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Hampshire · England

Commercial washroom and wet-area sealing in Hordle, Hampshire

Planning work on a washroom in Hordle? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.

  • Failed sealant behind washroom basins
  • Split or peeling sealant at shower trays
  • Complaints from staff, guests or users about tired washrooms
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Send details
Tell us about the site, with photos if you have them.
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Get a quote
A fixed quote for the work, with the scope in writing.
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We seal
Failed joints cut out, faces prepared, new sealant laid.
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Guaranteed
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months.
South East, London & Scotland
CHAS accredited
Fully insured: £5m PL

Need washroom sealing in Hordle?

Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.

Work for main contractors and building owners

We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Hordle. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.

For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.

Washroom sealing in Hordle, done properly

In healthcare and care settings, sealing is part of keeping surfaces cleanable. Your estates and infection-control requirements, and any permits the site uses, shape how we work. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. Most enquiries involve open joints at the base of cubicle panels and stained or open joints at kitchen sinks and worktops, across IPS panels and cubicles, accessible toilets and changing rooms and urinals and WCs. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Hordle is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.

Pub and restaurant kitchens around smaller places like Hordle work hard on their joints. Smooth, sealed joints at worktops, sinks and wall cladding make cleaning easier.

We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.

Where
Hordle (SO41)
Wider area
Hampshire
Cover
A 12-month guarantee
Quotes
Fixed quote, scope in writing
Telephone
01277 525 020
Last updated
3 November 2026
The Mastic Doctor team standing beside their branded vans outside an office building

Busy facilities in and around Hordle

The sea is no more than about 2 miles from Hordle, 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. There are a number of hotels within about 2 miles of Hordle. Hotel en suites take daily use, and tired silicone at trays and basins is one of the first things guests notice. The work can go floor by floor, agreed with housekeeping.

Pupil toilets at schools like Hordle CofE (VA) Primary School take heavy daily use, and the holidays give the window to reseal. Units at estates like Gore Road Industrial Estate, 2.3 miles to the west of Hordle, have welfare blocks whose showers and toilets see shift after shift.

Hordle is about 3 miles west of Lymington, in Hampshire. Commercial clients in Hordle can call on us for washrooms and wet areas. Hordle is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire. Our Southampton page has more on work in that area, about 15 miles away.

We cover the SO41 postcode districts. For a building on Yerville Gardens, Acacia Road and Woodlands or nearby, send details and we will quote for washrooms and wet areas. Just outside Hordle, we also work in Downton (1 mile south), Leagreen (1 mile south), Ashley (1 mile west), Tiptoe (2 miles north) and New Milton (2 miles west). Nearby towns on our patch include Totton (12 miles north-east), Lymington (3 miles east), Hythe (12 miles north-east), Ringwood (9 miles north-west), Dibden Purlieu (11 miles north-east) and Marchwood (12 miles north-east).

What’s near Hordle

Recent enquiries here include premises near The Arnewood School. Hordle’s nearest station is New Milton station, roughly 1.7 miles west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum (2.4 miles west) and Highcliffe Castle (4.4 miles west). Not far away are Milford on Sea LNR.

Map of Hordle © OpenStreetMap contributors

Maintenance after handover

Sealant joints are maintenance items, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. Our advice:

  • Share your site rules when you send details
  • Avoid scourers and harsh descalers on silicone
  • Respect the cure time before reopening each room
  • Photograph and log failed joints across the estate

Keep extract fans working and vents clear. Constant damp lets mould take hold even on anti-mould grades, so get faulty extract looked at.

A split joint at a shower tray can leak for a long time before anyone sees it. By then, other trades may be needed as well, so reseal when you first spot a split.

Why deal with it now?

Cleaning mouldy sealant only masks it, but the mould is rooted in the silicone and comes back. Replacement deals with the cause in the joint and your cleaning team stops chasing it. Over time, UV, weather and movement wear any sealant out. Renewing it in good time keeps the building weathertight.

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 you will have a fixed figure to work with.

Why us?

  • Colours chosen to suit frames, cladding or finishes where possible
  • Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
  • Colour options checked against the specified product
  • Fully insured, including public liability cover

See what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.

Questions we’re asked in Hordle

Is Hordle off your patch?

Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We work across Greater London and the South East. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.

Must a hotel around Hordle close while you work?

In most cases no closure is needed: we work room by room or floor by floor. Tell us your quiet periods and access windows and we will plan around them.

Do you hold CHAS accreditation?

Yes. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.

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. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.

How do I request a quote?

There are four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photos and a postcode.

Who decides which product is used?

If the job is specified, we follow the specification. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.

Is it possible to just clean mouldy silicone?

Typically not. Mould grows into the sealant itself, so it comes back however often it’s cleaned. Replacing the bead is the lasting answer.

What we are called out for in Hordle

Occasionally a joint keeps failing because of a problem behind it: loose fixings, a dripping trap or damp in the wall. We look for it before resealing and say if it needs a plumber or another trade.

It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:

  • Sealant lifting along a tray edge
  • Stained sealant around pans and urinals
  • Gaps where vanity tops meet the wall
  • Users noticing mouldy joints

For a site such as Lymington New Forest Hospital, 3.3 miles east of Hordle, sanitary joints in clinical areas need sound, cleanable sealant and a careful method.

Comparing quotes

  • Their public liability cover
  • How joint depth will be controlled
  • How the existing material will be dealt with
  • How the joint faces will be prepared and primed

Questions to ask before you appoint anyone

On site: what to expect

We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. What matters most for a job in Hordle is a clear list of what needs doing. You will then get a fixed price for the work.

  1. We inspect each washroom and record the joints to be resealed.
  2. The fixed quote sets out the rooms, the products and the phasing.
  3. The whole of the old bead is removed.
  4. Each joint is cleaned and left dry.
  5. A sanitary silicone bead is laid and given a smooth tooled finish.
  6. Each area is handed back when ready.

Preparing the site

  • Send your site hours and access windows
  • Let building users know which areas are affected
  • Send any specification or drawings in advance

Ask for a quote

Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.

Ask for a quote

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General trades versus a specialist

Some joints are best left to specialists: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong usually costs more in the end than doing them right.

Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.

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