Bredgar expansion joint sealing
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Bredgar and the surrounding area. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Debris jammed in movement joints
- Sealant peeling off one face of the joint
- Weathered movement joint sealant that no longer flexes
Expansion joint sealing across Bredgar
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Expansion joint sealing for commercial buildings in Bredgar
Long runs of brick or block have movement joints built in, and they’re easy to miss until the sealant fails. Failed sealant here lets rain into the wall and can leave the joint full of debris. The old seal is cut away, backing rod goes in at depth, and a low-modulus masonry sealant is gunned and tooled with primer where the maker calls for it. We work on podiums and floor movement joints, cladding panel joints and blockwork control joints, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are water getting into the wall through a failed joint and sealant pulling off the joint face. Whoever orders the work in Bredgar, the brief is normally the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Smaller community and commercial buildings around Bredgar have their own movement joints in walls and floors. They’re easily forgotten until water gets in or an edge breaks.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Location
- Bredgar (ME9)
- Region
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What happens if it’s left?
Sealing over a failed movement joint is a common shortcut. A bead laid on top of the failed one neither grips nor flexes properly. We cut out the old seal and prepare the faces every time. Converted and older buildings near places like Bredgar tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why clients in Bredgar choose us
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
Your questions answered
Does your area include sites such as Kent Science Park, near Bredgar?
Yes. We cover Bredgar and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Kent Science Park. To start, just call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is a smaller place like Bredgar outside your area?
Not at all. Bredgar is within our area. London and every South East county are within our area. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
What hours do you work?
Mention the site’s hours and access windows in your enquiry, and we will plan around them. Our office runs Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
It depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so we’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Why do our movement joints keep failing?
Normally the joint is moving more than the sealant can take. That’s why we check width, depth and movement class before quoting so the same failure isn’t repeated.
How do I request a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators, as many construction sites ask for.
Common problems we fix in Bredgar
Weathering wears down sealant on exposed elevations and decks. In time the bead chalks, stiffens and cracks, so it can’t follow the movement any more.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Previous reseals laid over old sealant
- Leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Sealant pulling off the joint face
For estates staff at a university like Canterbury Christ Church University (3.2 miles south of Bredgar), building and paving joints are part of the planned maintenance list.
What your quote should include
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
Owners, agents and contractors
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Places near Bredgar
What else we do in Bredgar
When something else is needed
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It isn’t the answer for:
- Structural movement beyond what the joints were designed for (that needs a structural engineer)
- Damaged metal nosings or cover plates over a joint
- Waterproofing layers buried beneath the sealant
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Car park decks and ramps
- Cladding panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Blockwork control joints
General trades versus a specialist
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. For work around Bredgar, we aim to finish in one visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- We start with photos, approximate lengths and any drawings, visiting where needed.
- Joint widths and expected movement are checked against what the sealant can take and tell you if the design looks wrong for the movement.
- Old sealant and debris are cut out of every joint.
- Edges are checked, and we tell you if any need repairing before sealing.
- A sealant suited to the movement and traffic is laid to depth and tooled.
- Areas reopen once cured, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
Joints that move: notes for Bredgar
Bredgar is about 37 miles from central London. Warehousing clusters around the motorways that ring and radiate from London. Bredgar is in the South East, one of the UK’s drier regions. Even so, yard and car park joints are only sealed when they’re dry and clean, and gritting in cold spells finds its way into open joints.
Hospitals like Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital, 2.2 miles north-east of Bredgar, have multi-storey or surface car parks whose joints carry vehicles round the clock. For a school such as Bredgar Church of England Primary School, playground and building joints can be done in the holidays.
Bredgar is about 3 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. We cover commercial sites throughout Bredgar, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Our Kent coverage takes in 931 places, from busy centres to rural villages. London is covered too, around 37 miles from Bredgar.
We cover the ME9 postcode districts for movement joints. Buildings on The Street, Medlar Close and Primrose Lane are within our area. If your building is just outside Bredgar, we cover Silver Street (1 mile west), Oad Street (1 mile north-west), South Green (2 miles west), Danaway (2 miles north-west) and Chestnut Street (2 miles north). Nearby towns on our patch include Maidstone (8 miles south-west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (3 miles north-east), Whitstable (15 miles east), Faversham (8 miles east) and Minster (9 miles north-east).
Around Bredgar
We work on buildings around Westlands School and Cromers Wood and the streets around them. Bredgar’s nearest station is Sittingbourne station, about 2.6 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (2.7 miles north-east) and Bayford Court (2.9 miles north-east). Not far away are Detling Hill.