Harvey Sutton Competitors

We are the number 1 builders’ merchant in the UK, for bricks, lintels, timber, drainage, landscaping & hire service. We’re fiercely proud of our top position nationally, which has come as a result of continued success at branch level. Our strength comes from our personal relationships with our customers and an infrastructure that allows us to do what we say we will, when we say we will at a fair price. As leaders in heavy building materials, we pride ourselves on building successful, mutually beneficial partnerships with our customers on all of their projects, big and small. Our product knowledge and capabilities makes us the trade’s leading problem solvers, to help our customers’ businesses to grow. Doing what matters for the trade.

We’re a down-to-earth business, and how we work is special. That’s down to our unique culture. We believe in doing what’s right – winning for our customers, our communities, our planet and our people. We take pride in being an open, welcoming place where everyone feels at home. Where you can be yourself, do your best work and make a positive difference every day. We pride ourselves on our passion for home improvement projects and we provide an outstanding experience for every customer who visits our stores or website, no matter what size of project they're undertaking.

Thanks to our unrivalled knowledge and expertise in the construction sector, we have been part of the fabric of everyday life in Ireland for over 200 years, providing building materials to homes, hotels, farms, transport networks and every other form of business throughout the country. Our story starts in 1818 when Thomas Heiton set up business in Dublin as a coal importer and distributor meeting the needs of the growing city. In the early 1900s the business diversified, adding a sector specialising in iron products, and from the 1960s onwards, additional products such as timber and plumbing products were added. Our Chadwicks business was founded in 1902 by William Thomas Chadwick at Talbot Place, Dublin, to supply builders' merchants and the major building contractors with cement and plaster produced in Ireland and abroad. During this time all deliveries to Chadwicks' customers throughout Dublin City and County were by horse drawn vehicles. In the early days the firm owned three horses and carts, but as business increased they added a fourth horse and cart and employed another driver! In the '50s the business expaned, moving to bigger premises in Walkinstown and adding new lines such as fire clay to its range of building products. Further expansion took place in the '60s and in 1967 the company opened its first branch outside Dublin, in Kilkenny. Today, Chadwicks is Ireland's leading Builders Merchants and Home Improvement Specialist, offering customers a huge range of timber, building materials and home improvement supplies including plumbing and heating products. Alongside Chadwicks, we also operate Heiton Buckley (soon to be all rebranded to Chadwicks), Heiton Steel, The Panelling Centre, Telfords, Cork Builders Providers and Davies builders' and plumbers' merchanting businesses in the Republic of Ireland. LOOKING AHEAD.... BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE, RESTORING THE PAST.