Kent · England
Floor & skirting joints in Chestnut Street, Kent
Problem with your floor joints in Chestnut Street? We remove the old material, prepare the joints and seal them properly, and the work is guaranteed for a year.
- Threshold joints that have opened or worn
- Failed seals where bathroom floors meet baths and panels
- Floor edges that trap water and grime
What happens on the day
On the day, there’s very little for you to do. Point us to the joints and we’ll get on with it. The job generally takes a few hours for most rooms, longer for large commercial floors, including the tidy-up. In a small place like Chestnut Street, access is normally the main thing to plan. If the job is outside, mention outbuildings, exposed walls and how to reach them.
- We start by looking at the floor, the gap and the traffic, then choose the product.
- We take out any old caulk, sealant or grout along the line.
- We clean and vacuum the joint and fit backing where the depth needs setting.
- We apply a flexible sealant, or a floor-joint product on concrete, in a suitable colour.
- The joint is tooled to a neat finish and we tell you when it can take feet and a mop.
How to prepare
- Tell us about any water getting in
- Plan for the work area to be out of bounds to pets and children
- Move anything stored near the joints
Get a quote
Asking for a quote is easy: let us know what needs doing and where and its rough size. A few photos by email make the job easier to understand, and we will take it from there.
Advice
How we handle floor joint sealing in Chestnut Street
Tiled floors can crack along the grout when there’s no room for movement. Where one is needed, we rake out the grout along the right line and replace it with flexible sealant coloured to suit the grout. We work on skirting boards, thresholds and commercial floors, and people most often call us about threshold joints that have opened or worn and cracked grout where a tiled floor needs a movement joint.
Somewhere as small as Chestnut Street, new homes tend to be conversions, self-builds or a few houses rather than an estate. Each still needs its sealant and floor joints finished properly.
Whatever the size of the job, you get the same one-year guarantee in Chestnut Street and across Kent.
- Place
- Chestnut Street (ME9)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- One year on every job
- Price
- A clear quote up front
- Phone
- 0345 464 0079
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Towns and villages near Chestnut Street
What else we do in Chestnut Street
Common questions in Chestnut Street
Will you come out to Chestnut Street?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. We work across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Is Chestnut Street in your area for floor joint sealing?
Yes. Our work covers London and the South East, and Chestnut Street is part of that. You can call 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and tell us what needs doing, and we’ll give you a clear price.
How long does floor joint sealing take?
As a guide, most jobs take a few hours, depending on the length of joint. Bigger jobs take longer, and we will say how long yours will take.
Can you match the sealant colour?
Yes. White, clear and grey are common, and other colours are available, and we will agree it with you first.
What should I tell you?
Let us know what needs doing and where, plus pictures if you have them. If we need more, we’ll ask.
What causes gaps between the floor and skirting?
Floors and walls move a little with the seasons, and new floors settle. We close it with a flexible sealant that moves with the floor.
How soon can the floor be mopped?
Follow the cure time we give you. Feet are normally fine first, then mopping, then heavy wheels in most cases.
What sealant do you use?
Each joint gets the product that suits it. Where it moves, gets wet or faces the weather makes a difference.
What the job involves on each surface
Wet room and bathroom floors
In a wet room, the floor-to-wall joint is a key line of defence. It’s resealed with a sanitary silicone, and we’ll tell you if the leak seems to come from elsewhere.
Skirting boards
Skirting gaps are one of the most common floor joints we seal. We take out any cracked caulk before sealing so the bead sits on a clean surface.
When something else is needed
We will not take on work that will not last, so here’s what sealant cannot put right:
- Failed waterproofing under a wet room floor
- Bouncy or failing floorboards
- Loose, hollow or cracked tiles, which need a tiler
If you’re not sure, just phone 0345 464 0079 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Wet room & bathroom floors
- Tiled floors
- Thresholds
- Skirting boards
- Concrete floor joints
- Commercial floors
What happens if it’s left?
Water that gets past a floor joint can damage the floor beneath. Sealing them now keeps the problem at the surface. Older cottages and farmhouses around Chestnut Street can have timber floors and frames, and water through a failed joint can rot timber if it’s left.
A few things move the cost up or down: how much old sealant there is and how stubborn it is, any mould to treat, and whether the work is at height. We take all of that into account in your quote.
Why us?
- Anti-fungal sanitary silicone in wet areas
- ARBOMaster approved applicator
- We never seal over old sealant
- White, clear, grey or another colour, product permitting
Take a look at how sealant jobs are priced and our reviews.
How we quote for floor joint sealing
There’s no set price list, because jobs vary so much. What we look at:
- How many rooms, windows or areas are involved
- The old material and how stubborn it is
- The product the joint needs
- Access and height
Doing several joints on one visit is normally more efficient than separate visits, so it’s worth mentioning everything you’d like done. You’ll get one clear quote for the whole job.
What we need to know
Before you ask for a quote, have a think about:
- How we’d reach the joints
- Roughly how big the job is
- What’s wrong with the joints now
- Photos by email, if that is easy
Every job is quoted individually, so the first step is telling us about yours. Simply call 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and describe the job.
How to look after the new joints
So the new joints stay in good condition:
- Walk round the room once a year and look at the edges
- Do not fill floor joints with caulk where they move or get wet
- Cone off fresh joints until they’re ready
- Vacuum floor joints regularly to stop grit building up
Avoid flooding the floor when you clean. Keeping the edges drier helps the sealant last longer.
A gap under the skirting collects dust and lets draughts through. Sealing it early keeps the room cleaner and stops it getting worse.
Joints and finishes in Chestnut Street homes
Floors around Kent run from suspended timber in older homes to concrete in newer houses and units, and each moves in its own way. That’s why the skirting and threshold joints need a flexible seal.
Schools such as Borden Church of England Primary School are buildings too, and entrance and corridor floor joints take a lot of traffic. For buildings such as Church of St Peter and St Paul, floor and skirting joints in halls and kitchens wear like any others. Rented homes near Newington station change hands often, and a tidy floor and skirting joint helps a rental look ready for the next tenant.
Chestnut Street is about 2 miles west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. For floor joint sealing in and around Chestnut Street, please ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email for a quick quote. We’re based in Crawley and cover Kent, Chestnut Street included. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Chestnut Street among them. For nearby work, see our Chelmsford page.
Work in ME9 works the same way as everywhere else we cover. Floor joint sealing is available to properties on Chestnut Street, Maidstone Road and Chestnut Wood Lane. If you’re just outside Chestnut Street, we cover Keycol (1 mile north), Bobbing (1 mile north-east), Danaway (1 mile south-west), Oad Street (1 mile south) and Newington (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (9 miles south-west), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Whitstable (15 miles east), Faversham (9 miles east), Minster (7 miles north-east) and Kings Hill (13 miles west).
Around Chestnut Street
Around Chestnut Street, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Westlands School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Newington station, roughly 1.2 miles north-west. A little further out are Bayford Court (2.3 miles east) and Court Hall Museum (1.9 miles east).
DIY sealant or a professional job?
If you’ve already had a go yourself, that’s fine. We remove it and do the joint properly.
Some sealant jobs are within reach of a careful DIYer, such as a straightforward joint indoors. Where it goes wrong is sealing over the old bead, working on a wet joint or overloading the gap.