True Value Hardware

The big box stores only do straight cuts -.-. I just needed a small round cut that would take someone with a saw 2 minutes to do. Sure enough they were able to do it for me. It cost me $ 2.50. So glad I found this place. I tried to do it myself with what I had at home… the hole is slightly misshapen because of me, the cut could have been prettier had I known about this place sooner. My bunnies and me are now happy campers now that they have there own private space to do their business (uploaded photo of my happy bunny after my little project was complete).

They have everything I need, and for the most part the folks are very friendly. But that grumpy old fart that works in the glass section was pretty rude. Ask him how he was and he responded with silence, then gave me a condescending answer to my request for glass cuts. Then he explained to me that it would take a long time to get my request done, which duh dude, I understand you’ll have to work to get what I’ve asked done, sorry. So grumpy glass guy needs a review in customer service, but I got what I needed and the front of the house folks were swell!

The staff here are so welcoming and helpful. It is actually enjoyable to go to this store, and I never thought I would say that about a hardware store.
The owner/​manager should recognize the guys who work the cash register for their friendliness and Sarah (with short hair), the expert always willing to share detailed and thoughtful advice.
This place is the antidote to Home Depot, where you have to stalk down an employee only to be handed off to another harried, overworked employee who already has four people waiting to have their questions answered.

This is my go-​to neighborhood hardware store. It doesn’t have the biggest selection, but it is well organized and the staff is helpful. Its better than Lowes or Home Depot.

I enjoy going to smaller hardware stores as I think they typically have more knowledgeable staff. I went in today with some yellow grass spot concerns and was immediately taken care of. The guy that helped me seemed very knowledgeable about my issue and what I needed to do/​get in order to fix it.
They’re also my go to place for getting household items (lightbulbs, paint, etc.) and keys copied as they are always helpful and ready.

Good hardware store. Don’t have everything but I usually hit 95% of the time they have it. People are helpful when not busy. Getting someone can be a challenge at peak times. Prices are a bit more than larger places. But tools are usually better quality than bargain priced stuff anyways. So you get what you pay for.

I really like having this place nearby. I try to avoid the mega-​box stores as much as I can, so I always check here first. The people are helpful and friendly and the store is packed with most things that you could ever need from a hardware store. They have the best selection of screws/​bolts/​etc, way better than Home Depot and their selection of quality gardening supplies is impressive as well. To top things off, they have a capable bike shop upstairs (Denver Bicycle). I love this place.

Hardware stores just don’t get any better than this one. Great staff that can fix your small items, good inventory, and a great location. Best customer service around.

I’ve lived in the neighborhood 14 years now and find this store indispensable. To be sure, you can often get better pricing at The Home Depot, but you won’t come anywhere near the creaking-​hardwood-​floor atmosphere and the determined help offered by the ever attentive staff.
Just the other day I was buying a custom-​length chain, and the staff person helping me cut it one length too short and wound up giving it to me for free. Truthfully, I was buying three other sections, but still his generosity is representative of the spirit of this store.
To boot, I’m an avid bicyclist and the upstair bike shop provides excellent mechanical service for less than the specialty shops… and it’s in an old timey hardware store. Cool. This store is as much of a museum as a retail outlet and is worth a visit purely for the ambience.

This store used to be just a few blocks from us, but even now that it’s across town I keep coming back.
Variety — 5
Customer service — 5+
The fact that there’s a bike store upstairs — 5++
They have the offerings of a fancy home and garden store (no VOC paint, organic seeds, bright colored gardening supplies) without the expensive prices. The staff is beyond helpful and has done some troubleshooting for us on more than one occasion.
Seriously, I could spend hours in there ogling the well curated selection of goods.

This place is great. It’s not in my neighborhood, but it’s worth the drive. They carry things you can’t find a big box or an Ace Hardware. For one thing, they’re carrying a couple of different lines of organic seeds, with varieties you can’t find just anywhere.
Another example would be items in the quantity you want. This includes bulk screws and nails. They also sell things like hardware cloth by the foot. No need to buy a 60 foot roll when all you need is seven feet. They seem to be good at special order items. I ordered one item on a Sunday and it came in four days later.

This is simply a great store. They have things you just won’t find other places. They have a staff of people who can actually give you useful information, not just read from the back of the box … as anyone can do.
But the best part is the atmosphere. For all the modern things it has, it feels like an old time hardware store where people recognize one another and often visit while in line. And, if you have been there more than a few times, you may just be greeted by name as you walk in the door.

Really a wonderful store in all aspects…
1) Excellent service, they know where everything is, and they will lead you right to it. 2) They have every little thing you need in a hardware store
3) GREAT selection of paint, and they mix it for you fast.
4) The parking is so easy, and you are in and out in a jiffy — I NEVER go to Home Depot if I can avoid it.
5) The back of the store has a service department where, for example, they will make you new screens for your windows, saw off a chunk of metal for you, do things for you that need power tools that you do not have. So so helpful.
6) In the summer, their garden department has everything I have ever wanted or needed.
7) One must pay with a credit card or cash, because, no doubt, they have lost too much money on checks. Fine with me, I understand.
8) They are helpful, polite, and knowledgeable — AND, they deliver mulch in the summer!!!

The best neighborhood hardware store. They have just about anything and everything you might need to do a weekend chore. Lots of plumbing, electrical, painting, gardening, and hardware supplies. Some of the specifics include fixtures for sprinkler systems, hardware/​fittings, insulation, tools, and a good garden/​landscaping section. I wish I would have found them and bought some of those good wire tomato hangers rather than buying cheap ones at home depot. Also, a small section of house-​hold items.
The really nice thing about this place is that it does have most of what you might need for a weekend project and you can actually find it, unlike the larger box store. Also, you can actually find someone to help you out when you have a question. Actually, the people working there seek you out to see if you need help.
The place has a cool neighborhood vibe, it seems to have a dedicated customer base and the store seems to appreciate its customers. Cool wood floors.
I’m really glad to have this place near by.

You walk in and it smells like a hardware store, love the wooden floors. More importantly odds are they not only have what you need but will help you figure out how to take care of your «problem/​challenge/​project». Its a neighborhood store, worth the extra 50 cents over the box store that makes you wait and then ignores you. Has made living the past 10 years in the n’hood much easier.

I am not a hardware store kinda guy… but I can say they always seem to have whatever I need AND more importantly they help me find it and tell me what to do with it! My neighborhood hardware store. Easy in and out.

This is a great neighborhood hardware store for sure. The staff were friendly and helpful, the store was well organized and, as others have commented, the space is really full of all manner of hardware items. I needed 4 ⁶⁄₃₂ screws and wing nuts. I was quite pleased to find a whole wall full of small drawers with all sorts of nuts, bolts, screws and washers… sold individually. See, I didn’t need a small box with 20 of each. Total bill: one buck.
This is the kind of store I like to do business with: close, friendly, reasonable. As I was leaving, a staff member and I got to talking about another small project I’m planning and he referred me to a glass supply store that specialized in the material I’d need. What a resource!

This is a very good story with a great deal of merchandise that is hard to find. Fairfax True Value died. So now there is only one small, independent, hardware store left in this area.
Oh, big newsflash to some writers of reviews, this store can’t afford to keep paying the folks who know everything to be there from 8 am or so till 8 pm or so. I think those guys built up this store when they were in their 40’s and 50’s and now they’re close to retirement (okay, they’re probably past retirement age, but I’m glad they’re still working.) These are the guys who know what a «thing a ma bob» actually does. Oh, another newsflash — big box stores, esp. Home Depot, is whipping the butts of almost all small, independent places.
Somehow, (actually neighborhood loyalty and their quirkiness) makes this the only place to go sometimes when you just want one of something and not a packet of 10 (9 which you don’t need) or you actually want a pint and not a gallon of stain. Also, it is one of very few places anywhere that FIXES (yes, I am shouting) things. They came from the era of «don’t just throw it out, way before we were talking about reuse, recycle, etc. I take electronic things that need new cords, or hoses that need a new end, or mower blades to be sharpened, and others take glass or screens … You get the idea.
I doubt if it can last another 10 years, but I am always glad this True Value is there. When I can, I throw some of my business their way because we need them a lot more than I think many seem to realize and I will way miss them if the big guns run them out of business.

I have been a customer of this store for over 37 years. (some of my earliest memories are of this store, shopping with my Dad.) This is one of the FEW remaining hardware stores not devoured by the evil amoeba-​like ‘home depot’ or ‘Lowe’s’. A genuine gem of a store, if you need it done ‘old school’ this is your store. You can get glass cut for a broken window, pipe cut for that gas line upgrade, screens re-​screened or even get keys cut. They have bulk screws, nails, bolts, etc. so you can buy one or 13 and not be hemmed into a pkg you will never use all of, or lose before you need them next. The garden center is awesome every year, I got a German heirloom tomato this year.
Will is your man to ask if you are not sure what you need or how to do it. He’s one of those rare ‘Hank Hill’ guys who has fixed it all, knows exactly what you need, and how to tell you how to do it… (This is the rare part!!) Try getting that outta that kid with the headphones in aisle 89 at the big orange box.

What better way to prove how very uncool you are than by prefacing a Unilocal review with a Monty Python reference. Oh, well, sometimes these things can’t be avoided.
Early this morning I was disappointed that it had not rained as they had predicted, thus forcing me to get my butt out of bed to get the sprinkler system going. We just bought the house and the first time we turned them on we noticed one wasn’t working. So now I had to get up at the crack of dawn to replace it with one we had purchased the night before (that’s another review).
I started digging up the bad sprinkler, a RainBird Maxi-​Paw, which is a big mother of a thing. The hole kept getting bigger and bigger, so I thought, okay, maybe I can just fix this one ’cause this is becoming a real bitch to dig out. So I fiddled with the nozzle and the springs and things and turned it on. Nope, not fixed, but at least now the whole area was flooded with water.
So here it unfolds: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Scene 3:
ARTHUR: Old woman!
DENNIS: Man!
ARTHUR: Man. Sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
DENNIS: I’m thirty-​seven.
ARTHUR: I– what?
DENNIS: I’m thirty-​seven. I’m not old.
ARTHUR: Well, I can’t just call you ‘Man’.
DENNIS: Well, you could say ‘Dennis’.
ARTHUR: Well, I didn’t know you were called ‘Dennis’.
DENNIS: Well, you didn’t bother to find out, did you?
ARTHUR: I did say ‘sorry’ about the ‘old woman’, but from the behind you looked–
DENNIS: What I object to is that you automatically treat me like an inferior!
ARTHUR: Well, I am King!
DENNIS: Oh, King, eh, very nice. And how d’you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers! By ‘anging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. If there’s ever going to be any progress with the–
WOMAN: Dennis, there’s some lovely filth down here. Oh! How d’you do?
And so you see they are on their knees, **collecting filth.**
That was me, this morning, on my knees pulling mounds and mounds of mud out of my ever growing sprinkler hole.
Finally, I found out that I needed a ½″ male-​male coupler to complete the project. I went to the closest store, my neighborhood True Value Hardware.
It’s a rather fun store to visit because the whole place has these cool creaky wood floors and it’s a bit maze-​like with narrow aisles that abruptly end or turn. It’s fun, that is, until you actually need to find something. There are no people on the floor for customer service purposes at this store. Just running the registers.
I found my coupler but then made the mistake of trying to find a screw I needed for another project. When finally I found someone to ask, he told me I needed a lag screw but quite obviously I needed a sheet metal screw. I asked also for a mending brace but he said, quite annoyed, «I have no idea.»
So, if you’re covered with filth and this is the closest place to your house, just be prepared to wander and wander and wander until you can find what you need, ’cause nobody here is gonna help you.
If only I had a friend with some coconuts, I could have at least galloped through the store, thus entertaining myself as I searched for my Holy Grail: a ¾″ #6 sheet metal screw.
They don’t accept checks. I don’t know who writes checks at the hardware store anymore, but just in case you’re the last one, maybe you’d like to know.