Anawalt Lumber & Materials Co

This hardware store feels like a wonderful hybrid between something like a Home Depot, and one of those little overcrowded mom & pop stores. Everything is clean and organized, while at the same time not overwhelming and «franchise-​like».
Not to mention the employees. Wow. Every time I go there I get great service. just genuine helpfulness and friendliness, no obsequious nonsense.
I’ve mostly used this place for paint and paint supplies. They guys who’ve helped me. I know Ben is one of them. super helpful and capable.
I can’t recommend this place enough. I will continue going back here for all my hardware needs.

Local store with very few employees. I was glad I was only there to get something small but I wanted to ask a question but I only saw the checkout girl and a couple of employees on a Saturday morning.

If you are looking for Traeger wood pellets for a smoker this is the place. I was surprised to find out that the Home Depot didn’t carry them. Plus I like to support the smaller guys!

This is my new favorite hardware store! I have lived close to this place for years and just thought they had lumber. But when I visited, they have everything Lowe’s or Homedepot would have except appliances and such. The best part is that it is less expensive! The guys on the floor know their stuff and were able to help me pick out what I needed in electrical, spray paint, wall anchors, and several other departments. They know where their inventory is and how to use it. Love it!

As you all know Ikea furniture is made from the cheapest of the cheap. My daughter’s Ikea dresser is still in good condition on the outside but the drawer bottoms keep collapsing because they’re made of awful cardboard crap. The guys cut three brand new plywood drawer bottoms to spec, same dimensions. I got them home, reassembled the dresser and found this to be the perfect solution. The dresser is stable now and worth keeping. All this for less then $ 10.
Thanks for helping me solve this problem and save money.

Bought some lumber. Decent selection for around-​the-​house projects. I’m glad that they were able to cut the wood to my specifications.

I called today to ask a simple question about fixed-​wrenches (which any simpleton working there could have answered in a matter of seconds) but was put on hold for about 5 minutes then hung up on. I called a second time only to be put on hold once again then later told by the same Hispanic girl that there was a high volume of customers in the store so I’d have to wait indefinitely for the time being. By this point I had just gotten annoyed with her laziness so I showed up and immediately found the wrenches only a couple of feet feet from her register. The interesting part was that she tried transferring me over to another department when (if she had any common sense) she could have answered the question since I’d expect any employee of a hardware store to know what and where wrenches are. Oh and did I mention that the store was completely empty? High volume of customers my a**. I’ve worked in customer service before so I have experience with these things. Lazy people work here.

Always friendly and helpful. The staff is very knowledgeable about almost everything you can think of.

Anawalt has been my go-​to place for all things home related… until yesterday.
I approached the booth for lumber cutting to be completely ignored.
Me: I’d like to purchase a plank of wood that’s 58×19.
Employee: (Gazing past me) *silence*
Me: I’m not sure what kind to use.
Employee: *crickets*
Me: It’s for the top of a desk.
Employee: (still gazing in the distance) You can use plywood.
(It’s clear I’m going to have to pull teeth to get any help.
My fiancé enters the scene by walking up behind me.)
Employee: Can I help you, sir?
Sexism is alive and well and living at Anawalt in North Hollywood.
Most of their staff has been very helpful in the past, but this blatant experience certainly took things down a notch for me.
Everyone deserves fair treatment and assistance regardless of gender.

I love this place which is saying a lot because I could be accused of many things but never a DIY-​er.
The Good: Really helpful employees (even on the phone, many in the store to help you and they’re knowledgeable! What? Yes, they know the important stuff like where things are located in the store! What? Yes, you heard me right. And they escort you there and help you locate what you’re looking for! What? Customer Service? Really? YES!
There’s also ample parking, the prices are competitive, it’s centrally located, easy access and never crowded. It’s like a slice of Main Street-​USA, which L.A. needs more of.
The Bad: There isn’t any.
The Ugly: None.

Needed some wood cut to assemble small kitchen-​garden herb boxes and like other reviews have mentioned supporting small stores is always better than the massive (and overwhelming) chain stores. We received more attention and help and found what we needed right away. Wood stain, paintbrushes, and wood.
My only problem came when it was time to get the wood cut.
The person who was trying to help us just had a really hard time understanding what we wanted (fairly simple– cut 5 inches off and then we want what’s left to be cut evenly in half. I even showed him on the piece of wood and explained it only with inches instead). Once we thought we understood each other, he goes to cut the pieces and we went to grab a coffee (we could tell we were making him nervous) came back in 10 minutes picked up our wood thanked him and were on our way.
We got home and began to assemble and realized most of the pieces were very close to even but not even.
Built the boxes anyway they still came out great. Maybe he was just having an off day, everyone else in the wood cutting department was atleast twice his age so I cut him some slack, he’s still learning and I still had a great experience.

DO NOT GO TO HOME DEPOT!!! Go to Anawalt if you want a knowledgable staff and a great selection. I found what I needed in 10 minutes after having wasted several trips to Home Depot and coming back frustrated. This place saved several more headaches and countless hours of precious daylight to get my project finished.

We walked in today for the first time looking for a push mower. We weren’t expecting them to carry it because it is a small store but we like spending money at smaller stores vice huge conglomerates. I ask the guy at the front if they sell push mowers and he looks at me blankly. «A what?» I repeat myself…“A push mower.” «Uh I don’t know what that is.» I explain it to him (does he work at a hardware store!!!) and he says, «Nah we don’t got dat.»
Uh, okay. I won’t be back. Customer service should be paramount in a smaller store. (On a side note, how are you 25 – 30 and don’t know what a push mower is?)

Bought some lumber from Anawalt and not for nothing, it was the best hardware store experience I’ve had in a really long time. The customer service is great!
I will never go back to Home Depot or Lowes ever again. Going into those places you know they’re bad, but after a visit to Anawalt the difference is phenomenal. I dealt with Randall in the lumber department and he was beyond helpful, answered every question I had and had some great suggestions as well.
Great store, great staff. Couldn’t ask for more. I will be returning for my future hardware needs 100%

We don’t usually like shopping at hardware stores since we’re far from being handy people. And in larger stores of this type it could be overwhelming and you have to run around to get some help.
But this place has all that you need and the customer service is great. They have great staff working here, very nice people, helpful. It’s easy to find someone around to get help, advice, etc. They know their stuff and they’re easy to talk to.
Easy to navigate store, big parking lot, close by.
Give it a try!

So much better than the large hardware stores. They have everything you need, just not 20 slightly different staple guns. And when you ask for help they don’t point you to aisle 97. Instead, they walk to the area you need while offering tons of invaluable advice.

Imagine a small 5 foot asian girl walking into this huge hardware store with a single table leg, just looking for some nuts or bolts to be able to secure the leg to a table top. I must’ve looked so lost because someone immediately came up to me and asked if I needed help.
I mentioned that I just needed something to secure the legs, and he led me immediately to the right area and twisted the right size nuts onto the screw. He asked how many I needed and I said eight for all four table legs. And then he went above and beyond by counting 8 nuts, and instead of just handing them to me, proceeded to screw them all on to make sure they were al the right size, since apparently people sometimes put them in the wrong bins when browsing.
Glancing at his name tag I read Dave, so thanks Dave for helping this completely hardware useless girl!

Although some things are a bit pricier than the big box home depot they are truely helpful and i go there for all my lumber and specialty hardware needs!
Walt in the lumber dept is a gem and is very good people! I will continue to buy my lumber from them over other places anyday!

I love this place!
I needed some 5/​8″ white plastic caps for some antique patio furniture I own. The set I bought from Anawalt lasted ten years before the sun caused them to become dry and chalky. They only had two packages in stock. I bought them and ordered four more. Four days later, they called to say they were in.
It was a very small order, but the level of service was outstanding. I look forward to placing my next order in ten years! In the meantime, I’m going to return for all of my hardware needs.
Well done, Anawalt! This is how all of my shopping experiences should be.

TOTALLY COOL Hardware store. I own a rental in North Hollywood, and I have to do my own repairs on occasion where I am a total klutz.
Once I had to make a cover for the opening to the attic since the old cover was made of plaster board and had fallen apart. I didn’t have a precision saw so I went to Anawalt and bought an appropriate piece of plywood board, and the workman there cut it to the dimension I had requested. No other hardware store I went to would do that.
Lumber is their forte, but Anawalt’s also had tons of merchandise for fixing and repairing anything in the home as well as having equipment and tools for the yard. I bought a long pole tree pruner that was actually made in the USA!!!
I always like to buy good U.S. products to keep our own fellow citizen workers employed. Thanks Anawalt for thinking about our country. :-) Unlike many big U.S. corporations that don’t and send U.S. jobs out of our country to nations that are hostile to our national interests.
Better than Home Depot or Lowe’s since Anawalt gives excellent customer service and does things that the corporate big box hardware stores neglect and refuse to do. Anawalt is definitely the place to go when you need knowledgeable, friendly, service oriented help.