Lowe’s

Like most other people, I go to Lowe’s when I have a DIY project, or in another example when your washer breaks down the day after Christmas. I don’t have a ton of positive or negative things to say. The most recent project I was working on was an outdoor fire pit remodel. I purchased nearly all my supplies here and had to make several trips back because I would run out of supplies, or misjudged my quantities. Clearly I am an amateur DIY-​er. I think my biggest problem was I didn’t feel they had a very good selection considering how big the place is. About one and a half aisles of stone and paver products. Amongst those are mostly paver products, not suitable for this project. I could have went elsewhere but I really didn’t want to make my day any longer and settled on the only thing that could have worked for this project that was color agreeable. In the end it worked out ok, but I was hoping for something different.
Inside is a plethora of items for the home. They rarely lack people on the floor to point you in the direction of where you want to go. That is with a few exceptions. When I came here to buy my washer I had to wait 20 minutes for a salesperson to become available to purchase my washer. I was quite irritated, ready to leave, though it was not his fault. There were probably 4 – 5 other people looking at appliances and only one salesperson to help them. Not sure if that is how it always is, but for this specific area they really need at minimal two people assisting customers.
The store is convenient, organized, and clean. Every worker I ever dealt with was pleasant and helpful, so there are some redeeming factors to what they lack.

Lowe’s is a good option for a big-​box store for all the usual home improvement, appliance, outdoor plants stuff. I really don’t have a preference of either Lowe’s or Home Depot. Wherever I live, whichever is more convenient to home is usually the one I choose. This go-​round, Lowe’s is my choice for convenience.
I mainly am posting a review to say that I was especially pleased with their outdoor plant selection this past Mother’s Day weekend. They were all healthy, reasonably priced, and hands-​down they had the healthiest, biggest bleeding heart plants of 380 Auction, Stanford Home Center and here. Yeah, that’s just a random fact but thought I’d throw it out there. They also had calla lilies that the others mentioned did not.

They don’t stand behind any of there installation services. My carpeting is screwed up and they want me to pay more to have them fix their poor quality installation.

Lowes caters more to the female DIYer like myself with more Modern fixtures, appliances and décor overall. It’s always clean in here.
I mostly shop here when I want a light, tile or flooring but otherwise for wood and anything involving tools or bits I got to HD.
I will admit they offer help a lot more in this store than elsewhere.

Like all Lowe’s, this store was clean and well-​organized and filled with friendly employees who were ready to answer your questions – in fact, they often come up to you when you’re staring blankly at a wall of screws instead of making you seek them out (e.g., HD). I have lots of questions about the items I need for my DIY projects, especially when I haven’t done them before, such as home repairs, and they’re usually ready to answer my question. I can find help about 50x faster at Lowe’s than HD; this store meets my expectations in this area.
If you chose Lowe’s, make sure to pick the «right» Lowe’s for your needs. The selection definitely varies from store to store. This Monroeville store tends to focus on large houses with large yards and the large tools they use. (On the other hand, the Lowe’s at the Waterfront, for example, caters to city houses so they have a lot more small gardening items and a lot less snow blowers and lawn mowers.)
Also, Lowe’s has a nice appliance section so if you’re looking for a washer dryer or the dishwasher, the selection at Lowe’s is much larger than HD. I think Lowe’s compares much more to Sears in this respect. In fact, we just got our washer dryer from Lowe’s, and we’re very pleased with the service and the price. However, don’t pay retail. Watch for sales – especially appliances they occur quite often!

I been coming to this Lowes a lot recently because we have been getting are house ready. Big selection, prices are high on some items but overall not bad. It’s clean and I will say service is average.