Orkney Islands · Scotland
Floor & skirting joints in Tenston, Orkney Islands
Professional floor joint sealing in and around Tenston, with old sealant always removed completely and a 12-month guarantee.
- Tiled floors with no room to move
- Rigid edge joints in tiled floors
- Chipped and open joints in warehouse floors
Floor joint sealing in Tenston
Painted skirting can be sealed with a flexible product that can be painted over. In wet areas we’d normally use silicone. We work on wet room & bathroom floors, tiled floors and thresholds, and the jobs we see most are skirting caulk that keeps splitting and perimeter joints in tiled floors filled with grout.
Work in a place like Tenston is planned ahead, journey included. Inside work goes ahead in any weather; outside mastic needs a dry day.
All our work comes with a 12-month guarantee.
- Place
- Tenston (KW16)
- Region
- Orkney Islands
- Guarantee
- A year, on every job
- Quote
- A clear price before work begins
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Do you need floor joint sealing in Tenston?
Timber floors and skirting shrink and swell through the year. Heating dries timber and opens gaps along the skirting and they change again in summer.
These are the problems we’re asked about most:
- Open gaps along the bottom of skirting boards
- Failed seals where bathroom floors meet baths and panels
- Rigid edge joints in tiled floors
- Caulk that has cracked where the floor moves
For jobs in and around Tenston, choosing the right material for each joint is as important as a tidy finish.
Before booking anyone
- How much experience the applicator has
- What happens if they find a problem under the old sealant
- What the cure time is
- Which sealant they’ll use, and why
Tenston questions
Is there a guarantee on floor joint sealing in Tenston?
Every job comes with our 12-month guarantee, wherever it is. We’re also fully insured and ARBOMaster approved.
Do you cover smaller places like Tenston?
Yes, Tenston is covered. Our work covers the whole of Scotland, islands included, and smaller places are part of that. Longer journeys are simply planned in advance.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the job is, what the problem is and roughly how big it is. Photos by email help too.
Why does the gap under my skirting keep coming back?
Generally it’s movement: timber drying in winter, floors settling, or caulk that can’t stretch. A flexible sealant stays closed as the floor moves.
What sealant do you use?
Products from Arbo and Everbuild, among others, chosen to suit the joint. We explain the product when we quote.
Can tenants book the work?
We can work for tenants, landlords or agents. Get your landlord’s agreement first.
Can you match the sealant colour?
In most cases you can choose. We will tell you which colours the right product comes in.
Do I need to be at home?
Access is agreed with you when the job is booked. Indoors, that normally means someone at home.
The process
On the day, we look over the joints with you first. We protect the surfaces around the joints before any work begins. Most jobs take a few hours for most rooms, longer for large commercial floors. Somewhere like Tenston may be a longer drive, and the journey is planned ahead. Tell us about tracks, gates, a ferry crossing or anything unusual about getting there.
- First, the floor type, the gap and the traffic are checked.
- We remove what’s in the joint now.
- The joint is vacuumed clean and backing fitted where needed.
- We apply the sealant in a colour that suits the floor.
- We tool it neatly and tell you when it can be walked on and cleaned.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know if you’ve seen damp or leaks
- Mention any tricky access
- Clear items away from the joints we are working on
How to get a quote
Getting a quote is simple: let us know what needs doing and where. A few photos by email make the job easier to understand, and we will come back to you with a quote.
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What else we do in Tenston
Looking after it afterwards
After the cure time, these simple habits help:
- Ask before painting over a sealed joint
- Check skirting joints after the heating season
- Keep dirt out of the joints
- Act on grout cracks that run in a straight line
Keep heavy traffic off resealed concrete joints for the cure time we give you. Cone off the area if needed until it’s ready.
Once concrete joint edges start to break, wheels make it worse. Sealing them early protects the edges.
Leave it or put it right?
Filling a skirting gap with caulk looks fine at first, but the movement soon cracks it. A flexible sealant moves with the floor and keeps the joint sealed. Out of town in Scotland, exposed walls take a lot of weather, and damp in stone or harled walls takes a long time to dry once water gets behind a joint.
Homes and businesses are quoted the same way: how much there is to do, how we reach it and what it needs. Ask us for a quote and we will explain what it covers.
Why Tenston customers choose us
- Neat joints and a tidy finish
- Over 20 years’ experience
- An ARBOMaster approved applicator
- A 12-month guarantee on all work
What affects the cost of floor joint sealing
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- The number of rooms or windows
- Access and height
- Working hours on commercial sites
- Which sealant suits the joint
No two jobs are quite the same, so each one gets its own quote. Size, access and the product the joint needs all make a difference.
What to tell us for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just tell us:
- The rough size of the job
- The problem you’ve noticed
- Any previous sealing or DIY work
- Access, such as stairs, a lift or height
To get a quote, drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and tell us where the job is and what the problem looks like. You will have a clear quote before any work starts.
What we cannot put right
To be straight with you, there are a few things sealant will not fix:
- Structural movement or subsidence
- Cracked or broken concrete slabs
- Bouncy or failing floorboards
If in doubt, drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we’ll say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Skirting boards
- Concrete floor joints
- Thresholds
- Tiled floors
- Wet room & bathroom floors
- Commercial floors
What the job involves on each surface
Skirting boards
On painted skirting, we can use a flexible sealant that takes paint. Where water is involved, silicone is the better choice.
Tiled floors
Large or heated tiled floors need room to move. We replace grout with flexible sealant along the right lines.
Floor joint sealing around Tenston
Many new homes in Scotland are timber-framed, and as the frame dries and settles, skirting and sealant joints can open up. Work on the islands has to be planned around ferry crossings and the weather, so give us as much notice as you can.
In and around Tenston, as anywhere, good floor joint sealing starts with a clean, dry, properly prepared joint.
Tenston is about 12 miles west of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. If you need floor joint sealing in Tenston, it’s easy to get a quote: please email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk. We cover the Orkney Islands from our Crawley base, Tenston included. Tenston is one of 51 towns and villages in the Orkney Islands where we work for floor joint sealing.
Work in KW16 works the same way as everywhere else we cover. Close by, we work in Wasbister (1 mile south), Russland (2 miles north-east), Hourston (2 miles north-east), Skeabrae (3 miles north) and Harray (3 miles east). If you’re somewhere remote, the job takes a little more planning.
Near you in Tenston
Nearby you’ll also find Skara Brae Visitor Centre (2.8 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Mill Dam of Rango and Hill of Miffia.