Sealant, joints and leaks

Most leaks in a Maltese apartment block are not the roof. They are a failed sealant joint on the floor above — a balcony edge, a window perimeter, an expansion joint baked hard by twenty summers — and the water shows up two flats down and a room across. Finding it means a water test from outside at the level it enters, which is exactly what a rope gives you: a technician at the joint with a hose while somebody watches inside.

Then the repair: the old sealant cut out, the joint cleaned and primed, a backer rod and a new sealant sized for the movement. It is priced by the metre of joint, quoted after the survey, and it is the job that makes a condominium decide rope access was worth knowing about.

What this covers

• Water testing from the rope to locate the entry point
• Cut-out and replacement of expansion-joint, window-perimeter and capping sealant
• Balcony edge, threshold and drip-detail repairs
• Crack injection and localised waterproofing
• A photographed report of what was found and what was done

What it costs

Quoted after a survey, by the metre of joint and the team-days. No Maltese source publishes a figure for sealant work at height; the survey and the water test decide it.

A band, not a quote: the low end is a straightforward job with clear access, the high end is the same job with the complications a site visit finds. Materials are included where the line says so.

How it works

You deal with us, not with the ropes. We survey, we quote a fixed price, we bring in an IRATA-certified team from the CheckYourTraders-verified network, and we stand behind the work. One point of contact, one contract, one invoice.

Questions people ask

Whose leak is it?

If it enters through a common part — the facade, a joint, the roof — it is the condominium's under the Condominium Act, shared between the owners. If it is a private balcony's own waterproofing, it can be the owner's. The water test usually settles the argument.

Related

• Facade & window cleaningGlass, stone, render and cladding cleaned from the rope — seafront salt, Saharan dust and all.
• Render, stone & concrete repairsSpalling concrete, loose render and weathered franka made safe and repaired at height.
• Inspections & anchorsA close-up condition survey with photographs, and the roof anchors that make the next job cheaper.

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