My hardware shop

[katotter]

Ship some of that rain this way please.

We have a local farm store, the amount stuff that woman has packed in their will blow your mind, and she knows where everything is.

We are rapidly running out of space, always expanding and widening our ranges.

katotter, good to see you back, even if it is with less than wonderful news. We may be ready for more descriptions and pictures of the store.

I will take some new pictures soon, we are only sorting some damaged goods, boxes and other usual hiccups. Shop is in quite some disarray at the moment. Out tile displays need some updating and re-doing, so if someone have ideas, throw them this way.

We have some old fashioned triangular stand displays, and need to make some mobile ones.

Thanks for looking guys.

 

[katotter]

My shop has a huge problem at them moment. We are bursting at the seams trying to fit in all the **** I need to keep lately. For some or other reason, our turnover has almost doubled in the last couple of months and we cant keep up with stock-holding.

If some of you read about our labour crisis in South Africa, you might understand what we are going through. As soon as one labour party (union) stops striking, the next one starts, it started with a crippling 6 month strike in the mining sector, that opened the flood gates for all the rest, next it was metalworkers and manufacturing, next came the transporters (drivers in particular), next was and still is the post office. My shop is 400km (250 miles) from the nearest major city like Pretoria, Johannesburg and alike, so for me to get stock is a nightmare. But with a good, no great team behind me we are making the best of a rather crappy situation, and despite all this, making good money and most of all, delivering a great service to our local tradesmen and women.

Who's up for some new pictures of what the shop looks like?

 

[jwh]

Heck ya on the pictures, always good to see!

 

[Jarhead0408]

Count me in. This thread has always been interesting to me.

 

[katotter]

Lets try this photo thing, my web connection is slow as a snail on sandpaper today.

Some pics of the yard (very messy and in disarray)
Don't mind the iFail pics, this is all I can manage at the moment.

Most of the untreated pine construction timber

Concrete lintels, wheelbarrows, some tile storage in the background

Our one cement storeroom

Steel door frames and window frames (in a state of note)

Other cement storeroom

Tile adhesive (thinset)

Tiles

Cementitious paints and floor coverings storeroom

Electric water heaters

Yard from my one loft

Our small pick-ups (Hyundai H100)

 

[katotter]

Spray paint, have two shelves like this and more loose on the other side

Linseed oil, boiled and raw, Burmese teak oil etc...

Paints

 

[1/2 Cup]

Thanks for posting, you have better stocks of stuff that you really need than some of the hardware stores out here.

Regards

 

[rharman]

Just beautiful. I could wander around in there for hours.