A & Foothill True Value Hardware

Love this little store for my basic hardware needs. The proprietor always knows exactly where to find what I need, and doesn’t mind helping. It seems so small, that I always half expect them to not have what I’m looking for. But they always have it!
This week, I called asking if they carried something. Right away, he knew what I was looking for, described the model they had and the price. He also let me know their hours. I didn’t ask him to hold it for me or anything, but when I came by that evening, it was behind the counter waiting for me.
Much better than trying to find someone to help you in one of those giant stores.
Also, easy parking in the little lot off A Street behind the store.

I’ve been able to come here for various tools I need however lately I have been attempting to come in the AM only to see they are closed despite the hours that are listed on the door. Tired of wasting my time when the sign says they are open at 8:30 but they are actually closed at 10AM

I’ve been going to this location for years and I haven’t had problems until I actually needed their service. I bought a screen door from homedepot, but on the way home, I damaged the screen because I tried shoving it in a minivan. Big mistake. One of the workers there told me to bring it back, but I damaged it so I declined. I instead had them rescreen it. A few days later, I picked it up in my truck, but I noticed that the screen was not properly put in because there were areas on the sides that were not completely installed. I brought it back to have them redo this and the owner said the homedepot screen was glued in and that’s what caused it. I came to pick it up the third time and I noticed again the sides were not propertly installed again, but one of the employees insisted it was done correctly. I took pictures of the screen before I left the store. The owner claimed I damaged it even though my picture was time stamped.
He offered to do it again … If I paid him. I don’t think so. They just lost a customer and hopefully anyone that reads this.
This place is ok if you need parts, but don’t use their services. BIG MISTAKE !!!

These guys are awesome, unlike some huge hardware store they have people that actually help. I had a laundry list of particular hardware I needed to grab, these guys took the time to go over it with me and found everything!

These guys saved my butt, because for an asian guy I to save all I got…
No really, i was doing a simple water heater change out on a 15 year old 50 gallon up here in hayward, and there was an old piercing valve tapped into the system for the ice machine.
Well i thought nothing about it, until i re-​installed the old valve and saw a small drip coming from the seat…
Ah I know, I’ll just tighten it up a schoche… BAHM!!!
it broke and i has a free shower…
I was scrambling and drove soaked down to the hardware store.
a clerk asked if i needed help, and i automatically passed the F uped broke valve to him with a big smile on my face.
He asked if i was having a good day, and i told him now i am because he just gave me a new piercing valve kit. And I am a believer of Murphy’s Law so i asked him for anther 2 packs…
Went back and installed it and my day was done…
Thanks True value.

What can I say about these guys? They have saved me many many times over the years. This is the one place on the planet where you will find an item that no one else has! Unless you get a kick out of walking around Home Depots 20+ isles and still not finding what your looking for. Here ya go to the guy at the front desk and put a question to him he can tell you more times than not right on the spot if they carry what your looking for. Plus if your like me, I’m they guy that is always missing one screw, that’s right i have a lost screw… chances are they will have it nuts, screws hard to find bolts in hard to find sizes! And hear me good about what I’m going to say next, You can buy them by the piece. You heard me, you don’t need to buy a 30 pack of screws when you only need just one! Those things add up over the years. Those wired type smoke detectors that go bad and chirp like crazy when the unit goes bad, they got em here Depot Don’t. But make sure it not the battery first.

I had to ask myself… why go anywhere else??? The owner here at True Value is so nice and goes above and beyond and always finds what I’m looking for.
Then sometimes I’m near a Home Depot or other, and I go in with a feeling of OMG am I going to get help… I almost never do or get someone who doesn’t know or care about what they’re doing.
I am pledging to myself to make this place my 1^st and only stop from now on! :)) True Value Hardware is a true «mom & pop» type, caring and knowledgable small business.

Okay, so this place wasn’t my first choice for what I needed. My darling kitty had chosen the top of my gecko’s enclosure for napping. Eventually, it broke away from the frame, and I needed it replaced. Ace Hardware was closed, so I tried these guys. I spoke to Zee, who let me know they’d be there a little after closing and to come on in. I brought in the screen, and Zee quoted me at $ 16. I couldn’t afford that much, and he made me an offer I couldn’t refuse: $ 12. So wonderful to have somebody who will work with you. Shows that they’re more interested in the business than the money. Also, the repair was quick; I didn’t even have to leave, they did it while I waited.
This place is a pretty good hardware store. Good location, decent parkin, helpful service.

Excellent and friendly service! Actually, I came to this store by accident — since I was looking for an Ace Hardware. I think the other negative reviews from 2 or 3 years ago are not current and up to date since both employees I have encountered were hired more recently than 2009 — the date of those other negative reviews.
Both men I spoke to were quite helpful. The big guy at the counter, «Jim» took me directly to the exact spot in their store inventory where I needed to custom design a weird set of small wheels to screw to a homemade drawer I made to fit inside my entertainment center at home. The wheels were the type you would use to repair a sliding patio screen door, yet they worked out fine and now my project is complete. I liked their big inventory of «stuff», so I will continue to shop here whenever I need something that I know other stores won’t sell.
Sometimes, I now make it a point to just wander through the store, because I never know what I might need at home. I forget to make a list, and usually if I walk up and down aisles, something will trigger my memory!
(Home depot and OSH are a joke sometimes, in the fact that they don’t sell most of the small, obscure items I always seem to need!

I had a bookcase I wanted to varnish over. So I asked the sales guy if I should get something oil based or water based to go over the acrylic designs I had already painted.
«Did you ask your parents if you could paint your furniture?» he asked.
«What? I’m 26 years old, I don’t need permission, I live with my boyfriend.»
«Well, did you ask your boyfriend?»
«WHAT? I don’t need permission from my boyfriend… this is my project not his.»
«Why don’t you just come in with him and he can buy the paint for you.»
…Yeah, Peace out.
But I have really bad karma around this area. Same corner where an irate «little person» called me a «F*cking c*nt.» as I walked by.
Amusing.

HUGE selection of stuff! The people working there are also very knowledgeable about their hardware.