Industrial and floor joint sealing in Chichester, West Sussex
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on floor joint sealing and filling in warehouses, factories and industrial units in Chichester and the surrounding area. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Chipped and spalling edges along forklift routes
- Filler that has parted from one face
- Trucks and loads jolting over damaged joints
Floor joint sealing in Chichester
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Floor joint sealing for commercial buildings in Chichester
Forklifts and pallet trucks are hard on open joints. Every pass chips at the bare concrete edge, and over time a neat cut turns into a ragged channel. A properly filled joint carries the wheel over and protects both arrises, which is kinder to trucks, loads and operators. Most enquiries involve saw-cut joints left open and packed with grit and drivers complaining about joints on a route, across construction joints, retail and showroom floors and loading bays. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Chichester tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
In Chichester, as in most towns, brickwork and panel movement joints on public and commercial buildings age quietly. Once the sealant hardens or splits, water gets into the wall and the joint no longer works.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Where
- Chichester (PO19, PO20, PO18, PO10)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. Most work in Chichester is one building at a time: a school, a unit, an office or a block. Your photos, drawings or a site visit come first, followed by a fixed quote.
- A floor survey records every joint, its edges and what crosses it.
- You receive a fixed quote showing products and phasing.
- Old fill and packed debris come out until both faces are sound.
- We extract the dust and prime the faces if the product needs it.
- Filler or sealant is placed to depth and finished flush.
- Zones reopen once cured and the work moves on.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Request a quote
For a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or email us with the site address and an outline of the work. You can also send details through our quote form.
Related advice
Slabs, ramps and loading bays in Chichester
Less than 3 miles from Chichester there are at least three named estates and business parks. Their warehouses, yards and car parks are exactly where joints take the most punishment. Chichester lies roughly 54 miles out from central London. The South East has large numbers of industrial estates and warehouses along the motorway corridors.
For buildings at a park such as City Business Park, 0.6 miles to the south of Chichester, brick and panel movement joints are easy to forget until one leaks. Campuses like University of Chichester (to the north-east of Chichester) mix old and new buildings, with movement joints wherever they meet.
Chichester is about 27 miles east of Southampton, in West Sussex. Anywhere in PO19, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Our West Sussex coverage takes in 373 places, from busy centres to rural villages. There’s a separate page for Portsmouth, roughly 13 miles from Chichester.
Commercial sites across PO19, PO20, PO18 and PO10 are covered. If your site is on St Martin's Square, Market Road and Old Market Avenue or close by, we can quote for floor joints. Main routes into Chichester include the A27 and A259, useful when we plan access and materials. Nearby places we also cover include Portfield (1 mile east), Westhampnett (1 mile north-east), Shopwyke (2 miles east), Maudlin (2 miles north-east) and East Lavant (2 miles north). Nearby towns on our patch include Bognor Regis (5 miles south-east), Selsey (7 miles south), Littlehampton (11 miles east), Rustington (12 miles east), Storrington (15 miles east) and Angmering (13 miles east). Chichester is one of the busier places in West Sussex, and its commercial and public buildings are all within our area.
Around Chichester
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Chichester High School For Girls, George and Dragon Inn and Central C of E Junior School and the streets around them. The closest station to Chichester is Chichester station, about 0.6 miles south of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Novium Museum (under half a mile south) and Chichester Castle (under half a mile east). Not far away are Stoke Down and Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve.
Surface by surface
Construction joints
Some construction joints have steel edge protection, others are plain concrete. If the edges look unsound, we will say so before any filling is done.
Forklift and pallet-truck routes
Trucks running over open joints wear wheels and shake loads. Filling them gives a smoother run and saves the edges.
Commercial clients in Chichester
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Chichester. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
What we’re called out for in Chichester
An ageing filler or sealant can go brittle and split especially under daily scrubbing and traffic. Once it has gone hard or come loose, it protects nothing.
Clients normally get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Unfilled floor joints collecting dirt and grit
- A rough ride across broken joints
- Scruffy, dirty joint lines on a shop or showroom floor
- Chipped and spalling edges along forklift routes
At a retail site such as Summersdale Retail Park, which lies north of Chichester, trolleys, cages and cars run over floor and slab joints all day.
Before you book anyone
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Proof of insurance
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
Doing it in-house
Redoing a failed joint typically costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
Towns and villages near Chichester
What else we do in Chichester
Honest limits
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’re upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Broken concrete either side of the joint
- Worn screed or surface finishes
- Slab panels that rock or move under load
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Retail and showroom floors
- Joints along racking aisles
- Construction joints
- Loading bays
- Forklift and pallet-truck routes
- Saw-cut induced joints
Chichester: questions and answers
Will our site in Chichester have to close for joint sealing?
Rarely. Work is phased around your operations. The phasing plan comes with the quote.
Can you work on a hospital site such as St Richard's Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
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.
Which sealant will you use?
The specification comes first, if there is one. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Can you fill joints where the arrises have spalled?
Filling against broken edges doesn’t last. If the arrises have spalled, we’ll say they need repair before filling and set out how that affects the job.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.