South East England and London

Expansion Joint Sealing in Wokingham

For any site across Wokingham, we cover expansion joint sealing in all 42 towns and villages, with a fixed quote and a 12-month guarantee.

Need expansion joint sealing in Wokingham?

Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.

Send your details 01277 525 020

Expansion joint sealing across Wokingham

Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors. Pick your town below to see the details for your area, and send details for a fixed quote.

Main towns

How expansion joint sealing works in Wokingham

Buildings and slabs are never completely still: they expand in the heat, shrink as they dry, and shift under load. Expansion and movement joints are built in so the structure can move without cracking and the seal across each one keeps out water and grit. Mastic Doctor reseals movement joints in brickwork, blockwork, concrete, cladding and floors for buildings in Wokingham. We work on cladding panel joints, brickwork movement joints and podiums and floor movement joints, and what we are called in for most is arrises breaking up along floor joints and car park joints leaking onto vehicles below.

At the end of each section, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint, ready for your sign-off. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out.

First the joints are inspected, widths measured and the type of failure noted.
You receive a fixed quote stating the product and the movement it is rated for.
Where areas have to stay open, we agree a phased sequence before starting.
The failed seal is cut out and both joint faces cleaned back to sound material.
Backing rod or bond-breaker sets the depth, primer goes on where specified, and the sealant is applied and tooled.
We check each joint with you, confirm the cure time and sign off under our 12-month guarantee.

What affects the price in Wokingham

Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.

Why clients in Wokingham choose us

Constructionline member for supplier checks
Colours chosen to suit frames, cladding or finishes where possible
Specification-led, product-correct work
Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit

Quotes

The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.

Local landmarks in Wokingham

In Wokingham, that means premises near Church of St Paul, Walter Infant School and The Holt School. Other local landmarks include St Crispin's School (1.2 miles east) and The Station Tap (under half a mile east). Wokingham has its own railway station: Wokingham station. Well-known places in the area include Berkshire Library & Museum of Freemasonry (1.9 miles north-west) and Wokingham Hospital (under half a mile east). Open spaces near Wokingham include Heath Lake and Sonning Hill.

Estates, car parks and floors in Wokingham

Across Wokingham, warehouse floors, loading bays and car parks in places such as Woodley, Earley and Crowthorne carry joints that take constant loads. Each joint needs a product suited to what runs over it and how much it moves.

London and the South East are among the drier parts of the UK, but external sealing in Wokingham still needs a dry joint and the right temperature, and damp or frosty mornings can hold it up.

Wokingham: Hospitals like Wokingham Hospital (under half a mile east of Wokingham) have multi-storey or surface car parks whose joints carry vehicles round the clock. Phasing is what makes joint work possible on busy sites such as Molly Millars Lane Industrial Estate (0.5 miles south-east of Wokingham): one bay, aisle or car park row at a time.

What sealant work can’t fix

Some faults sit outside our scope, and we say so rather than covering them up:

Mechanical expansion joint covers, cover plates or proprietary joint systems (a specialist supplier’s job)
Crumbling edges that would give a new bead nothing sound to grip
Movement on a scale no sealant is meant to absorb

Looking after the joints

Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:

Reopen bays and walkways only after the stated cure time
Brief car park operatives to protect joint lines during winter clearance
Include every elevation and deck joint in periodic inspections
Avoid parking heavy plant or pallets on joint lines

Floor joints on main traffic routes need watching more closely than the rest. Avoid standing heavy loads or racking legs on the joints.

When one joint fails, others of the same age are rarely far behind. It pays to check every joint, not just the obvious one so you can prioritise and budget. We will tell you which movement joints need doing now and which can wait.

Owners, agents and contractors

Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.

Whether you’re a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.

Surface by surface

Podium joints

Podium decks are exposed and often trafficked. A sealant suited to both traffic and exposure is used.

Car park decks and ramps

Water coming through deck joints is the usual first sign. The old seal comes out, the edges are prepared and the joint resealed flagging broken edges along the way.

Doing it in-house

Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.

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. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.

Wokingham: questions and answers

Can you seal car park deck joints?

Yes. Let us know the opening hours and which levels or bays have to stay available and we’ll plan around them.

How do you choose the sealant?

If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.

Are expansion joints and movement joints the same thing?

The general name is movement joint, and expansion joint is one common type. On site, people tend to use them interchangeably, and the sealing method is much the same.

Can the sealant be colour-matched?

It depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so we will confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.

Which product is best for expansion joints?

We choose a sealant with a movement capability that suits the joint as set out in BS EN ISO 11600. Where two different materials meet, a hybrid sealant can be the better choice.

Can a joint be sealed if the edges are broken?

Spalled edges need repairing before a new seal will last, and we will point out where that’s the case. A bead on a broken edge soon lets go.

What do you charge?

There isn’t a price list, as every site differs. Send photos or drawings and we’ll price it at a fixed figure.

Accreditations

Trusted. Accredited. Insured.

CHAS accredited

Constructionline member

CSCS-carded applicators

£5m public liability

12-month guarantee