Washroom Sealing contractors in Melby
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on sealing in commercial washrooms, showers, kitchens and wet areas in Melby. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Open joints along basins and vanity units
- Split or peeling sealant at shower trays
- Complaints from staff, guests or users about tired washrooms
Washroom sealing across Melby
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How a job runs
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. For a building near Melby, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We will confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- We agree which washrooms close and when.
- Leaks, loose panels or damp are pointed out first.
- Failed sealant and residue are stripped out.
- The right sanitary or food-safe sealant is applied.
- We give you a reopening time for every room.
Before we start on site
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Request a quote
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and we will put a fixed quote together. To get it moving, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Advice
How we handle washroom sealing in Melby
Not every silicone belongs in a washroom. Sanitary silicone contains additives that resist mould, and neutral-cure versions avoid the damage acetoxy types can do to some metals, stone and mirror backings. Where food contact is possible, we use a hygienic, food-safe grade. Site teams most often ask us about black mould inside silicone joints that cleaning can’t shift and a new bead over an old one coming away, across showers, trays and wet room floors, IPS panels and cubicles and urinals and WCs. Searching for sealant specialists in Melby? We have been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Hospitality around smaller Scottish places like Melby tends to be seasonal, so washroom work is often best planned for quieter months.
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
- Melby (ZE2)
- Region
- Shetland Islands
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What affects the price in Melby
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- The product specified
- The size and state of each joint
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
The specified product makes a difference, as does the preparation each joint needs, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Before you send an enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- The type of building and who uses it
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
Leave it or put it right?
A tired-looking washroom doesn’t always need a refurbishment. Where tiles, panels and fittings are sound, new sealant may be enough to put it right while bigger works are planned. Exposed buildings in Scotland take a lot of weather, so it’s worth renewing joints around Melby before they leak.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits, along with the time of year for external work.
What you get with us
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- A range of standard colours, depending on the product
When to bring in a specialist
Certain joints really need a specialist: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Keeping Melby washrooms open while we work
With the shore within about 1 mile, Melby counts as a coastal location, and seaside hospitality typically has a peak season that works washrooms hard. Heavy seasonal use is hard on shower and basin sealant, so resealing in the quieter months keeps rooms ready. Island jobs, Melby among them, are planned around the ferry and the forecast. Knowing how many washrooms there are lets us plan the days on the island.
In any commercial washroom in or near Melby, mouldy sealant is cut out rather than cleaned, and anti-mould sanitary silicone goes on clean, dry joints.
Melby is in the Shetland Islands. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Melby can call on us for washrooms and wet areas, as part of our coverage of the Shetland Islands. We work across 63 places in the Shetland Islands.
Postcode districts covered here: ZE2 for washrooms and wet areas. We also cover Sandness (1 mile south-east), Walls (6 miles south-east), Aith (10 miles east), Easter Skeld (11 miles south-east) and Brae (12 miles north-east) for washrooms and wet areas. Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so give the site location in your enquiry.
Near you in Melby
For a walk, there’s Loch of Norby.
Other services in Melby
Surface by surface
Kitchens and tea points
Staff kitchens and tea points have joints at worktops, sinks and splashbacks. Sound joints keep those surfaces easy to clean.
Changing rooms and gyms
Showers, floor edges and vanity units in changing rooms all need sound sealant, and we survey them together.
Do you need washroom sealing in Melby?
Much of the failed sealant we remove was applied over old silicone or residue. New silicone won’t grip the old, so it soon lets go.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Stained or open joints at kitchen sinks and worktops
- Mould spotting along silicone joints
- A new bead over an old one coming away
- Urinal joints that look unhygienic
Where you are responsible for a hall attached to a building such as St Margaret's Kirk and Graveyard, its kitchen and toilets need sealant that stays cleanable.
Before you book anyone
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Proof of insurance
Common questions from Melby clients
What documents will you need to give us for a job in Melby?
We will confirm the paperwork you need, such as RAMS, our insurance certificate and CSCS details, with the quote. We hold £5m public liability insurance, are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and our applicators are CSCS-carded.
Do we have to close all our washrooms in Melby for resealing?
Not all at once. We take one block of facilities at a time. Sanitary silicone needs time to cure before the area is used, and we will tell you how long for the product used.
What sealant do you use in 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.
Who decides which product is used?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
How long does a job like this take?
It depends on the scope, but the work normally takes a few hours for one toilet block, with bigger buildings phased across a number of visits. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Do you work in Melby?
Yes. We take on work across Melby.
What guarantee comes with washroom resealing?
Our workmanship has a 12-month guarantee, and we carry public liability insurance.