Stromness washroom sealing
Sealing in commercial washrooms, showers, kitchens and wet areas throughout Stromness and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Users noticing mouldy joints
- Gaps where vanity tops meet the wall
- Open joints at the base of cubicle panels
Need washroom sealing in Stromness?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What sealant work can’t fix
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- A dripping waste or valve behind a panel
- Condensation from failed extract fans
- Failed tanking beneath a wet-room floor or behind tiles
If you’re not sure, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Accessible toilets and changing rooms
- Showers, trays and wet room floors
- Vanity units and basins
- Kitchens and tea points
- Urinals and WCs
- IPS panels and cubicles
About our washroom sealing in Stromness
You can’t shut every toilet in an office, school or hotel at once. 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 kitchens and tea points, showers, trays and wet room floors and urinals and WCs, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are split or peeling sealant at shower trays and complaints from staff, guests or users about tired washrooms. Most enquiries from Stromness start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
Hotels and holiday accommodation in rural Scotland have busy and quiet seasons, and resealing washrooms in the quieter months keeps rooms available when they’re needed.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. Should something we installed fail, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll come back to it.
- Where
- Stromness (KW16)
- Region
- Orkney Islands
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions about Stromness
Must a hotel around Stromness close while you work?
Almost never. The work is phased so most rooms stay available. Tell us your quiet periods and access windows and we will plan around them.
Could you schedule work at a campus like Heriot-Watt University - Orkney Campus for the vacation?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we will plan the work around them. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
Do you need to remove the old sealant?
We always remove it. Fresh silicone can’t key to an old bead so a bead over the top fails quickly.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
In many cases, yes. Many products come in a range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or surrounding finishes is often possible. We’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Can you quote from photos?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. For work around Stromness, we aim for one trip, so photographs, sizes and a full list matter. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- We inspect each washroom and record the joints to be resealed.
- You get a fixed quote with the phasing plan.
- The whole of the old bead is removed.
- Each joint is cleaned and left dry.
- New anti-mould sealant goes in and is tooled neat.
- Rooms reopen after the cure time.
Before we start on site
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Get a fixed quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email to discuss it first.
Advice
Quoting for work in Stromness
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Access and working height
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
No two sites price the same: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
What we need to price the job
To price the job accurately, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Other services in Stromness
Toilets, showers and kitchens around Stromness
The sea is no more than about 1 mile from Stromness, and places by the sea often rely on visitors, so their hotels and holiday lets see heavy seasonal use. Heavy seasonal use is hard on shower and basin sealant, which is why off-season resealing makes sense. Stromness is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Even so, a washroom that doesn’t dry out between uses will see mould get into its sealant.
Hotels such as Royal Hotel (to the east of Stromness) have en suite bathrooms where tired silicone at the bath, tray and basin is replaced room by room. Student showers at universities like Heriot-Watt University - Orkney Campus, under half a mile north of Stromness, see more use than most, and their silicone shows it. Schools such as stromness primary school have toilets, changing rooms and kitchens that are best resealed in the holidays.
Stromness is about 12 miles west of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Stromness can call on us for washrooms and wet areas. Stromness is one of 51 places we cover in the Orkney Islands.
If you need washroom sealing in KW16, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Streets here include Franklin Road, Manse Lane and Springfield Crescent, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Stromness sits on or close to the A965. Sites close to Stromness are covered too, including Cairston (1 mile north-east), Clouston (3 miles north-east), Stenness (4 miles north-east), Hoy (4 miles south) and Wasbister (4 miles north-east). Stromness ranks among the main centres of the Orkney Islands, with offices, shops, schools and other public and commercial buildings. 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 use the quote form.
Landmarks near Stromness
A little further out are Stromness Museum (less than half a mile south). For a walk, there’s Hill of Lynedardy and Brodgar RSPB Reserve.
Keeping the joints sound
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Include joints in routine washroom inspections
- Avoid scourers and harsh descalers on silicone
- Leave signs up until the cure time is over
- Report faulty extraction promptly
Include sealant joints in your planned maintenance checks. Look for black spotting, cracks, peeling edges and gaps at the busiest fittings and photograph anything new.
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 failed joints are worth acting on quickly.
Why deal with it now?
Running fresh silicone along a failed bead hides the problem briefly. It doesn’t bond, so it peels and traps dirt behind it. Cutting out completely and cleaning back takes a little longer and lasts. Buildings that aren’t in daily use, such as halls and seasonal premises, may let water in unnoticed, so a failed joint has time to cause damage. Early resealing prevents it.
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
- Standard and matched colours in many product ranges
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- A fixed quote before work starts
Take a look at our cost guide and how we’re accredited.
When to bring in a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Some joints are best left to specialists: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong typically costs more in the end than doing them right.