Monthly Archives: May 2021

In our recent poll, 91% of people told us they were planning to fix up their home or garden to make it smart for summer, which means the people of the North East are going to be busy these coming months!

Whether you are bringing in the professionals, or are dabbling in some DIY, we are offering home enthusiasts the chance to win £500 of GPH Builders Merchants vouchers for the most impressive home improvement project of summer 2021.<

With our Plant and Tool hire range expanding and our Service and Repairs sector really taking off we would like you to meet Scott Gavin with his knowledge and expertise he is a great asset to the business and is helping drive forward our Hire Department.

Q: What was your background before joining GPH? 

I have previously worked for Gap Hire Solutions Aberdeen as a hire & sales coordinator and electrical tool fitter for 7 years, previous to Gap I worked for Speedy Asset Services as  a workshop foreman, survey technician over 7 year period. I started in tool hire industry with Hewden Stuart Plc in 2004 as a driver, I then was offer the chance to start work in the workshop as a tool fitter.

Are you working on a home improvement project that is worthy of featuring in our Spring/Summer campaign? Do you have before and after photos of your project, that show how you transformed your home, and that you are happy to share?

Our new campaign is now well under way, but there is still time for your home to feature in it! Whether you’ve been working on your garden, or creating new living space indoors, we really want to see your work – you never know who you might inspire!

To launch our new ‘Fix Up, Look Smart’ campaign, we asked our friends on social media to tell us about their home improvement plans for the next few months.

It probably won’t surprise you to hear that over 80% of people told us that they planned to carry out some work on their garden in the next few months. 54% of people told us that they were planning to bring in the professionals for a project, and 59% of people told us that they were going to try a little DIY.

Whatever your next home improvement project, and however you plan to do it, we can help you.

Our teams of experts at our branches in Ellon, Inverurie, Stonehaven, and Westhill are ready to share their experience and knowledge, whether you are one of our valued trades customers or are dabbling in DIY for the first time.