Gas and bottle suppliers for welding..

[scott.parker]

Right so Ive been looking into this, theres a place local that quoted me £187 for 11l bottle mix of 5% co2 Argon with all regs/valves fitted, i almost fainted...

so bit more investigation and found this place up north, has anyone used them, there terms and pricing seam to be pretty good imo.

http://www.weldinggases.co.uk/index.php

Any help would be good.

Scott

[Andy]

dont buy it,rent it.
I pay £6 a month rent and it costs £18 to fill up at their HQ in Hull or £27 at a franchisee in scarboro.
Ive had that bottle 2 years now and still loads left.
Thats energas.

[novasrikev]

thats expensive but then again i get mine for free but a mate had energas good service from them guys

[Dave A]

Try these guys, cheapest I have found, plus they have lots of local dealers now as well.

http://www.southwestgassupplies.co.uk/

[Mike]

For how little you'll be using it you might aswell get disposable bottles.

And anyone who claims they last half hour talks utter bolloxs as theyve always lasted me an age. Ask Lee if you dont belive me.

[paul james]

For how little you'll be using it you might aswell get disposable bottles.

And anyone who claims they last half hour talks utter bolloxs as theyve always lasted me an age. Ask Lee if you dont belive me.

Agreed, I've done a LOT of welding on my Nova and used only a few bottles.

[Sturge]

dont buy it,rent it.
I pay £6 a month rent and it costs £18 to fill up at their HQ in Hull or £27 at a franchisee in scarboro.
Ive had that bottle 2 years now and still loads left.
Thats energas.

this ^ I have a 20L bottle and it costs me £3 a month rent and £30 to fill, it's a local company but pretty sure it's energas that fill it

[Sturge]

oh and a decent regulator will set you back about £30 as well

[Adam]

Another vote here for disposables.
Ive done a fair bit of welding and ive ever only bought 2 bottles (still on the 2nd one now )

[Bubba]

get rent free...you just pay a deposit, not sure if there are any up norf, but i use weldington (http://www.wellyweld.com/) £50 deposit £35 for the gas co2 argon mix, £25 for the reg. then £35/refill and i get £40 back when i dont need a replacement.