Kent · England
Remedial sealant & repairs in Caring, Kent
Removing failed, mouldy or leaking sealant and putting it right for homeowners, landlords and businesses in Caring. Fully insured, ARBOMaster approved and guaranteed for a year.
- Decorators’ caulk around a bath or shower
- Dark patches showing through the sealant
- Repeat leaks from the same joint
About our remedial sealant in Caring
A joint that keeps failing generally has a reason. Movement, the wrong product or a leak from somewhere else will beat any new bead. Finding that cause comes before any new sealant. Common call-outs are for leaks that keep coming back after resealing and decorators’ caulk around a bath or shower, on expansion joints, mouldy bath & shower sealant and failed movement joints.
Homes around Caring are mostly houses and cottages rather than flats. The work is the same as anywhere: everything old comes out before the new sealant or grout goes in.
Our work is backed for twelve months.
- Place
- Caring (ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on all our work
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 0345 464 0079
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Caring questions
Is Caring in your area for remedial sealant?
Yes. Our work covers London and the South East, and Caring is part of that. Just ring 0345 464 0079 or send us an email with a few details of the job, and we will give you a clear price.
I let a flat near Bearsted station. Can you help?
Yes. We work for letting agents and landlords as well as homeowners, and several properties can be quoted together. Just phone 0345 464 0079 or email us with the address and what needs doing, and we’ll give you a clear price.
Can you remove old sealant without damaging the bath?
Yes. Careful removal is most of a remedial job, particularly on softer surfaces like acrylic.
Where do you work from?
We work from Crawley. We cover Caring and the rest of Kent, along with the rest of our area.
Do you remove the old sealant?
Yes, always, and completely. New silicone does not stick to old silicone, so any old material comes out before anything new goes in.
Can I add another job to the visit?
Yes. Several rooms, windows or areas can go on one quote.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, we’re fully insured.
How long will it take to strip and reseal the joint?
The number of joints and layers decides it. We will tell you before work begins.
Towns and villages near Caring
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What affects the quote in Caring
We don’t publish a price list. The quote depends on:
- The amount of work
- How much old sealant there is and how hard it is to remove
- Whether the work is at height
- Whether there’s mould to deal with
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.
What we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can tell us:
- How many joints, rooms or windows are involved
- Where the property is
- Access, such as stairs, a lift or height
- If someone has resealed it before
We don’t publish a price list, as no two jobs are quite the same. Instead, we give you a clear quote for your job. To get started, call 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email.
What happens on the day
Our applicators work methodically: protection first, then preparation, sealing and a tidy-up. Typically it takes a few hours for a typical bath or shower, longer where several layers have been applied and we leave things clean and tidy. Somewhere like Caring needs a little journey planning: tell us about narrow lanes, gates, long drives and where we can park. We bring what the job needs, so it can be finished in one trip where possible.
- We protect the surfaces around the joint.
- The botched or failed sealant is cut away completely.
- We clean and degrease the joint and look for signs of movement or water.
- New sealant goes in once the joint is dry, and is tooled smooth.
- We give you the cure time and explain what caused the failure.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking restrictions
- Keep children and pets away from the work area
- Move anything stored near the joints
How to get a quote
Need a quote? Please ring 0345 464 0079 or send us an email with a few details. We’ll explain what we’d do and give you a clear price before we start.
Advice
Why act early in Caring
Hidden water does the most damage: wet floors, stained ceilings and swollen worktops. By comparison, sorting the joint is quick. Around Caring, older homes often have timber in their floors and frames, where water from a failed joint can cause rot if it’s left.
Doing several joints on one visit generally makes better use of the time than several visits, so it’s worth mentioning everything you’d like done. You’ll get one clear quote for the whole job.
What you get with us
- Sanitary silicone with an anti-fungal additive in wet areas
- Quality sealants from Arbo and Everbuild
- Experience in homes, commercial sites and hotels
- An ARBOMaster approved applicator
Take a look at what affects the cost or customer reviews.
What the job involves on each surface
Movement & expansion joints
A movement joint must be able to stretch. We remove the failed sealant, fit backing and reseal with a low-modulus product.
Mouldy bath & shower sealant
Mould can sit behind the silicone, not just in it. We treat the exposed joint once the bead is out so the new sealant starts clean.
Remedial sealant around Caring
Most of the South East has hard water, which leaves limescale on sealant, grout and fittings, and it has to be cleaned off before new sealant goes in.
If you live in an older home near St Nicholas's Church, timber floors under older bathrooms flex, so joints need a sealant that moves with them. Managing a site like Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School? Then its toilets, changing areas and kitchens need their sealant renewed like any other building’s.
Caring is about 3 miles east of Maidstone, in Kent. Every kind of property in Caring can book us for remedial sealant, old or new, large or small. Every job comes with our 12-month guarantee. Caring is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent we cover for remedial sealant. There’s also a page for London, roughly 34 miles from Caring.
Here we cover the ME17 postcode area for remedial sealant. That includes homes and businesses on Caring Lane and Caring Road and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Otham (1 mile south-west), Bearsted (1 mile north-west), Langley (1 mile south), Langley Heath (1 mile south) and Willington (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (3 miles west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Tonbridge (14 miles west) and Faversham (13 miles east).
What’s near Caring
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to The Orchard Spot Public House, among other places. Caring’s nearest station is Bearsted station, roughly 1.5 miles north-west. A little further out are The Mall Maidstone (3.1 miles west) and Laundry Museum (1.4 miles east). The countryside around Caring includes Detling Hill.
What we’re called out for in Caring
Silicone only bonds to surfaces that are clean and dry. Soap film, dust, damp or old residue stop it gripping, and the joint starts to come away early.
The most common problems we see are:
- Wide, uneven beads that look worse than the old ones
- Movement joints that have split or pulled away
- Sealant applied over old sealant that has lifted
- Worktop sealant that has shrunk and split
For landlords with property near Bearsted station, failed or mouldy sealant is worth putting right between tenancies, before it turns into a leak.
What to look for in a quote
- Is the old sealant removed completely?
- When the joint can take water or movement
- What happens if the job turns out different
- Are they insured?
Should I try it myself first?
The biggest DIY mistake is sealing over old sealant. New silicone won’t bond to old, so it peels away and traps moisture behind it. All the old material has to come out first.
Overfilling a joint is a classic DIY mistake. A thick, smeared bead looks untidy and does not move well, and getting the depth right matters as much as the look.
When it is not the sealant
To be straight with you, there are a few things sealant will not fix:
- A cracked shower tray or bath (that needs repair or replacing)
- Failed tanking or loose tiles behind the sealant
- A tray or worktop that needs refixing first
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 464 0079 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Leaking tray & enclosure joints
- Shrunken worktop sealant
- Failed movement joints
- Mouldy bath & shower sealant
- Expansion joints
- Botched or over-sealed joints