Tankerness washroom sealing
Sealing in commercial washrooms, showers, kitchens and wet areas across Tankerness, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Users noticing mouldy joints
- Shower tray joints that have opened up
- A new bead over an old one coming away
Washroom sealing across Tankerness
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Common questions from Tankerness clients
Is Tankerness inside the area you cover, given it’s on an island?
Yes. Islands are part of our area, Tankerness included. We group island work where we can and plan around the crossings.
Do we have to close all our washrooms in Tankerness for resealing?
Rarely all at once: work is phased so some facilities are always available. Each area is handed back once the sealant has cured enough to use.
When is resealing likely to be due?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a visit.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
In many cases, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We confirm what’s available for the specified product when we quote.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, let us know and we’ll send them with the quote.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
Washroom sealing for commercial buildings in Tankerness
In a busy washroom, the sealant normally gives up long before the tiles or fittings. Basin tops, urinal backs, panel joints and shower trays put it under water, chemicals and daily cleaning and mould that roots into it can’t be cleaned away. We strip it out and lay new anti-mould sanitary silicone. We work on urinals and WCs, IPS panels and cubicles and showers, trays and wet room floors, and the failures we are asked to look at most are open joints at the base of cubicle panels and sealant laid over old silicone and now peeling. For commercial sealant work in Tankerness, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, whether it’s one building or several.
Hotels and holiday accommodation in rural Scotland have busy and quiet seasons, so washroom work is often best planned for quieter months.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Location
- Tankerness (KW17)
- Region
- Orkney Islands
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
Redoing a failed joint normally costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
Washroom sealing in Tankerness: the local picture
The sea is no more than about 1 mile from Tankerness, and seaside hospitality normally has a peak season that works washrooms hard. Showers and en suites in constant use are where silicone moulds and splits first, and the quieter months are the natural time to reseal. Being in the east of Scotland, Tankerness gets less rain than the west coast. Even so, a washroom that doesn’t dry out between uses will see mould get into its sealant.
For a hall at a building such as St Andrew's Burial-Ground, resealing the kitchen and toilets can be fitted between bookings. Healthcare estates like Balfour Hospital, 4.7 miles to the west of Tankerness, expect contractors to follow their permits and cleaning rules in every washroom.
Tankerness is about 4 miles east of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. Across the KW17 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Tankerness is one of 51 places in the Orkney Islands on our list for washrooms and wet areas.
We take on washrooms and wet areas across the KW17 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. Sites close to Tankerness are covered too, including Toab (1 mile south), Upper Sanday (3 miles south), Kirkwall (4 miles west), St Mary's (5 miles south-west) and Balfour (6 miles north-west). Where a site is remote or on an island, travel and materials need planning ahead, so include the location in your enquiry.
Near you in Tankerness
A little further out are Balfour Hospital (4.7 miles west) and Bishop's Palace (4.5 miles west). For a walk, there’s Mull Head Nature Reserve and Loch of Tankerness.
What the job involves on each surface
Urinals and WC pans
Floor joints around WC pans are often forgotten. We include them in the survey.
Showers and trays
A tray flexes every time it’s used and is constantly wet. Tray joints are where many washroom leaks start.
How the quote is worked out
What shapes the price:
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Working within restricted access windows
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Which sealant the job calls for
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
What we need to price the job
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Let us know:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Access details, including height
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Your programme or deadline
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Why deal with it now?
Bleaching black sealant may lighten it for a few days, 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. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, so it’s worth renewing joints around Tankerness before they leak.
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Why appoint us
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Coloured sealants to suit the setting, where available
- A fixed quote before work starts
After the work
After handover, a little attention goes a long way:
- Share your site rules when you send details
- Make sure washroom ventilation is running
- Clean sealant with gentle products and a soft cloth
- Report split joints at trays and basins early
Add washroom sealant to routine inspections. Check for mould spots, splits, lifting edges and open joints at trays, basins and urinals and log what you find.
Leaks through tray and wet-floor joints can go unseen until a ceiling marks below. By then, other trades may be needed as well so failed joints are worth acting on quickly.
What else we do in Tankerness
How a job runs
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. On site, the work usually takes a few hours for one toilet block, with bigger buildings phased across a number of visits, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. Where we can, we combine work around Tankerness with other jobs nearby. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- 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 confirm reopening times for each washroom.
What we need from you
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Request a 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 details through our quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.