Essex · England
Braintree Regrouting
Raking out old, cracked or stained grout and regrouting tiled walls and floors in Braintree, with a 12-month guarantee on every job. Ask us for a quote.
- Kitchen splashback grout stained by grease
- Good tiles let down by tired grout
- Old grout in a dated colour
Braintree: your questions answered
Do you work for hotels and guest houses in Braintree?
Yes, we work for hotels as well as homes and businesses. A room-by-room programme keeps most rooms in use while the work goes on.
Do you work for landlords with property near Braintree station?
Yes, rental work is part of what we do. Just phone 0345 464 0079 or email us and tell us about the property, and we will give you a clear quote.
What do you need from me for a quote?
A short description and the location, with photos by email if possible. We will ask anything else we need to know.
Is it OK to seal over old sealant?
No. New silicone won’t bond to old silicone, and it traps any mould or water underneath. We remove it all first.
Will the old sealant be removed?
Yes. All of the old material is cut out and the joint cleaned.
How do I get a quote for regrouting in Braintree?
It depends on the job, so we quote each one individually. To get one, ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email with a short description of the job.
What guarantee comes with the work?
Every job comes with our 12-month guarantee, and we’re fully insured.
How long should I wait before showering?
We will tell you on the day. It depends on the grout and the sealant used so please stick to it.
Regrouting in Braintree, done properly
Most regrouting jobs include resealing too. Grout is for the joints between tiles, but internal corners and edges flex, so they’re sealed with silicone rather than grout. Doing both at once leaves the whole area sound. If you are dealing with floor grout that won’t come clean and cracked or crumbling grout lines, we can put it right, on tiled floors, bathroom wall tiles and shower walls alike.
Braintree has offices, shops and other businesses as well as homes, all with washrooms and kitchens that need the same care as a family bathroom. Homes and businesses get the same careful preparation before anything new goes in.
Every job is covered by our 12-month guarantee.
Quotes for regrouting in Braintree
We don’t publish a price list, because jobs vary so much. What we look at:
- The old material and how stubborn it is
- The number of rooms or windows
- Whether the work is at height
- Any mould that needs treating
Rather than a set price list, we price the job in front of us: the amount of work, the old material and the access. The price is agreed before we begin.
Asking for a quote
What to tell us when you ask for a quote:
- Roughly how big the job is
- Where the job is, and your postcode
- Whether it’s a home or a business
- Access, such as stairs, a lift or height
We quote each job on its own, so start by telling us what you need. Just phone 0345 464 0079 or send us an email with the details, and pictures are welcome.
Regrouting around Braintree
There are hotels and other places to stay in and around Braintree. Hotel bathrooms are part of our work as well as homes, and can be done room by room. Most of the South East has hard water, so limescale builds up on sealant, grout and fittings.
Schools such as Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School are buildings too, and washroom and kitchen sealant there needs the same care as at home, and schools and businesses are part of our work as well as homes. If you let a flat or house near Braintree station, clean grout and fresh sealant between tenancies make a bathroom look cared for again.
Braintree is about 39 miles north-east of London, in Essex. For regrouting in and around Braintree, please call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email for a quick quote. We’re based in Crawley and cover Essex, Braintree included. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, and Braintree is one of them. For nearby work, see our Chelmsford page (11 miles or so).
We work across the CM7, CO9, CM77 and CO6 postcode area for regrouting. Streets in the area include Market Street, Little Square and Great Square. Being close to the A12 and A120, Braintree is simple for us to get to for regrouting. We also cover the places around Braintree: Bocking (1 mile west), Long Green (2 miles south-east), Great Notley (2 miles south-west), Black Notley (2 miles south) and Row Green (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (14 miles east), Chelmsford (11 miles south), Maldon (12 miles south-east), Witham (6 miles south-east), Camulodunum (13 miles east) and Halstead (5 miles north-east). As one of the bigger places in Essex, Braintree has homes, rented property and businesses of every kind.
Local landmarks in Braintree
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Edith Borthwick School, Bocking Blackwater and Angel Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Braintree is Braintree station, roughly 0.5 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Tudor House Museum (Braintree) (less than half a mile north-west) and St Michael's Hospital (0.9 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Belcher's and Broadfield Woods.
Looking after it afterwards
How long the joints last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Rinse the tiles after showering
- Have loose tiles looked at early
- Avoid neat bleach and strong acid descalers on grout
- Wipe or squeegee the shower walls
Clean the grout with a mild bathroom cleaner and a soft brush. Avoid neat bleach and strong acid descalers because they wear grout away.
Leaving failed grout can mean tiles come loose. By then, new grout alone isn’t enough, so it’s worth acting early.
Surface by surface
Bathroom wall tiles
Splash areas around basins and baths stain first. We can regroute just those areas or the whole wall.
Corners and edges
Edges are resealed while we’re there, so the whole area is finished together.
Landlord and commercial work in Braintree
Housing providers, facilities teams and property managers book us too in Braintree and across Essex. Several sites can go on one quote.
Landlords and agents in Braintree can book us as well as householders. Sealant work between tenants keeps a property looking cared for.
Why act early in Braintree
Once grout cracks, water can get behind the tiling. Leave it, and the adhesive or the wall behind can suffer, which turns a regrout into a retile. Dealing with it now keeps it small. Busy buildings in Braintree, from hotels to offices, can’t afford rooms out of use for leaks or mould, so failing joints are best replaced on a planned basis.
The cost depends on the size of the job, how much old material has to come out and how easy the joints are to reach. We give a clear quote before any work starts.
Why Braintree clients choose us
- More than 20 years in sealant work
- Rated 4.9 stars on Google
- Arbo and Everbuild products
- Fully insured
Take a look at how sealant jobs are priced and what customers say.
Signs you need regrouting in Braintree
Movement behind the tiles cracks grout. That can be a loose tile, a flexing floor or a stud wall, which is why we check the tiles first.
These are the problems we’re asked about most:
- Cracked or crumbling grout lines
- Discoloured grout on otherwise sound tiles
- Grout in a colour the owner wants to change
- Grout washed out of a shower
In the older streets around Congregational Church, timber floors under older bathrooms flex, so joints need a sealant that moves with them.
What your quote should include
- Which colour the sealant will be
- How long the guarantee is
- Whether they seal over old material or remove it
- Which sealant they’ll use, and why
What happens on the day
At the end, we look at the finished work together. The visit itself generally takes a few hours, or longer for a fully tiled room, depending on the amount of work. Where a business in Braintree needs to stay open, out-of-hours working can be arranged, while home visits are arranged within our normal working hours, Monday to Saturday.
- We agree the area to be regrouted and point out any loose tiles.
- Grout is raked out without chipping the tiles.
- Dust is cleared from every joint.
- We grout the joints and wipe the tiles clean.
- We renew the silicone at the corners and edges.
Before we arrive
- For indoor joints, keep the area dry beforehand if you can
- Tell us about access, such as stairs, a lift or high-level joints
- Tell us about any previous sealing or DIY attempts
Get a quote
If you’re in Braintree and need regrouting, call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email. Tell us what the problem is and where, and you’ll get a clear quote before any work starts.