Commercial sealant contractors in Seven Dials, Brighton and Hove
Sealant work for offices, shops, hotels and other commercial buildings in Seven Dials and across Brighton and Hove. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Water staining near frames, panels or ceilings
- Gaps behind commercial kitchen worktops and sinks
- Mouldy silicone around WCs, urinals and vanity tops
Commercial sealant contractors for Seven Dials sites
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Signs you need commercial sealant contractors in Seven Dials
The wrong sealant in the wrong place is a common cause of early failure. Painters’ acrylic in a moving joint, vinegar-smelling silicone on metal or natural stone, or a high-modulus product where a low-modulus one was needed all let go sooner than they should. Guidance such as BS 6213 exists to steer sealant selection for exactly this reason.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Greasy, split joints in a kitchen or tea point
- Leaks that seem to come through a sealant line
- External beads that have gone brittle and cracked
- Black mould through washroom sealant that won’t clean off
Shopping centres and retail parks such as Churchill Square (to the south of Seven Dials) see a steady turnover of shop fits, each leaving joints where colour and finish matter.
What to look for in a quote
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
Sealant applicators in Seven Dials
Failed sealant isn’t always the whole story. A leak near a frame edge can start in the frame, the cill or the cavity, and repeated splits in a movement joint can mean the joint is too narrow for the movement. We look before we quote and tell you plainly if sealant won’t solve it, so nobody pays for a reseal that can’t hold. If you are dealing with sanitary sealant that has gone black and patchy and movement joints packed with grit and debris, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Seven Dials it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
We price commercial jobs in Seven Dials from photographs, drawings or a site visit, with the scope listed so everyone knows what’s included.
Sealant jobs for businesses in a place the size of Seven Dials are often best grouped: frontage, staff facilities and window perimeters on one booking. Fewer visits means less disruption to trading.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work in Brighton and Hove. Should something we installed fail, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll come back to it.
- Location
- Seven Dials (BN1, BN3, BN50)
- Wider area
- Brighton and Hove
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
When it isn’t the sealant
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. You will hear from us if the cause turns out to be one of these:
- Walls or slabs moving more than any sealant can take
- Suspect materials that need testing and specialist removal
- Leaking roofs, gutters or flat-roof membranes (those need a roofer)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work in Seven Dials
- Kitchen worktops and splashbacks
- Floor and threshold joints
- Washrooms and tea points
- Movement joints in walls and floors
- External facade joints
- Window and door perimeters
How the quote is worked out
What shapes the price:
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The size and state of each joint
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
No two sites price the same: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Sending details for a quote
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Send us:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- What the building is and how it’s used
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
Every quote starts with the facts: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.
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How a job runs
Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. For a site in Seven Dials, we plan so the whole job is done in one go where possible. Photos with rough sizes let us arrive with everything needed.
- We start with the evidence: photos, drawings or a look on site.
- A fixed quote follows, with removal and preparation included.
- We agree the order of work, access windows and site hours with you.
- The failed sealant comes out and the faces are prepared, with primer where required.
- Backing goes in, the new sealant is laid and tooled, and the area is left neat.
- Completed areas are signed off with you under our 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Quotes
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email the details over to discuss it first.
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Questions we’re asked in Seven Dials
Must a hotel around Seven Dials close while you work?
In the majority of cases no closure is needed: we work room by room or floor by floor. The plan is built around your bookings.
Is Seven Dials too small for you to travel to?
No. Places such as Seven Dials are covered as much as the big towns. Our area covers London and the South East counties. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, so we will confirm the curing time on the day.
How long does a typical visit take?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. We’ll give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators.
Sealant on show in Seven Dials’s commercial buildings
Seven Dials is within about 1 mile of the coast. Shopfronts, frames and external joints on commercial buildings there take wind-driven rain and, closer to the shore, salt in the air. A matched colour is only half the brief on an exposed frontage. Seven Dials has a good number of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. Refits in hotels bring joints at vanity tops, bar counters and reception desks where the colour has to suit the scheme; work is planned so the hotel keeps trading.
A unit on an estate like Centenary Industrial Estate, 0.9 miles north-east of Seven Dials, normally has an office front, a trade counter and staff facilities with joints of their own. Shops and cafés around stations like Brighton station, less than half a mile to the south-east of Seven Dials, trade from early, so work is timed around them.
Seven Dials is about 1 mile west of Brighton, in Brighton and Hove. We send applicators to Seven Dials for sealant joints. Our Brighton and Hove coverage takes in 29 places.
Work on sealant joints is covered throughout BN1, BN3 and BN50, for business premises of every kind. For a building on Dyke Road, Powis Road and York Avenue or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for sealant joints. Being close to the A2010, Seven Dials is easy to get to with materials and equipment. If your building is just outside Seven Dials, we cover West Hill (1 mile south-east), Prestonville (1 mile north), Brunswick (1 mile south-west), Brighton (1 mile east) and Hanover (1 mile east). Further afield, our area takes in Portslade (3 miles west), Hangleton (3 miles north-west), Saltdean (5 miles east), Roedean (3 miles south-east), Rottingdean (4 miles east) and Ovingdean (3 miles east).
Local landmarks in Seven Dials
Around Seven Dials, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Stanford Junior School, The Cow pub and St. Ann's Well Gardens and the streets around them. Seven Dials has its own railway station: Brighton station. Well-known places in the area include Montefiore Hospital (less than half a mile west) and Brighton Transport Museum (0.6 miles north). For a walk, there’s Newmarket Hill and Whitehawk Hill.
Surface by surface
Commercial kitchens and tea points
Gaps and ragged beads trap dirt that cleaning can’t reach, which matters when environmental health officers look at a kitchen. Work is timed around the hours you give us so the kitchen isn’t out of use longer than needed.
Shop fronts and retail fit-outs
Most shops can’t close for a reseal. Tell us your trading hours and access windows and we will plan around them, phasing areas so the shop floor stays usable.
Aftercare for building managers
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. We suggest:
- Check the asbestos register before anyone disturbs old sealant in an older building
- Keep abrasive pads and scrapers off resealed joints
- Keep washroom and kitchen extraction working
- Act on the first lifting edges rather than waiting
New joints need their full cure time before they take water, cleaning or traffic. That time depends on the product, the temperature and the joint depth, so we confirm it for each area at handover. Keeping signs or barriers up until then protects the finish.
Sealant rarely fails all at once across a building. A few splits this year usually mean more next year, so it makes sense to look at the wider elevation or block. We will tell you which sealant joints need doing first and which can wait.