Expansion joint sealing in Abingworth
Expansion joint sealing in Abingworth, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Water getting into the wall through a failed joint
- Expansion joints split through the centre of the bead
- New sealant over old, now failing
Expansion joint sealing for businesses in Abingworth
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Slabs, ramps and loading bays in Abingworth
Abingworth lies roughly 41 miles out from central London. Distribution warehouses and industrial estates are common around the motorway corridors that serve the capital; their floors carry heavy traffic every shift. Abingworth has at least three named business or industrial parks inside a 3-mile radius. Sites like these are full of saw-cut floor joints, yard slabs and car park joints.
Another example is Wiston Business Park, 1.7 miles south-east of Abingworth, where floors and yards would be done in stages around the occupiers. Schools like Thakeham Primary School often have long brick elevations with movement joints that age quietly.
Abingworth is about 8 miles north of Worthing, in West Sussex. Any commercial site in Abingworth is covered, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. 373 places across West Sussex fall within our area, Abingworth among them. Sites around Brighton have their own page, roughly 15 miles from Abingworth.
Anyone looking for expansion joint sealing in RH20 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Streets here include Abingworth Crescent, Chestnut Drive and Shelley Place. If your building is just outside Abingworth, we cover Thakeham (1 mile north-east), Warminghurst (1 mile east), Heath Common (1 mile south-east), West Chiltington Common (1 mile west) and West Chiltington (1 mile north-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Horsham (10 miles north-east), Worthing (8 miles south), Bognor Regis (15 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (15 miles east), Burgess Hill (13 miles east) and Littlehampton (10 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Abingworth
We work on buildings around Rydon Community College, among other places. The closest station to Abingworth is Pulborough station, about 3.9 miles west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include The Storrington And District Museum (1.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve and Chanctonbury Hill.
How we handle expansion joint sealing in Abingworth
We’ve been sealing expansion and movement joints for over 20 years. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, we’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and we carry five million pounds of public liability insurance. Workmanship is backed by our 12-month guarantee. If you have rain penetration at brick or block movement joints and car park joints leaking onto vehicles below, we can help, on cladding panel joints, car park decks and ramps and podiums and floor movement joints alike. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Abingworth it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
For a site near Abingworth, measurements and photos up front mean one trip where possible, with the right materials on hand. Note joint widths and the traffic that uses them, and we will take it from there.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Place
- Abingworth (RH20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What sealant work can’t fix
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Mechanical expansion joint covers, cover plates or proprietary joint systems (a specialist supplier’s job)
- Failed waterproofing membranes on podiums, roofs or decks (a waterproofing specialist’s job)
- Joints too narrow for the movement, which need redesigning by the engineer
If in doubt, phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Cladding panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Brickwork movement joints
What happens if it’s left?
Doing joint resealing alongside other planned works can save on access. But joints already letting water in shouldn’t wait for a programme, as damage continues meanwhile. We can split the scope into urgent and planned. Around Abingworth, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once, rather than one at a time. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
We don’t publish prices, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
What you get with us
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
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Your questions answered
Does a site in Abingworth have to shut while its joints are sealed?
Normally not: we work in sections and hand each one back once it has cured. We agree the sequence and timings with you before we start.
Is Abingworth too small for you to travel to?
Not at all. Abingworth is within our area. Our area covers London and the South East counties. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
When is resealing likely to be due?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
Why do our movement joints keep failing?
Most often the movement is too much for the product or the joint width. We review the joint design as well as the sealant before pricing, rather than replacing like for like.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Internal work is rarely affected.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards.
How the job changes by surface
Brickwork and blockwork joints
Long brick and block elevations have movement joints at intervals. They take a low-modulus sealant with a movement class to suit laid over backing rod at the correct depth.
Concrete and precast panel joints
Precast and concrete panel joints move daily. The sealant needs the right movement capability and a controlled depth.
Doing it in-house
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class, which is what makes a joint last.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
What we’re called out for in Abingworth
When the movement exceeds the sealant’s capability, the bead tears. A joint that’s too narrow for the movement, or a product with the wrong movement class, will split through the middle. Resealing like for like often fails the same way unless width and product are reviewed.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Joints packed with grit and debris
- Weathered movement joint sealant that no longer flexes
- Rain penetration at brick or block movement joints
- Sealant peeling off one face of the joint
On a site such as Crays Court (business park), which lies north-east of Abingworth, the movement joints are in car park slabs, paving and building elevations.
What to look for in a quote
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
From enquiry to sign-off
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, with the work itself typically taking anything from part of a day to a couple of weeks, depending on joint lengths, widths and access. Smaller jobs around Abingworth can be grouped with others nearby. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- First, the joints are inspected for width, movement and the type of failure.
- Next, we fix a price and confirm the sealant we propose for the movement.
- We strip out the old seal and prepare the faces, and we tell you if any edges need repairing first.
- Backing rod goes in at the right depth, or bond-breaker tape where the joint is shallow.
- Where the maker calls for primer, it’s applied first, then the bead goes in and is tooled to a concave finish.
- We check every joint before sign-off, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
Getting a fixed quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email if you’d rather talk the job through.