Craigleith washroom sealing
We carry out sealing in commercial washrooms, showers, kitchens and wet areas in Craigleith. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Urinal joints that look unhygienic
- Sealant laid over old silicone and now peeling
- Panel joints letting water behind
Washroom sealing across Craigleith
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Your questions answered
Could you schedule work at a campus like University of Edinburgh - Lauriston Campus for the vacation?
Yes, holiday working periods are the norm on campus jobs. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
Do you work in occupied care homes around Craigleith?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. Tell us about any infection-control or safeguarding requirements and we’ll work to them.
Can you quote from photographs?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. Before we disturb old sealant in an older building, we ask to see the asbestos register or survey, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, and you deal with one contact throughout.
Does the weather affect the work?
Outside, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Internal work is rarely affected.
About our washroom sealing in Craigleith
Closing all the facilities in a building isn’t an option. Work is phased by room or by section, so there are always facilities in use. Give us your site hours and access windows and the phasing is planned around them. We work on vanity units and basins, urinals and WCs and IPS panels and cubicles, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are urinal joints that look unhygienic and sealant lifting along a tray edge. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Craigleith first comes to us: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Hospitality businesses in Scotland’s cities rely on washrooms and kitchens that look right and clean easily. We use anti-mould silicone in washrooms and food-safe hygienic sealant at kitchen worktops.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, in Craigleith as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Location
- Craigleith (EH4, EH5, EH3)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
How a job runs
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself usually takes between a morning and a week or so, set by the number of rooms and the phasing you need, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- Every washroom is checked joint by joint, with loose panels, leaks or damp noted for the right trade.
- A phasing plan keeps part of the building’s facilities in use at all times.
- The failed silicone is stripped and every face scraped clean of residue.
- We clean and dry every surface so the new sealant can grip.
- A bead of anti-mould sanitary silicone goes in and is tooled to a smooth, cleanable profile.
- Rooms reopen after the product’s cure time, and we move to the next.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with the site address and an outline of the work. Our quote form is another easy route.
Related advice
Toilets, showers and kitchens around Craigleith
The sea is no more than about 1 mile from Craigleith, and coastal places often have hotels, guest houses and holiday accommodation with busy seasons. Bathrooms turned round daily in the busy months need sound, cleanable joints, so we plan the work for quieter weeks where possible. Craigleith has five care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Assisted bathrooms and wet rooms in care settings need sanitary sealant that stays cleanable. Work is agreed with the manager, around residents’ routines.
Toilets at places like Craigleith Retail Park (to the south-west of Craigleith) are cleaned constantly, which is hard on silicone. Student showers at universities like University of Edinburgh - Lauriston Campus, 1.6 miles to the south-east of Craigleith, see more use than most, and their silicone shows it.
Craigleith is about 2 miles north-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover commercial sites throughout Craigleith. Craigleith is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list.
Work on washrooms and wet areas is covered throughout EH4, EH5 and EH3, whatever the building. If your site is on Ferry Road, Orchard Road and Grigor Avenue or close by, send details and we will quote for washrooms and wet areas. Sites close to Craigleith are covered too, including East Pilton (1 mile north-west), Comely Bank (1 mile south-east), Crewe Toll (1 mile north-west), Inverleith (1 mile north-east) and Stockbridge (1 mile east). A short drive away, we cover Leith (3 miles north-east), Newington (3 miles south-east), Queensferry (7 miles west), Burgh Muir (3 miles south-east), Timber Bush (3 miles north-east) and Lochend (3 miles east).
Landmarks near Craigleith
Recent enquiries here include premises near Hamilton's Bar & Kitchen, St Columba's Parish Church and Gabrielle Keiller Library, among other places. Also close by are Stewart's Melville College (0.6 miles south) and King George V Park (1.2 miles east). For rail, the closest station is Haymarket station, about 1.2 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Western General Hospital (under half a mile west) and Edinburgh Castle (1.4 miles south-east). The countryside around Craigleith includes Corstorphine Hill and Dunsapie Loch.
Should maintenance staff do it?
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
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.
Maintenance after handover
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Report faulty extraction promptly
- Report split joints at trays and basins early
- Respect the cure time before reopening each room
- Keep a record of which washrooms need attention
Mild cleaning products and non-abrasive cloths look after sanitary silicone best. Strong acids, solvents and scourers wear the surface and give mould a start.
A split joint at a shower tray can leak for a long time before anyone sees it. At that stage, boards or ceilings may need repair, so reseal when you first spot a split.
When to call us in Craigleith
Occasionally a joint keeps failing because of a problem behind it: a loose panel, a leaking waste or water coming through the wall. We look for it before resealing and say if it needs a plumber or another trade.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Split or peeling sealant at shower trays
- Failed joints along IPS and cubicle panels
- Users noticing mouldy joints
- Mould spotting along silicone joints
At a college such as Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh (1.2 miles south-east of Craigleith), washroom and kitchen sealant is best renewed in the holidays or in phases during term.
Comparing quotes
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
How the quote is worked out
What shapes the price:
- Working within restricted access windows
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
Before you send an enquiry
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, these details speed things up:
- The site address and postcode
- When you need the work done
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
When it isn’t the sealant
Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. We will tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Water escaping beneath the floor rather than through a joint
- Swollen or delaminated boards behind panels or vanity tops
- A dripping waste or valve behind a panel
If in doubt, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Showers, trays and wet room floors
- Kitchens and tea points
- Accessible toilets and changing rooms
- Vanity units and basins
- Urinals and WCs
- IPS panels and cubicles