Upper Upnor washroom sealing
Sealing in commercial washrooms, showers, kitchens and wet areas in Upper Upnor. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Sealant laid over old silicone and now peeling
- Stained sealant around pans and urinals
- Failed joints along IPS and cubicle panels
Need washroom sealing in Upper Upnor?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Washroom sealing for commercial buildings in Upper Upnor
Accessible WCs, showers and changing areas have their own pinch points: shower trays, wet-room floor edges, basins and floor-to-wall junctions. An open joint there lets water track under flooring or behind wall panels so they get particular attention. Most enquiries involve failed joints along IPS and cubicle panels and resealing that didn’t last because the old bead stayed, on accessible toilets and changing rooms, IPS panels and cubicles and vanity units and basins. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Upper Upnor from the first photos to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Rural businesses near smaller places such as Upper Upnor, from cafés to event venues, rely on washrooms and kitchens that stay clean. Tell us your opening times and quiet periods and we will plan around them.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work in Medway. If an installation problem shows up, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll arrange a return visit.
- Place
- Upper Upnor (ME2)
- Region
- Medway
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Aftercare for building managers
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Don’t leave an open joint at a basin or tray
- Tell us about infection-control or permit rules before we quote
- Respect the cure time before reopening each room
- Add sealant joints to planned maintenance checks
Squeegeeing showers and trays after heavy use helps. Joints that sit wet for hours fail sooner.
Boards behind panels and vanity tops can swell when water gets past a failed joint. After that, those parts need replacing rather than resealing.
Why act early in Upper Upnor
When a washroom looks worn, a refit isn’t the only answer. Where tiles, panels and fittings are sound, new sealant may be enough to put it right while bigger works are planned. Halls, stores and units around places like Upper Upnor may not be checked every day, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Renewing joints in good time avoids the problem.
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why appoint us
- Fully insured
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
Upper Upnor: questions and answers
Is Upper Upnor too small for you to travel to?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Our area covers London and the South East counties. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Medway Maritime Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Asbestos is possible in some older mastics, particularly in buildings from before 2000. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and if asbestos is suspected, work stops until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
What guarantee comes with washroom resealing?
A 12-month guarantee covers the work. It applies to our workmanship, not to plumbing leaks or damp from poor ventilation.
Is it OK to put new silicone on top of the old?
The failed bead is always removed. New silicone won’t stick to the old, so sealing over it soon peels.
Do you use special sealant for toilets and showers?
Sanitary silicone with anti-mould additives in the majority of cases. Neutral-cure grades are used where acetoxy types could mark metals, stone or mirror backings.
How do we ask for a quote?
There are four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photographs and a postcode.
What the job involves on each surface
Changing rooms and gyms
We phase work so not every changing area is closed at once. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them.
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 something else is needed
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Leaks through tanking or membranes below the finishes
- A room that stays damp because ventilation isn’t working
- Swollen or delaminated boards behind panels or vanity tops
If you are not sure, just ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- IPS panels and cubicles
- Accessible toilets and changing rooms
- Showers, trays and wet room floors
- Vanity units and basins
- Kitchens and tea points
- Urinals and WCs
Places near Upper Upnor
What else we do in Upper Upnor
Our process
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before any cutting starts, and the work usually takes a few hours for one toilet block, with bigger buildings phased across a number of visits. Smaller jobs around Upper Upnor can be grouped with others nearby. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- Every room is surveyed and the failed joints listed.
- You get a fixed quote with the phasing plan.
- 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
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Ask for a quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Advice
Commercial washrooms in Upper Upnor
With the shore within about 2 miles, Upper Upnor counts as a coastal location, and coastal places often have hotels, guest houses and holiday accommodation with busy seasons. Heavy seasonal use is hard on shower and basin sealant, which is why off-season resealing makes sense. There are plenty of hotels within about 2 miles of Upper Upnor. Hotel en suites take daily use, and tired silicone at trays and basins is one of the first things guests notice. Rooms are done in turn so most stay available.
Student showers at universities like University of Kent - Medway Campus, 0.9 miles south-east of Upper Upnor, see more use than most, and their silicone shows it. For a hotel such as King Charles Hotel, which lies south-east of Upper Upnor, resealing en suites a few rooms at a time keeps the rest available. Staff changing rooms and patient toilets at places like Medway Maritime Hospital (to the south-east of Upper Upnor) need cleanable, sound silicone.
Upper Upnor is about 2 miles north-east of Rochester, in Medway. Commercial clients in Upper Upnor can call on us for washrooms and wet areas, as part of our coverage of Medway. Our Medway coverage takes in 54 places, from busy centres to rural villages. Our London page has more on work in that area (27 miles or so).
Postcode districts covered here: ME2. Streets here include High Street, Upnor Road and Castle Street. Close to Upper Upnor, our area also takes in Lower Upnor (1 mile north-east), Wainscott (1 mile north-west), Chattenden (1 mile north), Hoo St Werburgh (2 miles north-east) and Cooling Street (3 miles north). Further afield, our area takes in Gillingham (3 miles south-east), Chatham (3 miles south), Rainham (5 miles south-east), Luton (3 miles south), Park Wood (5 miles south-east) and Lordswood (5 miles south).
What’s near Upper Upnor
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Kings Arms, Lower Lines Park and Waterfront University Technical College. You will also find Former Ordnance Store At Chatham Gun Wharf (1.4 miles south) and Waterfront UTC (1.3 miles south-east). Upper Upnor’s nearest station is Strood station, roughly 1.2 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include French Hospital (1.5 miles south-west) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (1.6 miles south). Open spaces near Upper Upnor include Gad's Hill and Rede Common.
When to bring in a specialist
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.