Caulking Services in Pickering, ON

Window and Door Seals on Older Pickering Homes

Exterior caulking does a quiet job. Where siding meets a window frame, door trim or a dryer vent, that bead is what keeps rain out of the wall. On older Pickering houses it has often dried hard and shrunk. It pulls away from one side and leaves a gap you can slide a fingernail into. Water gets in during every storm. We cut it out, clean the joint and lay a high-quality paintable acrylic-latex, tooled smooth.

Window caulking takes more punishment on houses closer to the waterfront, where wind and moisture are hard on any seal. Check the bottom corners of windows and the sill joints first, since that's where water collects. If the trim there feels soft, the caulking has probably been failing for a while, and the wood may need repair before it's resealed.

Seaton is a different story. In a new house, framing and trim shrink as they dry, and the caulk at baseboards, tub surrounds and window trim can open into hairline gaps in the first year or two. That's normal, and it's an easy fix once the house has settled. A tub or shower recaulk runs $75 to $150, a full bathroom is usually $150 to $250, and the minimum is $50.

Pedro handles caulking removal and replacement around tubs, showers, sinks and windows. For how he approaches caulking services in general, see our caulking services page.