Tile Town is a great place to go if you need any sort of help with a tiling project or to look at a…read morewide variety of tiles and tiling products. This is their specialty so all of the staff are very knowledgable. It's not like a big box store where you might have to hunt down a staff if you have a question and then good lord if it isn't the tile staff they have to announce on the PA for them to meet you in the aisle. The have a huge amount of tile to choose from as well. Their store is quite big so you can see a lot of the samples in-person and not in a catalogue. This is my go-to place if I have any tiling project needs and especially need help with a project. They will have the answers you seek!

Wow if you need help finding a very specific style/colour, for the love of God come here!! Best…read morecustomer service I've experienced in a long time, gave me some time on my own to make up my mind, helped me pick through boxes of tiles to get the best ones! Price was a bit more than I wanted to pay but man for the service and finding exactly what I wanted, it was well worth it.

This place fills so many needs! Matching a damaged light fixture, (vintage or not), replacing…read moredamaged diffusion panels in fluorescent fixtures, no problem! Reflective egg crate? Yes. Need a filing cabinet? Siding? Replacement door? Window? Tub? Shower? Tiles, flooring, door knobs, hinges... yup - they might have it. Bannister? Baluster? Fireplace? Sink? Toilet tank lid? There is a collection you should check out. Crafting? Creating? Building? So many great ideas!! Now I have a burning desire to figure out what to do with the circular 1m diffusion covers for light fixtures. Cold Frame? Hmmmm. The folks here are super friendly & always helpful. You need something - come wander, ask questions, and say hi to the shop pup - super loves visitors. Reduce, reuse, recycle, rebuild, repair, repurpose.

This store is cool!!! If you're looking for something specific for a project, or maybe you're…read moresearching for inspiration...well this is the place for you! There are rooms full of salvaged items and new vintage looking items. Whether your in need of some old doors, cabinets, lighting, fixtures, theatre chairs, windows, stone, nuts/bolts, handles, sink, toilet, furnace, fireplace, baseboard, barn board, shelving, and the list goes on. And on, and on. The fellow who owns the place is super friendly and great to talk to. It would be a miss if I didn't mention Murphy, the adorable store dog who wanders around like he owns the place. I secretly think he does. Make sure to say hi to him while you're there. It's worth stopping in here every month or so, because their stock changes regularly and you never know what you'll find! Happy treasure hunting!

This is a really tough place for me to review. In the past, when I've needed specific bolts for…read morespecific projects, Fastenal has been there for me. For example, when installing a racing harness in a car, you need a specific grade of hardware to install it and nobody else carried them in town. I was able to buy a handful of the bolts I required and the service was great. I had needed about 10 bolts so I headed to Fastenal to see if they could help as they had been excellent in the past. When I walked in the store, I was greeted by a sign saying that they no longer sell to the public. So without a business and without starting an account, you can no longer purchase anything from them. I do own a small business (which is totally unrelated to what I needed to purchase) but I figured, why not? Then the employee said they no longer sell individual bolts and I would have to buy a box of 50 or 100. Since I needed two different types of bolts and only about 5 each, obviously this wouldn't make sense for me. So I walked out pretty disappointed. Obviously retail sales from individuals would not make up a strong percentage of their sales and I understand that. It's probably more trouble than its worth to sell bolts piece by piece rather than by the box, so I get that too. But it's disappointing nonetheless.

This store is ALWAYS helpful, and they even offer "suggestions" in engineering. I love this…read moreplace!! Phil Chapman Party Central family entertainment events@partycentral.ca

If you need any kind of unusual not and/or bolt you should check this place out. It saves you…read morehunting through Home Depot or Lowe's stock to hopefully find the right thing and hopefully not the wrong one which you ya r to return then start your search all from scratch. The staff find out what you need then they disappear to the back warehouse with your requested items. Easy peasy. And the prices are always super cheap, at least for what I have needed. Don't be a nut! Bolt out to Edmonton Nut & Bolt for all of your fastener needs!

I bought an older house two years ago with what I was told was a functioning irrigation system but…read morewhen I turned it on for the first time nothing worked. I called two companies and they both said they wouldn't work on a system they didn't install. Two others told me the system needed to be completely replaced. Edmonton Irrigation came in and replaced a few valves and moved some spray heads and now two years later I still have a system that works great and saved thousands of dollars by not having to replace the system. I was so happy that they took the time to work with this old lady and didn't try to take advantage of me. Highly recommend them!!

Called Edmonton Irrigation to come out to my acreage for a quote on underground sprinklers. They…read morewere very prompt and came the next day. I was pleasantly surprised to have the owner come out to do the quote. The pricing was very fair. The crew arrived on time, they were all professional and completed the job in the time frame they said they would. Highly recommend Edmonton Irrigation!

The Find centre is such a great store! Checking out used retail and vintage stores used to be my…read moreweekend entertainment prior to the pandemic. I miss just going to check things out and possibly find some treasure. You can drop off items still and order online if you want to. If you want to go in person they enforce masking and capacity limits. They have a big selection of items from furniture and home goods to art and music and books etc. The Core Principle of Find is: FIND believes in the core principle of the Housing First program which states that "Every person has a right to as safe and secure home. " This is the same principle that has established planning at all levels of government in the effort to end homelessness." This is one of the best used retail locations int he City in my opinion. Check them out if you haven't already!

Before the pandemic, I was looking for my masseuse's new physio location, and I happened to drive…read moreby this place. Ooh! Gotta go in there sometime, I said. Fast forward after 2 years of hell. Was visiting my masseuse again, and had the day off so I thought, why not? Some really decent used quality furniture. I found some good books, and I was also in the market for some type of art for my upstairs bathroom that would tie the pale green walls to the brown ceramic tile. Found 2 panels with seashell-type motifs that would do nicely. Also, I recently had floor to ceiling bookshelves put in one room of my house, and was thinking the other day that I need a stool or a tuffet (more decorative than the plastic one from Canadian Tire) to thumb through my cookbooks for the perfect recipe. Score! Ignore the hideous plaid cushion. I have some foam cushioning I can repurpose, and will be recovering it. The top is hinged for storage, and it was only TEN BUCKS! Plus, I LOVE all the community help they provide. As an alternative to Value Village, that is pretty great. Am going to stop in regularly now to see what's new.

Awesome experience with Lionel. He knows his colours and understands how they work together. We…read moreneeded to paint the interior of the house and ended up with Grey Owl Regal and it looks great! Lionel can talk for days about paint, colour combinations, painting accessories, and techniques. Lionel also gave us a discount since we are AMA members and if you buy 5 gallons of paint he might do a little better then that. He really cares about helping DIY projects cuz we are better to deal with then contractors! Haha

Superior Customer Service! Not to downplay the paint (Benjamin Moore is always your best choice),…read morebut the customer service at Colourspec North Decorating blows the paint out of the water! A small mistake with my paint order turned into a small disaster. The store manager was apologetic, took responsibility, and referred the problem to the store owner, Danny Heikkinen. Danny called me and went above and beyond to fix the problem and to reimburse me for all related costs. That is stellar customer service. Danny Heikkinen also owns Pinnacle Decorating South and Strathcona Decorating stores. FIVE STARS!

We were happy with our experience with Cascade. Cory, Patty and the crew were very accommodating…read moreand patient with our many inquiries and concerns. We are very pleased with the final results!

I have just had a horrible experience with Cascade countertops. I attended the store, picked out my…read morequartz and paid my deposit. My full kitchen plan was provided to Cascade along with the details that I was in a second floor condo. All went well until not long before the install is scheduled to occur they send me a final plan to sign that shows my island quartz being cut in half. They assumed there was a freight elevator in a 4 storey residential condo and never bothered to ask. There is not!! So they just decide the right thing to do is cut it in half. They refuse to bring it up the stairs and tell me it weighs 900 lbs which is an exaggeration because they don't want to bring it up the stairs. I offer to pay for a crane or something to lift it to my balcony and they tell me they cannot help me with arranging this. They make no efforts and offer no suggestions as to where I might be able to seek help with this as I am trying to problem solve. When I arrange this on my own they communicate with the contractor that I have hired, paid and arranged for on my own and give him so much cause for concern he understandably backs out. I decide to change my order to an even lighter weight so that they can bring it up the stairs or maybe hire a professional moving company to assist. Two days before install is scheduled and all the trades are lined up behind them they back out. This company should have attended the site from the beginning or asked key important questions about the location and access to my condo from the beginning. If they couldn't accommodate the job they should have let me know this so that I could hire another company. The manager promised to call me back and instead he made one of his office staff deliver this news to me.