Downtown Lumber & Building Supplies

This place is awesome. The staff working here know what they’re doing and are very patient with us DIY’ers that come in and have tons of basic questions. There’s a shorter balding man in particular who is absolutely wonderful in helping out.
The big surprise: they have a full lumberyard down the alley behind it. Reasonable prices for lumber right off the Ossington strip. How many times did I walk by this place without knowing that?
They have all the essentials and some extras. I’ve mostly used them for the basic hardware supplies and lumber, but they have a full set up for paint and carry quite a range of high-​end kitchen and bath fixtures.
Skip renting a car to drive to Home Depot. You may find just what you need down the street!

This is a home reno supply store, similar to a Home Depot in the middle of Little Portugal. But unlike Home Depot’s gaudy orange and grey monstrosities of warehouses, this supply store is jam packed with aisles brimming with essentials. Walking around, it’s like you’re in a maze with more cool stuff waiting around the next corner. They have sections devoted to different aspects of building things with staff on hand to answer questions. The check out counter is well staffed and right by the entrance making it easy to park right in front on Ossington, jump in the store and quickly dash away. What is super impressive is their bathroom piece selection. Upstairs they have a showroom with modern freestanding bathtubs and fancy showerheads and kitchen sinks lined up showcasing beautiful design. If anyone knows ceramic tile, the Portuguese know it better than anyone. The selection is fantastic! The mecca in the GTA is Olympic tile, but after going thru Olympic, Downtown Lumber won out with its tight selection of choice tile designs and helpful staff. There is even free customer parking right behind the store where a tight laneway leads you to almost valet style parking, very nice! When your order for lumber, cement, or tile is filled at the service counter in the store, you take the invoice down the back laneway where the warehouse is tucked away. After a couple visits I was most impressed how the guy back there immediately came out to fill my order after driving into the tight spot. And he even loaded up the heavy tile into the car (they also deliver!). Super service from some incredible and dedicated people. Thumbs up Downtown Lumber!

This place rocks. I’ve been to enough hardware DIY stores where I feel like I know more than the person trying to help me. And I don’t know that much about hardware.
Really refreshing to go somewhere where people clearly know their business inside out and seem truly glad to help. Don’t see any reason I’d go anywhere else for parts or advice.

Downtown Lumber does it all! I’m not so handy when it comes to home repair, renovations or DIY. So, I’m constantly looking for the plumber or electrician who isn’t going to rip you off and isn’t going to take 3 trips on your dime to fix minor things. I found Downtown lumber as a dealer of some top of the line bathroom fixtures. With all the condo’s going in downtown, this is your place for one-​stop shopping! Tino was able to organize all the materials we needed, giving us prices and making sure we thought of everything. John is the guy who makes sure the plumber comes in after the electrician has set up his work.
The process took a lot longer than expected– something any reno is likely to run into. Some of the delays were our fault, occasionally we felt they could have come a bit sooner.
We would highly recommend them to anyone for small or big jobs.