South East England and London
Commercial Sealant Contractors in Medway
Commercial sealant contractors in all 54 towns and villages of Medway, with every joint properly prepared, with a fixed quote before we start and a 12-month guarantee.
Need commercial sealant contractors in Medway?
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Towns we cover in Medway
Sealant work for offices, shops, hotels and other commercial buildings. Choose your town from the list to see local details, or call or email us for a quote.
Largest places
Other services in Medway
- Coloured and colour-matched sealant
- Expansion and movement joint sealing
- Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents
- Construction and new-build mastic
- Industrial and floor joint sealing
- Commercial washroom and wet-area sealing
- Facade and window perimeter sealing
- Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping
Postcodes in Medway
About commercial sealant contractors in Medway
Failed sealant isn’t always the whole story. Water at a window perimeter might be coming from the frame, the cill or the wall behind while a movement joint that keeps tearing may simply be too narrow for the job. Part of the job is telling you when the fix is something other than sealant, so budgets go where they’ll do some good. We work on external facade joints, floor and threshold joints and washrooms and tea points, and what we are called in for most is hardened, chalky sealant on south-facing or exposed elevations and water staining near frames, panels or ceilings.
Diagnose, treat, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off.
- First, details reach us through the quote form or a site visit.
- We diagnose the cause of failure and price a fixed scope.
- Work is phased around your occupiers where areas need to stay in use.
- Every failed bead is removed rather than covered.
- Each joint gets a suitable sealant, laid to depth and tooled.
- A final walk-round, then the 12-month guarantee applies.
Pricing in Medway
A quote for sealant joints depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, and any specification that applies. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- Failed material removed, not covered up
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. Our quote form is another easy route.
Near you in Gillingham
We work on buildings around The Robert Napier School, Featherby Junior School and The Robert Napier School, among other places. You’ll also find Holy Trinity Church (less than half a mile north-east), The Star pub (0.6 miles west) and Ambley Wood (0.8 miles south). For rail, the closest station is Gillingham (Kent) station, roughly 1.5 miles north-west. A little further out are Medway Maritime Hospital (1.6 miles west) and Six Poor Travellers House (3.3 miles west). The countryside around Gillingham includes Blue Bell Hill and Bishop Saltings.
Where commercial joints are in Medway
Across Medway, from Gillingham, Chatham and Rochester to the smaller places between, commercial buildings run from high-street shops and offices to hotels, schools and business parks. We cover the whole area, so occupiers with several sites can use one contractor and one point of contact, with colours matched site to site where the brand needs it.
We work across Greater London and the South East counties, so jobs in Medway are planned with access, loading and parking in mind. Medway includes coastal places, where facades, frames and external slabs take more weather than inland. We take that exposure into account when choosing the product.
Gillingham: For tenants and agents on sites such as Gillingham Business Park (0.5 miles south of Gillingham), office fit-outs, reception joints and window perimeters are the usual sealant work. Sites a few miles apart, such as Gillingham Business Park and Beechings Way Industrial Centre, can share one programme and one point of contact.
General trades versus a specialist
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
How the job changes by surface
Shop fronts and retail fit-outs
In retail, sealant is on show. Joints around counters, displays and shopfront frames have to look tidy as well as seal, frequently colour-matched to the fit-out. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Movement joints in walls and floors
Brickwork, blockwork and floor slabs all have movement joints that need a flexible seal. When the seal fails, debris gets in and the joint stops working. The new sealant is chosen for the movement and, on floors, the traffic.
After the work
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Keep washroom and kitchen extraction working
- Put external and wet-area joints on a regular inspection round
- Look at the sealant around anything that has been moved or replaced
- Ask cleaners to use a soft cloth and mild cleaner on sealant
Later works are the usual way new joints get damaged. When fittings are moved or cabling added, the sealant nearby is easily disturbed and the joint gets left open. If that happens, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll price putting it right.
Movement joints that fill with debris stop working. With nothing soft to close against, the materials either side take the load and start to break up. At that point it’s a repair job rather than a reseal.
Work for main contractors and building owners
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Medway can form part of a wider programme.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Why deal with it now?
A failed seal around a window, worktop or panel doesn’t mean the element itself has to go. Often the fitting is sound and the joint is the only thing letting it down. Resealing normally costs far less than renewal.
Questions to ask before you book
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
Medway: questions and answers
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, let us know and we’ll send them with the quote.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Can you supply RAMS and insurance details?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote. We hold CHAS accreditation and Constructionline membership and carry five million pounds of public liability insurance.
How soon can the area be used again?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
How do you keep disruption to occupiers down?
Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them.
How long does a job like this take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we are given. You will have an expected duration with the quote.
Can you handle sealant work across several sites?
Yes. Send a list of addresses and what’s needed at each, and we’ll put together a fixed quote and a sensible order of work.