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Steel banding completely revolutionised the methodology of countless industries, offering a reliable and versatile fastening solution that continues to be improved to this day. For many applications, stainless steel banding is used in conjunction with stainless steel clips and closed seals – these tiny but immensely-powerful components dramatically increase the versatility of banding, delivering complete […]

When it comes to insulation, there is little room for error as the slightest flaw can compromise the efficiency and safety of the entire system. For this reason, it is important to choose materials of the utmost high quality, and that means finding a company that you can rely on. For rivets, that company is […]

How 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. […]

If you show anybody a screw or a nail, it’s almost certain that they will know the difference between them when it comes to the physical differences. But what isn’t quite so obvious is which fastenings should be used for which purpose – the answer lies in which forces each resists. Here, we explain the […]

Stainless steel is an incredibly versatile metal and has as many aesthetic qualities as it does functional. The metal is often used to create art and there are sculptures all over the world fabricated from stainless steel sculpting wire. As well as forming the sculpture, stainless steel is also used to make the fixings – […]

Nuts & 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 […]

Nails 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 […]

Birds are commonly referred to as our ‘feathered friends’ though if they choose your chimney as their love-nest you might think they’re more like FIENDS. If they decide to start a little feathered family, then you might well end up using many other words beginning with F, like falling finances, frantic frustration and… well you […]

Don’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 […]