Durst Lumber Co

Great service! I do not know much about home improvements, but the sales reps hooked me up with exactly what I needed and basic instructions for how to do it myself.

My family has been going to Durst for over 30 years you get friendly service and you can find all kinds of interesting items plus what you really need there’s no place like it!

I agree with Natalie below. Free the poor bear’s soul and really think of what you’re portraying to a family community. Store is a cluster too. Waited over 10 minutes for a cashier to show up multiple times. They were mixing paint? Or maybe sniffing it… I don’t know.

The best lumber hands down! No searching through 40 boards to find something straight. Fantastic service and they will actually spent time with you to solve a problem at a reasonable cost.
Staff are awesome, friendly, and roam the isles to help customers. For a small store (compared to Home depot or Lowes) they have just about everything just in smaller quantities. The best part is you don’t have to search an acre of store to find what you need. Yes, when you roam to the back of the store you will find the popcorn. The guys at the back desk will take your order for lumber and you just pick it up in the lumber yard.
If you have never used Royal paint you should try it. This is hands down the best paint I have ever used and I have used many brands. Most often one coat coverage.
For those negative reviews regarding staff. I have never, ever witnessed any poor behavior towards a customer and I am there several times a week. All I can say is there’s always one in the bunch or sometimes you get treated the way you treat others.

The only truly old school lumber/​hardware store left in the area. They carry a huge selection of lumber in long lengths for better project quality. The hardware section has everything you should ever need to fix anything that needs fixing.

This place is awesome. Great selection. The store is well organized so it’s not hard to find what you came in for. And as they say, ACE is the helpful place, and these guys rock it. They are always willing to answer any question you ask. They are never snobby or rude to anyone, and they almost always have tips for me on how I can do the project even cheaper than I was planning. Class act business.
Oh an the lumber is awesome!!! Some things are maybe 10% more than big box but it’s always straight, dry, and workable. You can get a lot of custom stuff from the lumber yard too like chain link fence by the foot, or half sheets of plywood at half cost. Again, class act.
I started going there just for the odd washer or fastener but they are now my go to for just about everything. I hope I never move away from here. I don’t know what I would do without them.

I’m here so much that my wife thinks that there is some Betty workin here that I just can’t stop chattin’ up/​keep my hands off of, etc…
Since I have found this place, my pee always smells like salty popcorn.
Eeewwww…
Coolest staff ever.

Went to another hardware store, a plumbing supply place and finally Durst since I was near by. Durst helped me fix my problem that the others couldn’t and for just a couple bucks worth of parts (and a wrench I bought at another Ace). Tons of parts, smart guys in the back, 5 stars.

I live close to Durst Hardware. It is convenient and I like supporting a local business. Most of the employees are knowledgeable.
My only criticism is in regard to the cashiers. Often, they are young kids who are not trained very well. When someone is taking my money, I don’t think its asking too much to be greeted and thanked. Also, I should not have to actually ask to have my items placed in a bag, especially when I have several items.

worst buying expiernce. very unfriendly

I discovered Durst shortly after buying my house 25 years ago, and since then it’s been my first choice for any and all hardware and lumber needs– in fact, a lot of the wood and electrical and plumbing fixtures in my house came from Durst, as did the landscaping timbers in my back yard, and the shed behind my garage. The staff are friendly and helpful, and prices are competitive.

I love this place. Classic hardware store with probably the best lumber in the area. I recently built a shed. Got most of my lumber from Home Depot. Fair enough. Had to quick get a few pieces of lumber here and there and the lumber from Durst was so much straighter and they cut to size to save me money and waste! They have a ton of moldings to pick from and specialty woods. Plus I need a weird size air filter. They order me two, I pay for one and come back in 6 months to get the second one!
While they have been cleaning up and reorganizing a bit, even before it was always kind of cool you couldn’t make it through some of the isles. Staff has always been helpful. If you want the warm and fuzzies from every face you see there you may not get it but that’s OK, it’s a hardware store. You’ll pay a little more for some things and the same price for others as compared to a big box but it’s good stuff.

This is the best hardware store ever! I love it when I go in with an obscure kind of screw or a part I need for a project and lickity-​split, I’ve got it in the bag and I am home working on my project in no time! Customer service here is the best! Help buying paint, lumber, lighting, lawn and garden and plumbing supplies is great! They have everything in this little store! I feel like I’m in the Mayberry hardware store. There are always great deals and interesting things to look at while browsing the isles. My favorite is grabbing a bag of hot popcorn when I haven’t had time to eat while working on a home project. It just hits the spot! If you live in Berkley or Huntington Woods and you haven’t been here, you’d better take a jog to Durst. The big chains have nothing on this place!

Great news, they now have a contractor join there team. He now’s the current building codes and what lumber that should be usedin building a house.

The staff is absolutely rude. Frentz and sons in royal oak is much better.

I’m in the process of painting my livingroom/​diningroom/​hall and am taking time to stop in the middle of it to write this review.
If you’re planning to paint, even if you find your color at the Lowes, HD or other location — take that color swatch to Durst and have them match it in their Royal brand paint. THE BEST paint I have used. Hands down. I have one wall that I changed from pale beige to a deep plum — and it covered beautifully in 2 coats. And the color is a perfect match to the sample I brought in. I once used the best brand at Lowes and in an effort to cover pale green with pale yellow, it took 5 coats and still didn’t look as pure as it should have. How can an expensive «best rated» paint take 5 coats to cover a light color with a similar light color?
Well, I won’t have to worry about that ever again. My fiancé painted our house with a sprayer and it covered with one coat. Sage green over beige. Solid coverage. It’s awesome.
With that said, I’m going to head back to it – cheers!

This little locale is a great place to go for moldings. They have everything else you could want from a small town hardware store, friendly staff (mostly), good paint selection, but the best truly is the popcorn machine in the back.

another great little local home improvement joint.
durst has every thing you would ever need (and a bunch of things you wouldn’t) to do that house project. their selection is much wider and more original than home depot’s too.
the service is much better than home depot’s… by a long shot.
but not as good as frentz & sons (subtract a star). but they have a popcorn machine in the back by the lumber counter (add a star).

Durst Lumber is connected to an Ace Hardware. Durst has a small town feel in a busy town. You walk in, and see a random stuffed polar bear in a glass box; makeshift cash register areas, homemade mouse pad shelving, and plastic tubing running to the ceiling. Nothing seems quite organized, but it works. It gets the job done.
I don’t typically purchase lumber, but the process is much easier than fighting with the home depot crowd to get lumber cut up. Pretty much, you go into Ace, tell em what you need cut, they send it over to the lumber yard, and wooollaa! It is cut! The people there are very helpful.
What makes me laugh is that, every time I go in, the employees all have some kind of take-​out; Chinese, Mexican, pizza etc. at their stations. Those people are always hungry!
Ace also has a complimentary popcorn from an old school popcorn maker. It’s great. I have no problem spending my dollar here.