🛠️ Tradies spend on average 12+ hrs/month researching tools 🔧 82% of tradies buy tools based on mate recommendations 📦 Over 60% of tradies are self-employed or run their own business 📏 The most lost item on-site? Tape measures 📱 1 in 3 tradies has used a level app on their phone, and still didn’t trust it ☕️ Tradies are 2nd biggest early coffee buyers in Aus after nurses 🔒 44% of tradies say tool theft has affected them in the past 5 years 📅 Fridays are the most common day for job quotes to be submitted 🧾 64% of tradies say quoting is their top admin pain 🛒 1 in 4 tradies now prefers to buy tools online instead of in-store 🚶♂️ The average tradie walks more in a day than an office worker does in a week 🚗 The top excuse tradies give for being late? “Traffic” - even on Sunday jobs 🚽 Tradies rank site portaloos as the #1 worst part of the job 🥶 Tradies are the second-highest consumers of iced coffee in Australia, right after long-haul truck drivers 🧰 The average ute holds $38K worth of tools 💰 The average Aussie tradie spends over $14,000 per year on tools, workwear and gear 🚿 Plumbers and sparkies are the top trades for starting their own business ⚡ Electricians spend more annually on tools than any other trade 🎥 Over 60% of tradies say they’ve used YouTube to learn a new skill or technique 🍽 Nearly half of tradies say they’ve eaten smoko with tools as a spoon 🐶 11% of tradies bring their dog to work weekly 🛍️ Friday is the most popular day for tradies to buy gear and tools ⏰ 6:30am is the most common start time for Aussie tradies 👷 Thousands of tradies use Tradiespace 🇦🇺 Australia has over 1.1 million tradies - nearly 1 in 10 working Aussies
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Ablefix Fasteners is a fully Australian owned family business, with a mission to provide tradespeople proven, quality, cost effective, innovative, fastening & drilling solutions, consistently across Australia.
This enables our customers to benefit by job saving, due to faster & more effective installation procedures, & to be confident in their workmanship due to proven results.

Ablefix Pty Ltd delivers direct to your door!
We offer Free* Freight on orders over $330.00 inc GST Australia Wide**. We can deliver direct to your Factory, Office, or Home.
We offer same day delivery to offices, factories or home addresses in the Sydney Metro (on orders placed before 7.30 am) & same day delivery to the Southern Highlands (on orders placed before 9.00Am). All other areas Australia wide are same day dispatch on orders placed before midday except in the case of stock shortages, or special order-ins.
Any orders under $330.00 inc GST will attract a delivery charge of $16.50** (see note below: some areas & some of our products incur extra freight charges)
*Free Delivery excludes Urgent & Construction Site deliveries, & deliveries of power-Tools, ladders, bulky goods & dangerous goods. Please call 1300ABLEFIX (1300 938 645) for pricing on these deliveries.
*Construction site deliveries incur additional charges as they have to be delivered by a special point-to point courier. We can only offer site deliveries within the Sydney Metro. Please contact our sales team for a quote for freight to your job (point-to-point freight charges start from $82.50 incl. GST). Alternatively, provide us with a home or office address we can deliver to & our normal freight policies above will then apply.
**Some states & territories, remote or regional areas incur extra freight costs in which case our free freight & freight charge policy does not apply. In this scenario you will be provided a quotation for the additional freight cost or given a full refund. If you are unsure whether your location fits the criteria above please contact our sales team for verification.
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