Miner's Ace Hardware, Grover Beach CA

This is my favorite store. I am a bit of a maker. I was there this trip making a new lid for the sump pump in my yard. That $2 pizza pan never imagined where life would take it. I bought drill bits and self tapping sheet metal screws, Diablo hole saws in 3 sizes and metal screens like you rest in your kitchen sink drain to catch schmutz you don't want in your drains. The lid now has three 3 inch screened water intakes, a short closed system 1&1/4" hose ready to be screwed to the outflow of the sump on the underside and the garden hose to the street on the top, and an open 1&3/4" hole for the covered electrical cord out (large because it goes on with plug already installed, keeps wire out of the direct sun, never buried). That was just today's strange project. I'll be back this afternoon for neon green paint, so it remains as visible as a fire truck in the inclement weather I am most likely to be checking it in. They smile when they see me coming. I put homemade animatronics in my yard, push button snow machines, help decorate parks and events. I always have something new and unusual going. They also helped me research the specs on trash cans last night. I need one whose handles can for sure handle the 100 pounds it will be carrying today. 50 pound turkey, 50 pounds or more of ice. Too big for my ice chest. I can't believe my little chick grew that big that fast. So big I don't have a pan big enough to cook it or chest big enough to transport it. And, I don't want to invest that kind of money in a one time use. But this rubber brute trash can will get reused a lot. I made wooden handles that slip up into the ones molded on. They extend forward and back like a litter. Now it is a comfffyy two man carry from barnyard to truck, or woodpile to bonfire. Miner's doesn't sell smores, but if you are hungry, they make free popcorn.

Restroom was badly in need of a an expert cleaning! Don't you have people to check them during the day? You should!

This is place to go to get help and supply's for any project. Cashiers are friendly and super helpful.