£95inc VATBath resealing
The old sealant round the bath stripped out completely, the joint cleaned back and dried, and a fresh sanitary bead run and tooled. £95 including VAT and silicone.
What it covers: Bath resealingExeter and twenty miles round it
The black line round your bath is not going to bleach out
Mould grows inside the silicone, not on it, which is why bleach only works for a week or two and then it is back. The joint comes out and one fresh bead goes on.
- Bath or shower£95
- Both together£150
- Whole bathroom£185
- VAT and silicone included
- Published prices, including VAT and including the silicone
- Every layer of the old joint stripped out, never sealed over
- Sanitary grade silicone with a fungicide, white or clear
- One visit, one drying day, and photographs before and after
- £95 a fitting, VAT in
- Published prices with the silicone included. No call out charge, no materials line, nothing added afterwards.
- Public liability insured
- Cover for work inside your home and in occupied rented property. The certificate goes over by email if you want to see it first.
- The old joint comes out
- Every layer, plus the residue film under it, before anything new goes on. Nothing is sealed over on this site.
- Exeter based
- A service line of Hembury Contracting, working across Exeter and about twenty miles round it.
The difference
The same joint, before the blade and after the bead
Drag the handle across. On the left is a bath joint where the sealant has gone black and started lifting away from the tile. On the right is the same joint with every layer taken out, the surfaces cleaned back and dried, and one fresh bead run and tooled.
Why it keeps coming back
Bleach whitens it. It does not kill what is under the surface
The short version
The mould is inside the silicone, not on it. Nothing you can buy reaches it, and a new bead over the top is only as well attached as the old one underneath.
Why it goes mouldy: Why bathroom sealant goes mouldyMould in a sealant joint is not sitting on top of the silicone. It has grown into it, feeding on soap residue and the moisture the joint has been holding, and the black you can see is the part of a colony that reaches the surface. That is why bleach only ever works for a week or two, and why scrubbing does nothing at all.
The second thing that keeps it coming back is what somebody did last time. Silicone does not bond to cured silicone, so a bead run over an old one is only as well attached as the layer underneath it. Half the baths we take apart have three layers on them, one of them black, and the top one is already lifting at the corner.
So the joint comes out. All of it, down to bare tile and bare acrylic, including the invisible film of residue that ruins the next bead if it is left there. Then it is cleaned, dried, and sealed once, properly. That is the whole business.
What gets resealed
Seven jobs, and a price for each of them
Most bookings are one of the first two. The rest exist because people search for them by name, and because a bathroom does not stop at the bath.
£95inc VAT
£95inc VATShower resealing
Tray, base, internal corners and the foot of the screen or enclosure resealed properly, with the old joint taken right out. £95 including VAT and silicone.
What it covers: Shower resealing
£95inc VATKitchen sealant and worktop sealing
Worktop to wall joints, upstands, splashbacks and the run round an inset sink, sealed with the old line taken out first. £95 on its own.
What it covers: Kitchen sealant and worktop sealing
£95inc VATSilicone removal and replacement
The full strip out: mouldy, lifting or badly applied sealant taken out completely, the joint cleaned back to bare surfaces, and a new bead run properly.
What it covers: Silicone removal and replacement
£185inc VATWhole bathroom resealing
Bath, shower, basin, screen and every tiled splashback run stripped and resealed on one visit. £185 including VAT and silicone.
What it covers: Whole bathroom resealing
Window and door sealing
Perimeter joints round window and door frames, inside and out, where the sealant has gone hard, cracked or pulled away from the frame.
What it covers: Window and door sealing
Sealant repairs for landlords and agents
Booked with the tenant, photographed before and after, invoiced to the agent or the landlord. Fixed prices per bathroom so a job can be approved without a site visit.
What it covers: Sealant repairs for landlords and agentsPrices
Every figure is on the price page
VAT included, silicone included, and the same numbers whoever is asking.
£95 a bath, £185 a bathroom
Every figure includes VAT and includes the silicone. No call out charge, no materials line, no charge for stripping out what is already there.
- Shower reseal
- £95
- Bath and shower
- £150
- Kitchen worktop
- £95
- Minimum charge
- £95
Credentials
What sits behind the work
The work is done by Sam Hembury and the crew he trains, trading as Hembury Contracting out of Exeter. One entity, one VAT registration, one invoice.
Read what people say about Hembury Contracting
- Hembury Contracting
- Exeter Silicone Services is a service line of Hembury Contracting, Sam Hembury's Exeter business. Same trading entity, same invoices, same VAT registration.
- Public liability cover
- Insured for work in your home and in occupied rented property. A copy of the certificate goes over by email if you want to see it before booking.
- Published prices
- The price card is on the site rather than behind a form, VAT included and silicone included. You can work out what your job costs before you get in touch.
- The old joint comes out
- Every layer, plus the residue film underneath it, before anything new goes on. That is the part that takes the time and it is the part that decides how long the new bead lasts.
What you are actually paying for
The hour is the removal. The bead is fifteen minutes
Anybody can run a line of silicone. What decides whether it is still white in five years happens before the cartridge comes out of the bag.
- Every layer of the old joint off, including caulk and sealant strip
- The residue film taken off with a remover rather than a scraper
- Limescale cleared from a shower joint before anything is applied
- Both surfaces solvent wiped and the joint dried out
- Sanitary grade silicone with a fungicide, white or clear as the room needs
- One pass, tooled concave so water runs off rather than sitting on it
- Tape pulled while the bead is still wet, which is what makes the line straight
- Anything found that is not sealant work pointed out plainly, not sealed over
The work
What the middle of the job looks like
The parts nobody photographs, which are the parts that decide how the finished line behaves.
Guides
The questions people search before they book
Answered plainly, including the ones that explain how to do the job yourself. Six of them, and not one is a teaser for a phone call.
Can you reseal a bath or shower without removing the old silicone?
The short answer is no. The longer answer is about what silicone bonds to, and what is living inside the joint you would be covering up.
Read it: Can you reseal a bath or shower without removing the old silicone?
Why does bathroom sealant go mouldy, and can it be stopped?
It grows inside the silicone, feeding on soap residue in a joint that never fully dries. What actually slows it down, and what makes no difference.
Read it: Why does bathroom sealant go mouldy, and can it be stopped?
How long does silicone take to dry, and when can you use the bath?
Touch dry in under an hour, usable after twenty four. Why those are two different numbers, and what happens if you do not wait.
Read it: How long does silicone take to dry, and when can you use the bath?Where
Exeter, the estuary towns and the market towns around them
The same price and the same method wherever it is in the area, which is why there is one page for the whole of it rather than twenty four saying the same thing.
- Exeter
- Heavitree
- St Thomas
- Pinhoe
- Alphington
- Ide
- Topsham
- Exmouth
- Budleigh Salterton
- Sidmouth
- Dawlish
- Teignmouth
- Kenton
- Cranbrook
- Broadclyst
Questions
Questions we get asked
How long does a reseal take?
A single bath or shower is around an hour on site, most of which is taking the old joint out. A whole bathroom is an afternoon. What takes longer is the curing: the room needs to stay dry for the rest of the day, and a bath or shower wants a full twenty four hours before it is used.
Can you not just seal over the old sealant?
No. Silicone does not bond to cured silicone, so a new bead is only as well attached as the layer under it, and any mould in the old joint is inside the material rather than on it. Sealing over both problems hides them for a few months. It is the single most common reason a bath has been sealed three times.
Will the black mould come back?
Not from the new joint, because the old material and everything living in it is removed rather than covered. What decides the next few years is the room. A bathroom with no working extractor and a window that never opens holds humidity, and mould will return to the grout and the ceiling as well as the joint. If that is what we find, you get told.
How much is it?
A bath or a shower is £95 including VAT, both together are £150, and a whole bathroom is £185. A kitchen worktop run is £95 on its own or £35 added to a bathroom booking. The silicone is in the price and there is no call out charge.
Do I need to be there?
Somebody needs to let us in, and it helps to be there at the end so you can look at the work before it is settled. The middle of the job does not need an audience. In a rented property access is arranged with the tenant directly.
White or clear silicone?
White on most baths and showers, because it reads as part of the sanitaryware and hides a slightly uneven tile edge. Clear on dark tiles, stone and most kitchen worktops, where a white line draws attention to itself. It is your choice, and it costs the same.
Do you cover my area?
Exeter and roughly twenty miles round it, which takes in the city districts, the estuary towns, the East and Mid Devon market towns and the Teign valley. The areas page lists everywhere covered. Just outside it, ask, and you will get a straight answer rather than a maybe.
Who turns up?
Sam Hembury or one of the Hembury Contracting team. Exeter Silicone Services is a service line of Hembury Contracting, an Exeter business, sole trader, VAT registered and insured for work in your home.
Get a price
Book a reseal with Exeter Silicone Services
Send a photograph of the joint and say which fittings need doing. Back comes the price off the published card and the next free slot. Ringing is quicker if you want a date fixed today.
- Bath or shower
- £95
- Both on one visit
- £150
- Whole bathroom
- £185
VAT and silicone included. Minimum charge £95.