Lyness washroom sealing
Work needed on a washroom in Lyness? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Black mould inside silicone joints that cleaning can’t shift
- Resealing that didn’t last because the old bead stayed
- Complaints from staff, guests or users about tired washrooms
Washroom sealing across Lyness
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Our process
In a busy building, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each section is protected, cleaned back and sealed before the next one starts. For a building near Lyness, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- We inspect each washroom and record the joints to be resealed.
- The fixed quote sets out the rooms, the products and the phasing.
- The whole of the old bead is removed.
- Each joint is cleaned and left dry.
- A sanitary silicone bead is laid and given a smooth tooled finish.
- Each area is handed back when ready.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Getting a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
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About our washroom sealing in Lyness
Closing all the facilities in a building isn’t an option. We phase the work one washroom, one bank of cubicles or one changing room at a time, so staff, guests or pupils always have somewhere to go. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them. We work on vanity units and basins, kitchens and tea points and IPS panels and cubicles, and what we’re called in for most is open joints at the base of cubicle panels and mould spotting along silicone joints. Searching for sealant specialists in Lyness? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005.
Around smaller places such as Lyness, washrooms and kitchens are found in hotels, pubs, schools, care homes and halls. Black sealant typically can’t be cleaned, so it is removed and replaced with anti-mould sanitary silicone.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Place
- Lyness (KW16)
- Wider area
- Orkney Islands
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Wet areas in Lyness’s workplaces
With the shore within about 1 mile, Lyness counts as a coastal location, and seaside hospitality normally has a peak season that works washrooms hard. Bathrooms turned round daily in the busy months need sound, cleanable joints, so resealing in the quieter months keeps rooms ready. For an island location such as Lyness, work is planned around ferry crossings and the weather. Knowing how many washrooms there are lets us plan the days on the island.
Washrooms near Lyness get the old silicone stripped out and a fresh anti-mould bead on dry joints. En suites at hotels like The Hoy Hotel (to the west of Lyness) are cleaned daily, which wears silicone over time.
Lyness is about 13 miles south-west of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. We send applicators to Lyness for washrooms and wet areas. Lyness is one of 51 places in the Orkney Islands on our list for washrooms and wet areas.
Postcode districts covered here: KW16 for washrooms and wet areas. You’ll find Lyness on or near the B9048. If your building is just outside Lyness, we cover Longhope (2 miles south), Midland (6 miles north), Hoy (7 miles north-west), Orphir (7 miles north) and Clestrain (7 miles north). Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so mention the location when you ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
What’s near Lyness
Nearby you’ll also find Scapa Flow Museum (under half a mile north-east). The countryside around Lyness includes Binga Fea and Loch of Greenhill.
Also in Lyness
After the work
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Clear standing water from shower floors where possible
- Avoid scourers and harsh descalers on silicone
- Add sealant joints to planned maintenance checks
- Report faulty extraction promptly
Ask your cleaning team to use gentle products and soft cloths on sealant. Strong acids, solvents and scourers wear the surface and give mould a start.
Water getting behind IPS panels and vanity units can swell the boards. Once that happens, a reseal won’t fix them.
Quoting for work in Lyness
We price every job individually. The things that drive the figure:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Any access equipment needed
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Which sealant the job calls for
We don’t publish prices, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
What we need to price the job
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Tell us:
- Your programme or deadline
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- The product your specification calls for
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
How the job changes by surface
Urinals and WC pans
The joint between a pan and the floor is easy to overlook. We include them in the survey.
Wet-room floors and floor-to-wall joints
Wet-room floors and the joints where flooring turns up the wall need to stay sound. Floor perimeters and sealant joints near drains are resealed.
When it isn’t the sealant
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Leaks through tanking or membranes below the finishes
- Fittings that move too much to hold a bead
- Leaking pipes, traps, wastes or cisterns, which need a plumber
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Lyness
- Vanity units and basins
- Urinals and WCs
- Accessible toilets and changing rooms
- Showers, trays and wet room floors
- Kitchens and tea points
- IPS panels and cubicles
Why it’s worth doing now in Lyness
Waiting for a holiday closure can leave failing joints in place for a long time. Phasing lets it happen now, with facilities kept in use. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, so it’s worth renewing joints around Lyness before they leak.
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote.
Why clients in Lyness choose us
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Standard and matched colours in many product ranges
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
Questions about Lyness
Must every washroom in our Lyness building shut while you work?
Rarely all at once: work is phased so some facilities are always available. We’ll tell you the curing time for the product before we start.
Which documents can you supply for work in Lyness?
RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details: list what the site needs and we’ll confirm it with the quote. We hold £5m public liability insurance, are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and our applicators are CSCS-carded.
How long does a typical visit take?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit normally takes a few hours for one toilet block, with bigger buildings phased across a number of visits. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Is Lyness in your area?
Yes. Sites across Lyness are covered, with one number for every area we cover.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, including public liability cover.
Which silicone is right for commercial washrooms?
Each area gets the grade that suits it. Most washroom joints take sanitary silicone, and food areas take a hygienic, food-safe sealant where food contact is possible.
How do we ask for a quote?
There are four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.