Where can I get hardboard cut to size?

crayola

Need a reply ASAP please as I have a handy-man here who I'm worried will leave me in the lurch

Basically, I have an area I need covering. A bit of hardboard with some paint will have to do for now, but I don't have a saw or other cutting tools and do not trust myself to do it. I just want someone to cut the board to size for me.

Where can I get this done, preferably very quickly? I live near a Wickes and a Homebase. Handy man said Wickes would not do it but I'm not sure this is correct.

He can't do it as he has not brought the right tools

gmgmgm

Have you telephoned Homebase and Wickes to ask them???!

If they can't do it, ask him what tools he needs, then buy them at Wickes/Homebase. A £10 saw should be more than enough.

00ec25

wouldn't it be much quicker just to phone up the stores and ASK them since we do not know where you live or what services your local store offers.

look up their phone numbers here

http://www.wickes.co.uk/customer-services/store-locator/pcat/store/

http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreLocatorFlow?langId=&storeId=10151

homebase normally do have board cutting but I'd be very surprised if they do it for stuff you did not buy in the shop

PS - don't think much of your "handiman". If the job is that urgent he could simply score the hardboard with any pointed object eg: end of a pair of kitchen scissors and snap it. Might not give a perfect break but you can always trim it later, its only hardboard after all

Meepster

Wickes don't have a cutting service. Homebase will only cut sheet materials at the time of purchase...

To be fair, all you need to cut hardboard is a stanley knife (or a very sharp knife) you just score the shiny side, where you want it cut, a couple of times and it will snap. You can then trim off any wavey edges with the knife...

crayola

Thanks guys. In the end I simply got desperate and took a stanley knife to it, which seems to have worked just fine. I suppose I asked here in case anyone else had any better ideas as much as anything!

phill99

He can't be that Handy if he doesn't even have saw.

googler

phill99 wrote: »

He can't be that Handy if he doesn't even have saw.

He can't be that handy if he doesn't have a Stanley Knife, nor anything suitable for cutting hardboard....

Dippypud

Did your not-so-handy man ask you if you had any thing such as a Stanley knife or box cutter, as they are sometimes known.

I'd kick him into the long grass and get a chap who at least has a basic tool kit.

http://www.handymanknowhow.co.uk/tools.htm

http://www.diybasics.co.uk/TheBasicToolkit.html

Get some tools, learn how to do the basic stuff; changing a plug or fuse.
You can go to evening classes for a small fee, enjoy saving money and knowing when someone is trying to rip you off on a job.

Tom_Jones

Surley the handyman's horse, had space for a saw ?

Heeehahhhh :eek:

Dippypud

Tom_Jones wrote: »

Surley the handyman's horse, had space for a saw ?

Heeehahhhh :eek:

Groan....