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Floor & skirting joints in Holborn, Greater London
We cover Holborn for sealing skirting-to-floor joints, tiled floor movement joints and concrete floor joints. Old material cut out, joints cleaned and sealed neatly and every job guaranteed for a year.
- Gaps at thresholds between rooms
- Gaps opening between the floor and skirting
- Caulk that has cracked where the floor moves
Floor joint sealing in Holborn, done properly
A threshold joint has to cope with feet, movement and sometimes water. We use a flexible product that suits both floors so the joint stays neat. We work on commercial floors, tiled floors and wet room & bathroom floors, and the jobs we see most are perimeter joints in tiled floors filled with grout and skirting that has pulled away from the floor.
Across London, commercial floors have movement joints that break down under heavy foot traffic, and new homes need their plot mastic finished properly before handover, in Holborn and beyond.
Your job is guaranteed for a year, as with all our work.
- Where
- Holborn (WC1X, WC1N, EC1R)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Guarantee
- A year, on every job
- Quotes
- A clear quote up front
- Call
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
FAQs for Holborn
Can parking be tricky for a visit in Holborn?
It can be, so it helps to tell us about permits, visitor bays or off-street space when you book. That way the visit can be planned around it.
Can you do floor joint sealing in Holborn?
Yes, Holborn is within the area we cover. Our work covers London and the South East. Just ring 0345 464 0079 or send us an email with a few details of the job.
Where are you based?
We are a Crawley-based firm, with over 20 years’ experience. We work across South East England, London and Scotland.
Do you seal floor joints in bathrooms and kitchens?
Yes. The old joint comes out and a flexible silicone replaces it.
Can grout be replaced with sealant on a tiled floor?
Usually, yes. Straight cracks in grout often show where a movement joint was needed. We rake out that line and seal it with flexible sealant.
Is it messy?
Very little: the area around the joints is protected first, and we tidy up before we go.
How long does the job take?
That depends on the amount of work, but most jobs take a morning or an afternoon for most homes. We will tell you when we quote.
Does someone need to be in?
It depends on the job. For work indoors, someone needs to let us in, while outside work can sometimes be arranged differently.
Landlords, agents and businesses in Holborn
For anyone letting property in or around Holborn, several properties can be quoted together. Send us the addresses and the work at each, and pictures by email help.
A neglected joint can let water reach the structure, which matters even more when someone else lives there. Resealing at the right time is simple maintenance that we can handle for you.
How the job changes by surface
Concrete floor joints
Open concrete joints chip at the edges when wheels cross them. Sealing them supports the edges and keeps dirt out.
Skirting boards
Skirting-to-floor joints are a regular job for us. The old caulk is removed first.
Leave it or put it right?
Regrouting a cracked line in a tiled floor rarely fixes it. If the floor needs to move there, the grout will crack again. A flexible movement joint is the fix. In older London homes, water behind a failed joint soaks into brick and timber without much sign, and by the time it shows on a wall or ceiling in Holborn, the repair is bigger than the sealant job would have been.
Rather than a set price list, we look at what your job involves: the amount of work, the old material and the access. The price is agreed before we begin.
Why us?
- Approved under the ARBOMaster scheme
- One-year guarantee on every job
- Quality sealants from Arbo and Everbuild
- 4.9 on Google from 180+ five-star reviews
Read our cost guide and what customers say.
Keeping the joints in good condition
Good habits help new joints last longer. Our tips:
- Look at floor joints each spring
- Use furniture pads near skirting
- Keep dirt out of the joints
- Ask before painting over a sealed joint
Mop with a well-wrung mop rather than flooding the floor. Keeping the edges drier helps the sealant last longer.
Open skirting gaps let in draughts, dust and sometimes insects. Sealing it keeps the room tidier and stops it getting worse.
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What we do, step by step
The work is kept neat and contained to the joints we’re treating. The job usually takes a morning or an afternoon for most homes, and we tell you how long to leave it before we go. For a job in Holborn, parking and access are the things to plan: let us know about parking, the floor we will be working on and any lift or shared entrance.
- We clear the edges of the floor so the joints are easy to reach.
- Old material is removed from the joint.
- We clean and dry the edges of the joint.
- A flexible sealant suited to the floor is applied and smooth it.
- Finally, we check the work and talk you through aftercare.
Getting ready for the visit
- On commercial sites, let us know about site rules
- For indoor joints, keep the area dry beforehand if you can
- Mention any leaks or damp you’ve noticed
Ask for a quote
For a quote, ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email with the location and a short description of the problem. You’ll have a clear quote before work begins.
Related advice
New homes and floors in Holborn
Many of London’s new homes are flats in bigger developments, where snags may need reporting through the developer or the managing agent. Across Greater London, floors range from older suspended timber floors to concrete slabs in newer homes and commercial units, and they do not all move the same way. The joint at the skirting or threshold has to allow for that.
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as St Alban's Church, floor and skirting joints in halls and kitchens wear like any others. For site and facilities teams at buildings such as St Alban's Church of England Primary School, entrance and corridor floor joints take a lot of traffic.
Holborn is about 2 miles north-west of London, in Greater London. Wherever you are in the WC1X postcode area, we can carry out floor joint sealing at your property. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, from the larger towns to small villages.
Jobs for floor joint sealing in WC1X, WC1N and EC1R is quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include Shoe Lane, Drury Lane and New Square. Being close to the A4 and A40, Holborn is easy for our applicators to reach for floor joint sealing. Other places close to Holborn include Farringdon (1 mile east), St Pancras (1 mile north-west), Clare Market (1 mile south), Smithfield (1 mile east) and Temple Bar (1 mile south). Further out, we also cover Kensington (4 miles west), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Ruislip (13 miles west), Brompton (3 miles south-west) and Stockwell (4 miles south).
Around Holborn
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to The Yorkshire Grey pub, British Library of Political and Economic Science and City Academy, among other places. Nearby too are Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School (0.9 miles north) and Lincoln's Inn Fields (within half a mile south-west). Holborn has its own railway station: Farringdon station. A little further out are Montfichet's Tower (0.7 miles south-east) and Brunswick Centre (0.5 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Barnsbury Wood and Ludgate Hill.
Can I do it myself?
If you’ve already had a go yourself, that is fine. We cut it out and start again.
Some jobs are best left to a professional: high-level joints, fire-rated gaps, external movement joints and big jobs call for the right materials, safe access and experience.
Common problems we fix in Holborn
Decorators’ caulk is often used along skirting because it’s cheap and paintable. It cracks where there’s movement or water.
Keep an eye out for these signs:
- Open gaps along the bottom of skirting boards
- Skirting caulk that keeps splitting
- Dirt and water collecting in open floor joints
- Concrete floor joints that have broken down
As a London address, Holborn can be tricky for parking: let us know about parking bays, permits or a driveway.
What your quote should include
- How much experience the applicator has
- What insurance they hold
- What the cure time is
- Whether all the old sealant comes out first