Worktop Express Information Guides

Whilst you may associate Worktop Express® with the highest quality kitchen worktops, we also sell a variety of other fantastic solid wood products and accessories. Our hardwood iPhone and iPad stand are amongst the newest additions to our range. These beautiful gadget accessories are a perfect gift idea, can be used to hold your device whilst it charges, to keep it upright whilst you read a recipe, watch a film or video chat with friends and family.

Not just for Apple devices

Whilst we commonly refer to them as iPhone and iPad holders, both stands are capable of holding a range of smartphones and tablets. The smartphone stand is capable of holding almost any phone up to 12.7mm thick, whilst the tablet holder can hold any modern tablet up to 11mm thick. These measurements cover almost any currently-available smartphone or tablet, and the bases are more than sturdy enough to hold the weight of all but the largest of devices.

A range of timber types

Whilst other websites offer crudely made wooden stands, often manufactured from poor quality timbers, all of our hardwood holders are made from the same quality timber as is used to construct our solid wood worktops. As such, we are able to offer a wide range of timber types that cater for all tastes and aesthetic preferences.

Whether you are looking for a stand for your tablet or smartphone, we offer five different timber types: traditional oak, exotic iroko, timeless European walnut, incomparable zebrano and luxurious wenge.

All the timbers we have chosen to feature in our range were chosen because of their unique visual qualities, hard-wearing nature and suitability for day-to-day use. They are also very easy to keep clean with simply a damp cloth, and can be re-oiled over time to retain a beautiful, resilient finish.

Customisation potential

One of wood’s best qualities is its versatility: not only can it be worked to produce beautiful products such as these, but it can also be easily personalised. Whilst – thanks to the inherent unique aesthetic of wood – no two iPhone or iPad holders are alike, these stands can also be engraved with a special name, message or design. We don’t offer this as a standard feature on our gadget stands, but if you think this is something you would like us to carry out, feel free to get in touch with our fabrication team for a bespoke quotation.

And finally…

Since selling our first few smartphone and tablet holders, we have received some great examples from people letting us know how they have put them to use, so we thought we would share them with you here:

• Charging stand.
• Upright holder whilst watching YouTube / movies / TV.
• Hands-free holder whilst following recipes.
• Hold your device whilst video-calling using Skype or FaceTime.
• Have your tablet next to your computer as a ‘second screen’.
• To display photos in a slideshow, creating a makeshift digital picture frame.
• To display a weather app like a digital weather station.

We are sure there are plenty of other fantastic uses for our iPhone and iPad stands, and if you have any more suggestions, feel free to share them with us on one of our social media channels. We are on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest – hope to chat to you there!

At Worktop Express® we’re very proud to be able to offer our own in-house 2Man delivery service rather than relying exclusively on third-party couriers. For the last few years we have been working to increase our delivery capacity, and in the last half of 2014 we opened two additional delivery depots in Harlow and Chesterfield, which has allowed us to deliver to a much wider range of locations throughout England and Wales five days a week.

If you choose our Worktop Express® 2Man delivery service, you can expect your solid wood worktop to arrive with the following great benefits:

• Next day delivery slots available for orders placed before 12 noon.
• Guaranteed delivery between 7:30am and 6pm on a day of your choosing.
• Two hour time slot provided via email 24 hours before delivery.
• Courtesy call approximately 30 minutes prior to arrival.
• Fully trained two man team will offload your order without requiring any assistance to the nearest ground floor location of your choice.
• Reusable packaging used where possible, removed along with any standard packaging before leaving the property.
• 99% of our 2Man deliveries are delivered on time and on the first attempt.
• Prices start at just £25 for a single worktop, and £15 for each additional worktop.

We were previously only able to offer this fantastic service up to 4 days a week depending on your location, but thanks to the opening of our new depots and overall expansion of the delivery fleet, our service now operates five days a week to the following postcodes in England and Wales:

You will notice that the GL postcode for Gloucestershire is highlighted in red, as we offer a free delivery service to all GL postcodes.

If your postcode does not appear on the table above, then we offer two alternative delivery services fulfilled by a national courier. These external courier delivery options are detailed further on our Delivery Details page.

We plan to offer a wider coverage area over the coming year, as we are looking to open further depots around the country. We will also be opening further showrooms to complement our Gloucester and Harlow showrooms, in order to make it easy to see our beautiful solid wood worktops up-close in a realistic kitchen environment.

We are able to offer next day delivery to the majority of areas if you place your order before 12 noon, but otherwise if you are wondering “when will I get worktop delivery to my address?” then feel free to get in touch via either telephone or email to find out your anticipated delivery lead-times.

Guide updated 24/08/2015: please note that our delivery cut-off times changed from 11am to 12 noon in August 2015, and all existing guides were subsequently edited to reflect this alteration.