Schwering Hardware Store

They don’t make them like this anymore. Personal service, friendly, they have lowe’s and Home Depot beat hands down.

This store is 92 years old! The big box stores didnt do this one in. I am fixing a sliding door. I struck out everywhere. I stopped in with the part I need. I should be getting it in a few days. This is your old school neighborhood hardware store.
The staff is helpful and friendly. Its a very personal vibe here.
I will continue to patronize this store!
They seem to be able to get hard to find, out of production type hardware. Prices are reasonable too! Its in Palmyra on Broad Street. They have limited parking in front of the store, but extra parking in the rear of store. Just look for the statue of the horse and buggy thats the landmark in front of the store.

They take service to a high art form at Schwering’s.
It’s October and leaves blanket the lawn of the old house I just bought on Main St. I’m a first time homeowner. No rake.
So I take a walk over to the Schwering’s. To get a rake. Oh shoot! They’re closing up. It’s 10 minutes past. The shop is dark. Everyone else is gone. From the dispalys on the sidewalk out front, the last clerk on the job is bringing the last of the merchandise in for the night and locking up the front door. In desperation, I asked the young man if the register is already closed? Yes. He has no access to the credit card machine or the change drawer. Drat. I didn’t have cash anyways; just my credit card. I ask the guy what time they open in the morning and after he tells me I thank him and start to walk away. «What do you need?», the kid says. «A rake.» «We have these two different types. Which one do you want? You can just pay us the next time you come in.» He said it so nonchalantly! I think people born with that a super-​natural aptitude to serve others think nothing of it. I take my rake home and cleared my new lawn with a smile I couldn’t quite wipe off my face.
I admire the owner’s talent for recruiting (training?) so expertly. That can’t be easy. Every one of the staff there and every interaction I have had with them has been uniformly 3 cuts above any other hardware store experience.
I have been to Lowes and Home Depot 200+ times (because of necessity not choice) No one of those visits have ever produced a warm moment. Thanks Schwering owner and staff.

For the past two days I have been working in Schwering’s helping to redesign their hardware displays (nuts, bolts, screws, etc) for a private hardware distributer. I have never been to this store before. I can honestly, without a doubt this is the best hardware store I have ever been in! The owner, Steve is always here and along with his employees are very friendly and helpful. Home Depot and Lowe’s could never match the level of personal service that this store offers to it’s customers. This store has every hard to find product that most stores would never think of carrying. Shop once at this store, and you can understand why they have been in business over 90 years. Without question, the best hardware store in all of South Jersey. If you have to drive a few extra miles to shop here, it’s well worth it!!!

This store is a staple of the community & please support it.
Yes, you might pay a few pennies more than at the BIG BOX store, but for those extra cents, you are going to get great customer service and amazing knowledge for what ever fix-​it, fix-​up or gardening scenario you have.
Not only that but the owner is very GREEN conscious and has many product solutions for you, including non toxic paint (yes, they even keep a record of the paint you purchase in case you need more), cleaning products, etc.
Just a couple of examples:
Bring a spotted leaf off of your rose bush = Schwerings crew: its a fungus. Problem solved.
Need glass cut? Screens mended? Pipes threaded? Can’t find a weird-​sized screw that you need? This place has it all. It’s such a GEM, I don’t know what we would do without these types of stores.

This store is a pleasant trip back in time. I can remember going there with my Dad back in the 60’s. He would have a handful of hardware are parts and he’d say to the store owner «Ya got any of these?» and he (I think his name was Dick Schwering) would go to a wall of drawers and give my old man whatever he needed along with some useful advice on how to do the job. I’m happy to say his son Steve has kept the tradition of genuine customer service firmly in place and the store has truly changed very little since I was a boy. You may pay a little more than at a big box store, but you will never match the service and personal attention of this fine traditional hardware store. Steve and his newer employees can go to those same drawers and magically find exactly what you need or they’ll tell you where to get it. I will always be a loyal Schwerings customer and I hope they never change a thing.

If you’re not looking to travel, and want friendly, fast service, this is the place for you!
Schwering’s Hardware has all sorts of hard to find hardware and tools that most Home Depots and Lowe’s won’t usually carry. Give them a call and see if they have what you need, you’ll be surprised!

Check it out. It is more pricy then Home Depot, or Lowes… but the workers are friendly, and the store is very charming. I really like going in here for small odds and ends. Support Local Business’!!!

like stepping back 70 years. Wooden floors that creak… This place is a must visit. They have everything.

The store has everything… from balsa wood airplanes to cleaning supplies to tools to electric outlets to paint. and all kind of serious hardware stuff. You need it, they have it! The staff is friendly AND helpful. An all around GREAT hardware store!

I used to live around the corner from here, staff was helpful. Definately a nice little store that has what you need.

Sure, you always have the option of going to Home Despot, or how Lowe can you go. If you need help, you certainly might find someone who can tell you something. Or you can figure it out on your own, buy a lot of stuff, get home, find you have the wrong stuff, waste more time and money, and finally… wait are you really saving time or money?
Or you can go to Schwering’s. Yes, some things cost a little more. But you will walk in, someone will ask if they can help you and happily share actual expertise with you, or leave you alone. They’ll find it for you if you want. If you need to replace one of those doo-​dads, they have a drawer with three. Or they can get it.
I recently was building a float for a July 4^th parade. Yes I know how very cool that sounds… It was an 8 foot replica of the USS Chesapeake from the War of 1812 for the Burlington County Historical Society (Capt Lawrence, the guy who said «Don’t Give Up the Ship» was born in Burlington City, you see). So, this is an odd project by any standard. The people at Schwerings spent oodles of time helping me pick out parts for a wheel system, PVC for cannons, ways to make masts, etc… Try that at the Despot.
Or, when I needed to fix an old sink installation I stopped at Lowes, and bought the wrong stuff again. I took the odd fixture to Schwerings, they figured out what I needed and sold me the part … for $ 3.
They have a great stove/​fireplace section, and cleaning and gardening stuff. Their strength, though is the hardware (imagine that, in a hardware store) and the helpful knowledge.

An actual hardware store that is not Tru or Ace or Depot’d or anything. They have *people* instead of associates. These people actually know things.
You can tell them what you need to do and they’ll *help* you. Heck, they even let my dad take something home and said that if it didn’t fit he could just bring it back.
Having Schwerings in the neighborhood is a little like having a celocamph in your pool.