Since December 16, many other shops and hardware stores have had to close.
How do do-it-yourselfers get their material anyway?
Update from January 20, 2021
: At the Corona summit on January 19, 2021, it was decided to extend the lockdown measures until February 14, 2021.
This means that many retail stores, including
hardware stores, remain closed
.
Nevertheless, materials can be ordered using “click-and-collect” and picked up at the hardware store.
It was also decided that
a medical mask
must be worn in
shops
that
are still open, such as supermarkets
.
This also
applies to the pick-up service
from hardware stores.
In the tough Corona lockdown, DIY stores offer "click-and-collect" - under these conditions
Update from January 13, 2021
: With the tough corona lockdown being extended to January 31, DIY stores will also remain closed.
Since January 11th, the hardware stores in the federal states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have been
able to offer the
"
Click
-
and
-
Collect
"
pick-up service
.
In addition, customers can
order
their
goods
on the Internet
and pick them up at the desired date
.
Of course, the service takes place in strict compliance with the hygiene rules.
Which DIY stores offer the pick-up service can be checked on the store's websites.
The largest DIY stores in Germany have already created overviews, also to show customers which rules must be observed.
Hardware stores closed in tough corona lockdown: What do-it-yourselfers can do now
Update from December 15, 2020
: From December 16, there will be a hard corona lockdown in Germany.
The retail trade - with the exception of supermarkets, weekly markets, drug stores, opticians and other businesses for daily needs - is not allowed to open for the time being.
What surprises many:
DIY stores also have to be closed from Wednesday
.
So if you wanted to do some shopping there before Christmas or urgently need materials for home improvement, you currently have bad cards.
Customers are already piling up in front of the hardware stores.
The Baden-Württemberg FDP politician Michael Theurer even made the suggestion to the Bild newspaper that extending the opening hours into the night could help to equalize the onslaught.
He received approval from the Hamburg CDU member of the Bundestag and state party leader Christoph Ploß and Stefan Genth from the HDE trade association.
But the chances of this are rather slim.
If you still want to go shopping at the hardware store, you can usually
do so
online
.
At OBI there is a free delivery from a value of 50 euros.
Hornbach also offers standard parcel deliveries with a value of 50 euros or more without shipping costs.
Bauhaus offers free shipping from an order value of 25 euros.
For some large orders, however, there may be costs for shipping despite the high order value - mostly if it is not standard shipping.
It should also be noted that there may be delays in delivery due to the busy logistics networks.
However, Christmas trees
are likely to continue to be available from hardware stores.
Corona in spring: When do hardware stores open again and what should I do?
Original message from April 20, 2020
: In the last few weeks the situation regarding the coronavirus has changed steadily.
While hardware stores and garden centers have now completely closed in some federal states, some regulations are now being relaxed again.
Here you can find out what has changed with regard to the hardware stores and what you should pay attention to when visiting.
In which federal states have the hardware stores open or are reopening?
In
Lower Saxony
, hardware stores have been open again since April 4th.
Since April 18, DIY enthusiasts in
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein have
been able to go shopping in construction and garden centers again.
Since April 20, hardware stores in
Bavaria and Saxony
have reopened their doors.
In the federal states of
Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia
, the hardware stores had opened in the past few weeks.
Coronavirus: What do I have to consider when shopping in hardware stores?
The measures taken by the government regarding the coronavirus are constantly changing and are being adapted to the current situation.
In addition, there are often different regulations in the various federal states, which can lead to confusion.
Nationwide, however, according to the resolutions of the federal and state governments, the following applies until May
3rd
: A
minimum distance of 1.5 meters
must be maintained
in public, i.e. also in the hardware store or garden center,
and you can only be alone or with another, not in the household living person, be on the move.
Shops with a
sales area of up to 800 square meters
are allowed to reopen.
Individual federal states have also introduced a
mask requirement
: In Saxony, citizens must
wear
a
face mask *
on buses, trains and shops, while individual cities and municipalities have made it mandatory.
Including:
Jena (Thuringia)
Nordhausen District (Thuringia)
Sulz am Neckar (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Hanau (Hesse)
Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony)
In Bavaria, too, the mask requirement will apply from April 27 *.
A scarf can also be used as a mask.
Also interesting
: Can the craftsman still come to my home?
Hygiene measures, opening times: How are DIY stores dealing with the Corona crisis?
The hardware stores themselves have also prepared for the Corona times: OBI asks its customers on the website, for example,
to come
to the store
unaccompanied
and only grants access via the main entrances.
In addition, they should keep a distance of two meters from other people in the branches and only cough in the crook of their arm or in a handkerchief.
Customers are also recommended to use a disinfectant *.
However, nothing has changed
in the
opening times
.
According to the website, Hornbach also follows the recommendations of the Robert Koch Institute and provides
disinfectant dispensers for customers and employees
.
In the branches, depending on the number of customers, you reserve the right to regulate the flow of people.
Hagebau also advises online that customers
should
pay by card instead of cash
and warns of local deviations and restrictions in the markets.
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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.