Plasterfield washroom sealing
Washroom sealing for Plasterfield, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Shower tray joints that have opened up
- Open joints along basins and vanity units
- Failed sealant in a tea point or staff kitchen
Washroom sealing in Plasterfield
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Washroom sealing in Plasterfield
Whether it’s a single toilet block in Plasterfield or a programme across several buildings, we work the same way: details first, then a fixed quote, then the work, then the 12-month guarantee. Photos and a rough count of basins, urinals, showers and cubicles help us give a quick quote and a site visit is an option. Site teams most often ask us about open joints at the base of cubicle panels and complaints from staff, guests or users about tired washrooms, on kitchens and tea points, showers, trays and wet room floors and accessible toilets and changing rooms. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Plasterfield 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.
For washroom work around Plasterfield, we plan so every room on the list is done in one trip where possible. Photos of each washroom and a count of rooms help us quote and plan.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Location
- Plasterfield (HS1, HS2)
- Region
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
On site: what to expect
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. Where we can, we combine work around Plasterfield with other jobs nearby. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- 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.
- Joints are degreased and dried.
- A sanitary silicone bead is laid and given a smooth tooled finish.
- Rooms reopen after the cure time.
Before we start on site
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Ask for a quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Advice
Other services in Plasterfield
For managing agents and facilities managers
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Plasterfield can form part of a wider programme across Na h-Eileanan Siar.
FAQs: Plasterfield
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Western Isles Hospital?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Do you work on the island where Plasterfield is?
Yes. Islands are part of our area, Plasterfield included. We plan island jobs around the ferry and the forecast, and bring everything the job needs on the first crossing.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
Often, yes. Many products come in a range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or surrounding finishes is often possible. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Will all the toilets be closed at once?
We phase it so there are always facilities open. One washroom, one bank of cubicles or one changing room is done at a time around your site hours and access windows.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Internal work is far less affected.
Can you clean the mould off instead of resealing?
Normally not. Mould grows into the sealant itself, so it comes back however often it’s cleaned. Replacing the bead is the lasting answer.
What do you charge?
We don’t publish prices, because every site is different. Send photos or drawings and we’ll price it at a fixed figure.
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.
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint, which is what makes a joint last.
Common problems we fix in Plasterfield
Cubicle panels, IPS panels and vanity units flex when people lean on them or doors are slammed, and shower trays shift under foot. A bead that can’t cope with the movement splits along one edge.
Clients normally get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Urinal joints that look unhygienic
- Split or peeling sealant at shower trays
- Open joints along basins and vanity units
- Kitchen worktop joints that can’t be kept clean
Clinical washrooms at sites like Western Isles Hospital, 1.1 miles to the north-west of Plasterfield, are scheduled with the ward so the room is out of use for as little time as possible.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- The named product and why it was chosen
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
Quoting for work in Plasterfield
To price the job, we consider:
- The size and state of each joint
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Working within restricted access windows
- Distance, for remote addresses
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote when you’re ready.
What to include in your enquiry
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Access details, including height
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- When you need the work done
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
What we can’t put right
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Hollow tiles or loose panels behind the joint
- Panel boards already damaged by water
- Water from plumbing, not from a joint
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Showers, trays and wet room floors
- Urinals and WCs
- Accessible toilets and changing rooms
- Kitchens and tea points
- Vanity units and basins
- IPS panels and cubicles
Washroom sealing in Plasterfield: the local picture
With the shore within about 1 mile, Plasterfield counts as a coastal location, 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, and the quieter months are the natural time to reseal. There are several hotels within about 2 miles of Plasterfield. Behind every hotel door there’s a bathroom whose sealant will need renewing sooner or later. We work a handful of rooms at a time, so the hotel keeps letting the rest.
Welfare facilities in units on estates such as Parkend Industrial Estate (to the south-east of Plasterfield) have showers, toilets and kitchens with sealant that works hard. Halls linked to places like Stornoway High Church host groups all week, which is hard on kitchen and toilet sealant.
Plasterfield is about 1 mile east of Stornoway, in Na h-Eileanan Siar. Commercial clients in Plasterfield can call on us for washrooms and wet areas. Plasterfield is one of 87 places we cover in Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Business premises anywhere in HS1 and HS2 are within our area for washrooms and wet areas. Streets here include Simons Road, Anderson Road and Moss Park. If your building is just outside Plasterfield, we cover Sandwick (1 mile south), Steinis (1 mile north-east), Sanndabhaig (1 mile south-east), Stornoway (1 mile west) and Branahuie (1 mile east). Among the larger centres in Na h-Eileanan Siar is Plasterfield, and its commercial and public buildings are all within our area. Remote and island addresses take more planning, from travel and ferries to the weather, so mention the location when you phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Local landmarks in Plasterfield
A little further out are Western Isles Hospital (1.1 miles north-west) and Lewis Loom Centre (1.1 miles west). Not far away are Loch Àirigh na Lic.