Volunteers working in the salvage store have been helping residents to find spare parts for their flats since 2007 – although is not always easy to get enough original fittings to satisfy demand for replacements. If you are planning to modernise please contact Barbican Salvage before work begins to discuss whether any original fittings may be re-useable.
The Salvage store is open about once a month but if you would like to visit and search for spare parts you first need to contact us and explain what you need. As a general rule, if these items are made of wood or laminates we will probably have some, if they are made of metal we may have replacements but if their use involves water or electricity we probably won’t. If we have what you need, we will let you know in advance when the store is next open and invite you to attend.
At the moment we don’t have any rectangular basins for original bathrooms / wall mounted hand-wash basins for WC / taps for kitchen sink or WC hand-wash basin / original electric hobs / brass ceiling fittings or hob control knobs. We do now have a few original toilets and lots of room doors, folding sliding doors and cabinet doors. We have a few “flying saucer” door knobs – but only provide them in exchange for the old ones. We have some floor and wall tiles – but can only provide enough for repairs and patching of existing tiling.
You will have to find the parts you need yourself so please bring old fittings with you where possible, or take photographs and accurate measurements.
Barbican Salvage is below the south end of Willoughby house at basement level 03. There is lift access from the podium at the junction of Andrewes and Willoughby (using the Barbican master key)
The Salvage store team
Barbican Salvage Store 