Service area around Saumur

We work within a radius of 200 km of the Saumur workshop. That is not an administrative boundary: it is the distance at which we can still come and measure, deliver and install on the same day, then return if needed. Beyond it, logistics take over from craft, and we would rather say so than deliver badly.

Why 200 km

A metalwork piece needs three visits: measuring, installation, and sometimes an adjustment a few weeks later. If every visit costs a day of driving, the budget explodes and the schedule slips. At 200 km a round trip fits in the day, which lets us deliver and install with no hidden costs. It is also the range over which we know the local constraints: Saumur tuffeau, Loire slopes, Angers townhouses, recent suburban extensions around Tours.

The area is not a perfect circle: it follows roads and access. Some towns 120 km away are easy motorway runs; others 60 km away take as long. The map and table below give the road distances we actually work with.

Three rings

We organise work in three rings, which change travel terms and lead times.

Déplacement et prise de cotes

Measuring at your home is free within 30 km of the workshop. Beyond that we charge a €19.99 fee plus €0.90 per kilometre beyond 30 km, up to 200 km. The fee is deducted from the quote when the order is signed: it only exists to avoid curiosity visits 150 km away.

The appointment lasts one to one and a half hours. We record levels, substrates, access and constraints (waterproofing, floor openings, party walls), take photographs, and leave with everything needed to draw. You receive the dimensioned plan and the quote within seven working days.

Transport des pièces

A staircase stringer travels in one 3.90 m piece, a gate at 3.50 m, a tabletop at 2.40 m. These pieces travel on a flatbed truck with two people, braced and wrapped. Tabletops travel in timber crates, bases dismantled. Transport is €90 including tax up to 60 km, then €0.90 per extra kilometre; it is included in the quote for installed work.

Before ordering we check access: gate width, door width, corridor, building stairs, height under the lintel. It is a five-minute phone conversation that prevents an impossible delivery. Collection at the workshop stays free for pieces two people can handle, with 24 hours’ notice.

Délais par secteur

Fabrication time is the same everywhere: it depends on the piece, not the distance. What changes is the installation slot, because we group rounds.

• 0 to 30 km — greater Saumur — 5 à 10 working days after plan approval.
• 30 to 80 km — Anjou, Touraine, Poitou — 7 à 14 working days after plan approval.
• 80 to 200 km — grouped delivery — 10 à 21 working days after plan approval.

Hors zone : que faire

Beyond 200 km we consider projects case by case. For an exceptional piece — a sculpture, a steel-framed glass wall, a spectacular staircase — travel can be justified and we price it separately. For standard work the honest answer is usually local: we provide the dimensioned drawing and specifications, a craftsman near you installs, and we stay available for technical questions.

These rates come from the same scale as the measuring visit and are applied identically in the booking form . Distances are rounded road distances: a guide, not a contract. If your town is missing from the table it is probably still in the area — write to us and we check in two minutes.