Greater London · England
Commercial sealant contractors in N17
Our applicators cover all of the N17 postcode district, which takes in Tottenham, Broadwater Farm and Northumberland Park. Failed sealant is always cut out completely, with a 12-month guarantee.
Need sealant work in N17?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Places in N17
- Tottenham
- Broadwater Farm
- Northumberland Park
- Tottenham Hale
- Noel Park
- Tottenham Green
- South Tottenham
- Seven Sisters
- West Green
- Upper Edmonton
- Higham Hill
Services in N17
- Expansion and movement joint sealing
- Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents
- Commercial sealant contractors
- Industrial and floor joint sealing
- Commercial washroom and wet-area sealing
- Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping
- Facade and window perimeter sealing
- Coloured and colour-matched sealant
- Construction and new-build mastic
- Every service
Tell us what needs doing and your postcode and we’ll come back with a price: speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Commercial sealant contractors in N17: how it works
Commercial occupiers rarely want a floor out of action for sealant work. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them; phased work can also be planned so areas stay in use. It’s the same approach in offices, retail units, hotels, schools and healthcare buildings. The enquiries we see most involve earlier reseals applied straight onto the failed bead and damp patches where an external joint has failed, on external facade joints, kitchen worktops and splashbacks and window and door perimeters.
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before anything is cut or cleaned, and the work typically takes a few hours for one area, or a planned series of visits across a bigger building.
- We start with the evidence: photographs, drawings or a look on site.
- You get a fixed quote covering removal, preparation and the new sealant.
- Sequence, access and working times are settled before the first joint is touched.
- Each joint is stripped, cleaned back to sound faces and primed where the maker specifies.
- Depth is set with backing, then the sealant is applied, tooled and the area tidied.
- Completed areas are signed off with you under our 12-month guarantee.
What affects the price in N17
We don’t publish prices, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
Why choose Mastic Doctor
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Colours chosen to suit frames, cladding or finishes where possible
Request a quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Landmarks near Tottenham
Recent enquiries here include premises near Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bruce Castle Park and Northumberland Park Community School. Other local landmarks include No.8 Tottenham pub (under half a mile north), The Mulberry Primary School (less than half a mile south-east) and The John Loughborough School (less than half a mile south). There’s a railway station in Tottenham itself: Bruce Grove station. A little further out are North Middlesex University Hospital (1.1 miles north) and Markfield Beam Engine and Museum (1.1 miles south). Open spaces near Tottenham include Highgate Hill and Railway Fields.
Shops, offices and hotels in N17
The commercial stock in N17 mixes older town-centre buildings with newer offices and units, in places such as Tottenham, Noel Park and Tottenham Green and beyond. Surfaces decide the sealant, from masonry to powder-coated frames and shop-fit panels.
The South East has large numbers of business parks and industrial estates, especially around the motorway corridors, and N17 is part of the area we cover.
Tottenham: In a retail centre such as Tottenham Hale Retail Park, 0.8 miles south of Tottenham, new tenants mean new shop fits, and the sealant at counters, frontages and floor edges is part of the finish. Premises within reach of Bruce Grove station (less than half a mile south of Tottenham) often have busy frontages where joints are seen by everyone passing.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
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. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Leave it or put it right?
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 typically costs far less than renewal.
What your quote should include
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
Maintenance after handover
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Make sure ventilation in wet areas is switched on and working
- Check joints after other trades have worked nearby
- Respect the cure time before reopening an area
- Keep abrasive pads and scrapers off resealed joints
New joints need their full cure time before they take water, cleaning or traffic. Cure time varies with the product, conditions and depth of the joint, so we confirm it for each area at handover. Leaving the area closed until then keeps the bead neat.
A failed external joint lets water in every time it rains. Behind a panel or frame, that water can sit unseen for a long time. Resealing early keeps the problem in the sealant and out of the building.
Surface by surface
Washrooms and toilets
Washroom joints take water, cleaning chemicals and constant use. Old sealant comes out and a sanitary silicone with anti-mould additives goes in, with phased work so some facilities stay open.
Commercial kitchens and tea points
A smooth, continuous joint is easier to keep clean. We seal to a neat, cleanable finish and work around service times you agree with us.
What we’re called out for in N17
Plenty of failed joints were never sealed with the right product. Decorators’ caulk on a joint that moves, acetoxy silicone on stone or metal, or a stiff sealant on a facade. BS 6213 gives guidance on choosing construction sealants.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Hardened, chalky sealant on south-facing or exposed elevations
- Water staining near frames, panels or ceilings
- Wall and floor joints that have lost their seal
- Black mould through washroom sealant that won’t clean off
Questions we are asked in N17
Do you work for facilities managers and managing agents?
Yes. You can send details through our quote form.
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.
How do you keep disruption to occupiers down?
It’s mostly about sequence: areas are phased, access windows agreed and enough washrooms or entrances left in use. Let us know what can’t close and we’ll work around it.
Does commercial sealant work come with a guarantee?
The work is guaranteed for 12 months. Should anything we did fail within that period, let us know.
Do you take on multi-site sealant work?
Yes. Give us the sites and the scope at each, and we’ll put together a fixed quote and a sensible order of work.
How long does a typical visit take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we’re given. You will have an expected duration with the quote.
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’ll confirm the curing time on the day.