Tag:trade=timber

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Timber yard of Travis Perkins builders merchants - geograph.org.uk - 1025761.jpg
Description
A wholesale company for timber
Group: shops
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Requires
Status: in use

A wholesale company for timber. It can also retails goods to normal consumers.

Note: timber here in OSM means processed wood products - beams, planks, posts, boards etc. (according to British English). See explanation.

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Similar tags

  • shop=hardware - a shop selling fastening (screws and bolts, nails, hooks etc.), tools, power tools, plumbing, electrical, building or garden supplies, kitchenware and homeware, locks, keys, and a key-cutting. shop=hardware is similar to shop=doityourself, except it is generally smaller and stock a narrower range of products.
  • shop=doityourself - Do-It-Yourself-stores (DIY for short), or Home Improvement Centers sell home, garden and construction products. They offer supplies for doing things yourself - household repairs and improvements (decorating products; home textile; bathroom and kitchen furniture and supplies; garden tools, machinery, furniture or supplies; flowers; shrubs or small trees; paint; hand tools; power tools; electrical, plumbing or building supplies). DIY store is similar to shop=hardware, except it is generally larger and stock a wider range of products. Some DIY stores rents also power tools, construction equipment and trailers.
  • shop=wholesale - a warehouse club or cash and carry is a large store which sells items in bulk. Many warehouse clubs require a membership fee.
  • shop=fuel +

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