Since December 16, many other shops and hardware stores have had to close.
How do do-it-yourselfers get their material anyway?
DIY stores in corona lockdown: First easing under these conditions
Update from March 1st, 2021
: As of today,
hardware stores are allowed to reopen in some federal states
(see update from February 23rd).
To do this, it is again necessary to adhere to certain hygiene concepts.
This also includes how many customers are allowed to be in the hardware store.
As reported by the
Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation
, the following measures apply: "Up to an area of 800 square meters, a maximum of one customer per ten square meters is allowed." For larger shop areas of 801 square meters or more, one customer per 20 square meters is allowed.
To avoid chaos, some hardware stores, such as Hagebau, rely on
one-way streets and blocked aisles
.
So a lot of patience is required here, because these regulations should also be checked by the employees.
Basically,
keep your distance and wear a mask
.
In Bavaria, FFP2 masks are also to be worn in hardware stores.
The further procedure for the corona lockdown will be discussed next Wednesday, March 3rd, at the renewed corona summit between the federal and state governments.
DIY stores in corona lockdown: first cautious easing
Update from February 23, 2021
: At today's meeting of the Bavarian Cabinet, further openings were decided.
Including flower shops and nurseries as well as
hardware stores in Bavaria
.
State Chancellor Florian Herrmann stated that the opening
should take place
from March 1st
, but strict square meter restrictions apply in the shops.
From March 1st, customers in
Schleswig-Holstein
and
Saxony-Anhalt should
be able to visit hardware stores again.
In
Lower Saxony
, the flower shops and garden centers have been open again since February 13th.
Since February 15th,
Saxony has
allowed the “Click & Collect” order and pick-up service in hardware stores.
Corona lockdown: Relaxation for hardware stores & Co. only from a lower 7-day incidence
Update from February 11, 2021
: On February 10, the federal and state governments decided at the Corona summit to
extend the corona measures until March 7
.
At the moment,
easing
for the retail trade is only
planned
if
the
incidence is below 35
.
This means that DIY stores will also remain closed until this value is reached.
Until then, customers can continue from the "
click
-
and
-
Collect
" order and make pick-up service use.
The hygiene regulations (see update from January 20th) must still be observed.
If nothing changes in the incidences during the current extension, further measures will be decided at the next Corona summit on March 3rd.
Corona lockdown: That changes with the "click-and-collect" pick-up service in the hardware store
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 extension of the tough corona lockdown to January 31, DIY stores will also remain closed.
Since January 11th, DIY stores in the federal states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have been
able to offer the
"
Click
-
and
-
Collect
"
pick-up service
.
To do this, 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 to show customers which rules have to 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, drugstores, opticians and other businesses for daily needs - is not allowed to open for the time being.
What surprises many:
DIY stores will 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 suggested 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.
However, the chances of this are rather slim.
If you still want to go shopping at the hardware store urgently, 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 how do I have to behave?
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 recent 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 do it alone or with
someone else
, 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 have to 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.
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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, for example on the website,
to come
to the store
without being accompanied
and only allows 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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