G&S Specialist Timber Reviews

Name: G&S Specialist Timber
Rating: 4.90

4.9 Rating 12,197 Reviews

99 %

of reviewers recommend G&S Specialist Timber

4.9

Based on 12,197 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	97%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	98%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Live Chat, Telephone
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour
Customer Service	5 out of 5

G&S Specialist Timber 5 star review on 17th January 2026

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“A couple of the 15mm lime blanks that I ordered are slightly warped but not cracked. So they are usable but could be better.”

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Posted 1 month ago

Good afternoon, Thank you for your review, we are sorry if the blanks arrived slightly warped. If you can please send us some images of this and we will look into this for you. We can also see on your product review regarding the free delivery not being clear, we have tried to make the customers aware as much as possible and the website has at the top of every page a countdown timer and a link saying delivery information, we also have it on every page just below the header saying Free Delivery on Most orders over £80.00, we are sorry if this was missed. Kind regards G&S

Posted 1 month ago

“Order arrived earlier than expected which was great. Prime grade as advertised, again great. Five of ten boards flat and machined well. Five bowed badly, stick marks showed only supported at ends while drying, middle stick missing. Shame otherwise 5 star.”

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Posted 1 month ago

Good afternoon, Thank you for your email, we are sorry if some of the boards arrived bowed, if you can please send us some images showing this and we can investigate it for you. Kind regards G&S

Posted 1 month ago

“Personally I would not purchase another unit ,not worth the money.”

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Posted 2 months ago

“Nice piece of walnut, alas not very accurately machined -- 35mm dowel measures 35.8mm, so fitting into a hole made by a 35mm Forstner bit requires some tedious fettling. Claimed tolerance of +/-0.4mm isn't really very good, and still missed.”

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Posted 4 months ago

“I have ordered several batches of dowel over the last few years. I need these to be very straight for the purpose I use them for. Unfortunately, some of the longer 2400 lengths have been bent and warped. I appreciate that there may be some slight warping, but it would be good if you could please inspect future orders to try and ensure as straight as possible. Thanks”

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Posted 5 months ago

Hi, We are sorry that some of the 18mm dowels are bent and warped, unfortunately this will always happen due to the small diameter and the timber picked. Tulipwood is the softest hardwood we offer and the fact the diameter is small relative to the length at this diameter the dowel will sag unfortunately. Tulipwood is a cheaper dowel for more strength we would recommend Sapele or Beech in this diameter but unfortunately at 2400mm long and 18mm diameter the dowels will sometimes sag. Kind regards Tools & Timber

Posted 5 months ago

“I have to admit that I was not that happy with product. To be entirely honest, I expected far more for the extra price. However, ahntough in general the blades were very sharp, the tips were eitehr burred and so had to be ground down to make them workable or there was a fraction missing and so the points did not come a sharp point that I had expected and thus, this made the blade less effective. I was considering asking for a refund as I I had bouught the set of 3 blades and another separate one so that I had a whole set of the four, but apart from these limits and hopefully they will improve their quality control as it really needs to be vastly improved, they cut even poor quality basswood very well. Having said the above, I would be dubious about recommending this product by Flexcut and as I have bought a lot of Flexcut products in the past and I found them to be a tad overpriced for what they are, I was very disappointed at having bought what I thought was the best blades on the market. From my experience, the tips of the blades need to be montorered with far greater care!”

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Posted 7 months ago

Good morning, Thank you for your review. We are sorry the tools were not as you expected. We will pass your comments onto Flexcut who manufacture the tools. If we had been contacted the tools would have been able to be returned for a full refund. Kind regards G&S Specialist Timber.

Posted 7 months ago

“Good service, but very expensive delivery cost.”

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Posted 10 months ago

Good afternoon, Thank you for your review, we are sorry you feel the delivery cost is high. Sadly with courier costs and packaging costs to take into account we only charge what we are charged. We are always looking for ways to get this cost down. Kind regards G&S

Posted 10 months ago

“Nice wood, sadly a few probblems with one peice of sapele and the lead time is long”

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Posted 11 months ago

Good morning, Thank you for your review, we are sorry one piece was out of shape for you. We don't seem to have had any correspondence on the issue. Please can you send us some images showing this to website@toolsandtimber.co.uk and we can look to get the piece swapped over for you. Regarding the lead time we advertise a 14 - 18 working day lead time currently but I can see your order was dispatched on the 8th working day. If you would like the piece swapped please send us some images and we can get it resolved for you. Kind regards G&S

Posted 11 months ago

“The response time and postage excellent Two of the three dowels were good but one had quite a severe warp, fortunately we only needed two at the full length and can cut most of the warp out which is why we didn’t complain.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Good morning, Thank you for your review, we are sorry one of the dowels was warped. We would have offered to swap the dowel over for you but are glad you made it work. Kind regards G&S

Posted 11 months ago

“Good Service and prompt deliver! However, one of the 5 pieces orderd was a paler shade than the others and it was only after the pieces were glued up into an assembly for carving that I realised that it was a different timber, possibly tulipwood. Too late to backtrack, so I shall have to soldier on and attempt to disguise the difference. This is very disappointing. I am unable to attach a photo in this reviw but will send by separate email”

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Posted 1 year ago

Good morning, Thank you for your review. After looking at the image you have sent us we can confirm all the pieces are lime. As lime is a natural timber product there will be colour variation piece to piece. We are sorry it is disappointing for you however our picking team wouldn’t take into account slight colour variations as they will have been unaware that the pieces would be getting laminated together. Once again we are sorry for your disappointment. Kind regards G&S

Posted 1 year ago

“Dowels arrived very quickly, cannot fault that. 3 of the 10 had knots in though & weren't able to be used. Overall I would say these are fair value for the prices.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Good afternoon, Thank you for your review, we are sorry some of the dowels arrived with knots in. If you can please send us some images to website@toolsandtimber.co.uk and we can look to get some replacements sorted for you. Kind regards G&S

Posted 1 year ago

“Wood delivery on time, but delivered to a neighbour's house rather than mine, with no note through door ar any communication. DPD's fault rather than G&S. At least my neighbour brought the parcel round for me.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Good morning, Thank you for your review, we are sorry you weren't made aware that the parcel had been left with a neighbour. We will speak with our account manager at FedEx about this so it doesn't happen in the future. Kind regards G&S

Posted 2 years ago

“I have recently order 10 of these for project in two separate orders . Out these three have internal splits in critical places and I have had to use them for smaller projects and will have to order some more but you have none left.I appreciate you cant see these but it's a bit anoying.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I have used G&S a few times now, always without any problem. This time was different: the delivery was frankly hopeless. I wish you could go back to DPD - never had any problem with them! I have a feeling the delivery may have been more than 5 days but less than 7 days, which your system below does not cater for.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Good morning, Thank you for your review, I have looked into the delivery for you and can see the delivery was only 2 working days. The order was placed on Thursday the 1st at 20.22pm and dispatched on the Friday. As you had not requested a weekend delivery the earliest delivery date would be the Monday, when the parcel arrived at the nearest Fedex depot there is was an issue with the label which meant the parcel was delayed until the Tuesday and was delivered at lunchtime. We are sorry there was a 1 day delay with your parcel. Kind regards G&S

Posted 2 years ago

“You will note that we rate G & S timber as acceptable, yes on the basis of its products”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Very responsive company. My orders have always turned up the next day, and they respond to emails very quickly. I had been happy with everything so far, but a recent order not being as described, and then the attitude being that i should expect that, is what has soured my opinion.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Good afternoon, Thank you for your review, as we said via email the banksia nuts are a natural product in this case the nuts dip in diameter in the middle this is the way that nut has formed and is out of our control. Although the nut goes thin its still 280mm long so is a large nut. We asked you to return them for a full refund or replacement, but you declined. Unfortunately, your review isn’t fair we replied to you within 30 minutes and we are more than happy to replace or refund if they are returned to us. Sadly all retail shops have to have the items returned to issue replacements or refunds. Kind regards G&S

Posted 2 years ago

“Your service was very good. One of the pieces of wood was quite warped and I think you should watch out for this in the future.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Good morning, Thank you for your review, we are sorry one of the bowl blanks arrived warped. If you can please send an image of the warped blank to website@toolsandtimber.co.uk and we will arrange for a replacement to be sent out for you. Kind regards G&S

Posted 2 years ago

“Haven't received it yet. A van turned up at the time allocated, the driver went in the back, didn't deliver anything and drove off again Still not delivered I can't submit this without filling in other fields so will just tick poor although this has no reflection on your product, just the delivery”

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Posted 3 years ago

Good afternoon, Thank you for your review, we are sorry the item wasn't delivered. The parcel has arrived back with us this morning. We can ship it back out for you. If you can please email us at website@toolsandtimber.co.uk to make sure there are no errors on the address or anything else that could cause a non delivery and we will get it back out to you asap. Kind regards G&S

Posted 3 years ago

“G&S staff were helpful and their despatch was quick but they were let down by the appalling "DX overnight delivery" service which took 4 days! I complained directly to DX by phone & online but there was no response or follow-up which was no surprise, considering their many 1-star reviews. I've bought from G&S twice before when they were using DPD but I wouldn't bother again if DX remains their carrier.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Good morning, Thank you for your review. We are sorry that you have issues with the delivery from DX, Sadly after Covid DPD no longer allowed us to send liquids with them anymore, meaning we had to look at other couriers for this. We have looked at the tracking and can see that your parcel was shipped on the Thursday and delivered on the Monday, sadly DX don't class Saturdays and Sundays as standard delivery days and if you try to contact them on this days there will be no one available to look into it also. If a customer has any delivery issues we would always suggest contacting ourselves as we have a dedicated customer service team and our enquiries are prioritised. We are sorry for the delay you experienced. Kind regards G&S

Posted 3 years ago

“As if today I gave still not recieved the wood, 3 failed deliveries with no updates or contact they are supposed to deliver it tomorrow 17th”

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Posted 3 years ago

G&S Specialist Timber is rated 4.9 based on 12,197 reviews