The big box DIY places somehow manage to be experts in cramming inept staff and nothing you want into huge, musak-filled, soulless aircraft hangers . Just finding what you want and trecking to the right aisle in these stores can take hours.
So if you enjoy listening to a royalty-free, sub-karaoke cover medley of James Blunt's finest soft-rock hits whilst walking half a mile through a barren, artificially lit, aircraft hanger to try to find an over-priced product that inevitably they won't stock, on a grey Sunday, all with a pervading feeling that your life is slipping away, - well go for B&Q, you'll enjoy it there.
If you actually want to get a specific DIY item and interact with a real human who has some knowledge of the subject then head to a place like Newlands. In Newlands you even get a person to serve you - not just a malfunctioning automated self-checkout computer screen like in the big box places. read more