range of Sizes Increased
Continue readingDoors, just like the people that walk through them, come in many different sizes and so that means getting the right door furniture to suit them. Our popular stainless steel kick plates are soon to have been made available in a range of extra sizes so you can ensure the perfect fit every time with […]
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The Torque of the Town
Continue readingAmong the most-requested items at BS Fixings are stainless steel screws and nails. It surprises us how often this fact surprises others as these items are present in incredible numbers all around us, all the time. Perhaps it is this very ubiquitousness that has made so many of us forget the humble fixings. One thing […]
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Hi Ho, Hi Ho, We're off to Brno!
Continue readingHot on the heels of the Gastech event comes another important date on the stainless steel calendar. Simply named Stainless 2017, the trade fair and exhibition does exactly what it says on the tin (which is made out of stainless steel, of course!). Oh and it involves even more international travel: our team are regular […]
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As One Door Closes...
Continue readingInsurance for the next trip away. Sending off the guarantee activation for the new boiler. Remembering to set the burglar alarm. All of these things, and many more that we do without thinking, are examples of the same thing: protecting your investment. It makes sense to extend this way of thinking right across life and […]