Barkham expansion joint sealing
Sealant work in Barkham for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors, quoted at a fixed price.
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Chipped joint edges on forklift routes
- Previous reseals laid over old sealant
Expansion joint sealing across Barkham
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
About our expansion joint sealing in Barkham
We have been sealing expansion and movement joints for over 20 years, for main contractors, FMs, managing agents and building owners. 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 are dealing with previous reseals laid over old sealant and sealant pulling off the joint face, we can help, on cladding panel joints, car park decks and ramps and precast concrete panel joints alike. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Barkham tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
For a site near Barkham, measurements and photos up front mean one trip where possible. Note joint widths and the traffic that uses them, and we’ll take it from there.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. Should something we installed fail, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll come back to it.
- Place
- Barkham (RG40, RG41)
- Region
- Wokingham
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Barkham
Is Molly Millars Lane Industrial Estate, near Barkham, within your area?
Yes. Our area takes in Barkham and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Molly Millars Lane Industrial Estate included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Wokingham Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, as many construction sites ask for.
When is resealing likely to be due?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, because life depends on how much the joint moves, how exposed it is and how it’s cleaned and used. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
Can a joint be sealed if the edges are broken?
Broken arrises have to be put right before resealing, and we’ll point out where that’s the case. A bead on a broken edge soon lets go.
Will you come and look before quoting?
It depends on the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photos and measurements, and bigger or more complex jobs usually get a visit.
Can staff carry on working while you’re here?
In most cases, yes. We phase the work so most of the building stays in use.
How a job runs
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Smaller jobs around Barkham can be grouped with others nearby. You will have a fixed quote before work starts.
- Photos, joint lengths and drawings come to us, or we visit.
- Joint widths and expected movement are checked against what the sealant can take and tell you if the design looks wrong for the movement.
- Every joint is cleared of the failed seal and any grit packed into it.
- Any broken arrises or friable edges are flagged before work goes further.
- A sealant suited to the movement and traffic is laid to depth and tooled.
- Each area is handed back after its cure time, under our 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Move anything stored against the joints
Ask for a quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
Advice
Aftercare for building managers
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Report split or peeling joint sealant early
- Include every elevation and deck joint in periodic inspections
- Brief car park operatives to protect joint lines during winter clearance
- Record the sealant used and the date in the O&M file
On car parks, winter clearance can damage deck joint sealant. Lifting the blade at each joint avoids tearing the bead and a look at the joints after winter catches any damage.
External wall joints that fail let rain into the masonry and cavity. The first sign is often a damp patch indoors, well after the seal first opened. Catching it early keeps the water outside.
Doing it in-house
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Warehouse floors and decks around Barkham
Less than 3 miles from Barkham there are at least three named estates and business parks. That puts plenty of warehouse floors, service yards and car parks close by, all with joints under traffic. Barkham lies roughly 34 miles out from central London. Warehousing clusters around the motorways that ring and radiate from London.
Across sites such as Hogwood Lane Industrial Estate, 1.5 miles south-west of Barkham, floor and movement joints can be sealed in phases so units keep working. Campuses like University of Reading - Whiteknights Campus, 4.2 miles to the north-west of Barkham, mix old and new buildings, with movement joints wherever they meet. For a school such as The Coombes Church of England Primary School, playground and building joints can be done in the holidays.
Barkham is about 2 miles south-west of Wokingham, in Wokingham. We cover commercial sites throughout Barkham, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Barkham is one of 42 places we cover in Wokingham for movement joints. We also cover Reading, some 6 miles away.
Anyone looking for expansion joint sealing in RG40 and RG41 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. If your site is on Barkham Road and Barkham Street or close by, we can quote for movement joints. Nearby places we also cover include Langley Common (1 mile west), Arborfield Garrison (1 mile south-west), California (1 mile south), Finchampstead (3 miles south) and Eversley (3 miles south). A short drive away, we cover Woodley (4 miles north), Earley (3 miles north-west), Crowthorne (4 miles south-east), Lower Earley (3 miles north-west), Shinfield (3 miles west) and Spencers Wood (4 miles west).
Near you in Barkham
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Bull Public House And Smithy, Bohunt School Wokingham and Shepperlands Farm Nature Reserve and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Wokingham station, about 1.9 miles north-east. A little further out are Berkshire Library & Museum of Freemasonry (1.9 miles north) and Wokingham Hospital (1.7 miles north-east). The countryside around Barkham includes Heath Lake and Holt Copse & Joel Park.
Why it’s worth doing now in Barkham
Combining joint work with other maintenance reduces set-up costs. Leaking joints need sealing now. Urgent joints now, the rest later, is often the sensible plan. For buildings around smaller places like Barkham, water damage can go unnoticed for longer, especially where a building isn’t used daily, which gives a failed joint time to do damage. Resealing early avoids that.
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
What you get with us
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Colour options checked against the specified product
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- CHAS accredited
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Honest limits
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Proprietary pre-formed expansion joint systems
- Leaks coming from the membrane rather than the joint seal
- Changing the joint layout or spacing of a structure
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work in Barkham
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
Different surfaces, different methods
Joints between different materials
Different materials meeting at a joint rarely move in step. The product must bond to both substrates and cope with the movement, with primer where specified.
Podium joints
Podium decks are exposed and often trafficked. We choose a product that copes with feet, wheels and weather.