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Who still sells cement and sand by the bag in the Klang Valley

Not every hardware store stocks bulk building materials. Here's a real list of ones that do — cement, sand, timber, roofing — across KL, Klang, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya and JB.

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Most hardware stores on this list sell tools, fasteners, and the small stuff. Fewer of them actually stock cement, sand, timber, and roofing by the bag or the load — the things you need when you’re building or renovating, not just fixing. If you’ve searched for a building materials shop near you and gotten a list of paint-and-screws stores back, this is for you — pulled from our own checked listings rather than guessed from a category tag.

Johor Bahru

See the full list of hardware stores in Johor Bahru if these two aren’t what you need.

Chuan Heng Hardware Paint & Building Materials — tagged as a brick manufacturer, cement manufacturer, and sand & gravel supplier on top of the usual hardware stock. If you’re sourcing actual building materials rather than fittings, this is the more serious end of the list.

Soon Shing Building Materials in Ehsan Jaya — it’s in the name. A building materials market alongside the hardware side.

Kuala Lumpur

Tick Hong Hardware & Timber — cement, timber, roofing and doors on the Sungai Besi stretch. This is the one you work off if you’re building rather than patching.

Sin Tuck Woh Hardware in Kepong — lumber, wood, and building materials alongside fasteners and plumbing supplies.

SEC Hardware (Jotun Studio) in Setapak — stocks finishing materials on top of general building supplies, useful if you’re at the paint-and-plaster stage rather than the foundation stage.

Kepong and Setapak are both covered under our Kuala Lumpur listings, along with Cheras, Sentul and the rest of the city.

Klang

Fozu Hardware And Timber Trading — cement supplier and construction material wholesaler, plus the timber side in the name.

Intercity Hardware Merchant — building materials alongside garden supplies and plumbing. More options on the Klang listings page.

Shah Alam

Aik Huat Hardware at Setia Prima — cement and construction materials wholesaler, on top of the usual paint and tool stock. See the rest of Shah Alam’s listings too.

Subang Jaya

DIY Hardware (Loong City Hardware) — building materials supplier alongside bathroom and kitchen fittings. More in our Subang Jaya list.

A note on what “stocks building materials” actually means

Google’s category tags for a shop are self-reported or inferred, not independently checked — a shop can be tagged “building materials supplier” and still mean “we sell a few bags of cement in the corner,” not “we’re a full builder’s merchant.” Call before you drive out for anything bulky (a full load of sand, a pallet of bricks) — phone numbers are on every listing page above, and it’s a shorter conversation than a wasted trip. That’s one of a few things worth checking before any hardware run, not just this one.

Know a shop that should be on this list and isn’t? Tell us — we’ll go check it.