Hardware Stores
Princess Auto
About Princess Auto
Tools, trailer hardware and the odd hydraulic fitting are the sort of thing you need at the least convenient moment, usually with a half finished job sitting out in the driveway. Princess Auto is at 1920 Spall Road, in the band of commercial streets running north off Harvey Avenue below the Dilworth slopes.
Suppliers in the tool and hardware trade tend to carry a wide and less predictable range than a single specialty counter, with lines that come and go and shelves that reward a slow walk down every aisle. That makes a call ahead genuinely useful when you want one specific item, since staff can usually tell you in a moment whether it is out on the floor. Ask as well about the return terms on clearance or surplus lines, which are often different from those on regular stock, and about what warranty covers a tool you intend to use hard. For anything that will be leaned on daily, it is worth asking which grade of a given tool is built for that and which is not.
There is steady demand for this kind of counter in Kelowna. Construction has followed the city's growth for years, and the orchard and vineyard benches above town run on equipment that needs constant small repairs. Spall Road connects through to Harvey and out to the highway, which suits customers arriving in a truck or with a trailer in tow, and the lots around here are sized for that rather than for a compact car. Rutland, Glenmore and the hillside subdivisions are all within a short drive.
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In the Dilworth neighbourhood of Kelowna.
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