Expansion and movement joint sealing in Broad Street, Kent
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors throughout Broad Street and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Sealant pulling off the joint face
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- Water getting into the wall through a failed joint
Need expansion joint sealing in Broad Street?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Maintenance after handover
Once the work is signed off, these steps help:
- Raise snow-clearing blades over deck joints where possible
- Check joints after long freezing spells
- Inspect movement joints alongside other routine building checks
- Keep product details with the building records for the next reseal
Debris does more harm to joint sealant than most people realise. Grit trodden or driven into the joint works at the surface until it tears and decks and floors suffer most. Regular sweeping keeps joint lines clear.
Rain gets into walls through torn brick and block movement joints. It can surface inside as damp a long way from the joint, well after the seal first opened. Catching it early keeps the water outside.
Expansion joint sealing for commercial buildings in Broad Street
Brickwork and blockwork walls have vertical movement joints at intervals that most people only notice when the sealant has gone. 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, primed where the manufacturer specifies. The enquiries we see most involve new sealant over old, now failing and expansion joints filled with dirt and stones, across precast concrete panel joints, cladding panel joints and blockwork control joints. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Broad Street from the first photos to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Smaller community and commercial buildings around Broad Street have their own movement joints in walls and floors. They’re easily forgotten until water gets in or an edge breaks.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Location
- Broad Street (ME17)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
How a job runs
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. If others near Broad Street need work, visits can be combined, which keeps travel down. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- We look at the joints, their width and how they’ve failed.
- You get a fixed quote with the product and its movement capability stated.
- The failed seal is removed and both faces are cleaned until sound and dry, flagging any broken edges that need repair before sealing.
- We control the depth with backing rod or, in shallow joints, bond-breaker tape.
- Where the maker calls for primer, it’s applied first, then the bead goes in and is tooled to a concave finish.
- Finished joints are checked and backed by our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Send your site hours and access windows
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Request a quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
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What the job involves on each surface
Car park decks and ramps
Car park joints are some of the hardest-working joints in any building. We use a sealant made for wheel loads and the expected movement with bays done in phases so the car park keeps running.
Cladding panel joints
We confirm what access is in place before pricing. Photos taken near the joints help us price accurately, or we visit if they don’t show enough.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Nearby places to Broad Street
Other services in Broad Street
Honest limits
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Failed waterproofing membranes on podiums, roofs or decks (a waterproofing specialist’s job)
- Cracking or settlement that calls for an engineer’s assessment
- Broken or spalled joint edges, which need repairing before any sealant goes in
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will say what we think before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Cladding panel joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Brickwork movement joints
Expansion joint sealing around Broad Street: what changes locally
Central London is about 34 miles from Broad Street. Distribution warehouses and industrial estates are common around the motorway corridors that serve the capital. Broad Street is in the South East, one of the UK’s drier regions. Outside joints in yards and car parks still have to be dry before sealing, and winter de-icing salt on car parks and ramps works into any open joint.
A healthcare site such as KIMS Hospital, 2.9 miles to the west of Broad Street, depends on car parks, ramps and service yards whose joints take traffic all day. A campus such as Canterbury Christ Church University, 2.6 miles to the east of Broad Street, has long runs of movement joint in its buildings, decks and paving.
Broad Street is about 4 miles east of Maidstone, in Kent. If you’re looking for expansion joint sealing in Broad Street, we can help, as we do across Kent. Broad Street is one of 931 places we cover in Kent. There’s a separate page for London, roughly 34 miles from Broad Street.
Postcode districts covered here: ME17. If your site is on Broad Street Hill and Pilgrims Way or close by, send details and we will quote for movement joints. Sites close to Broad Street are covered too, including Hucking (1 mile north-east), Hollingbourne (1 mile south-east), Eyhorne Street (1 mile south), Ashbank (2 miles south) and Bicknor (2 miles north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Maidstone (4 miles west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (6 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Faversham (12 miles east) and Minster (12 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Broad Street
Recent enquiries here include premises near Hook and Hatchet pub and White Horse Wood. The closest station to Broad Street is Hollingbourne station, roughly 1.1 miles south. Nearby you will also find Leeds Castle (2.3 miles south) and KIMS hospital (2.9 miles west). Open spaces near Broad Street include Detling Hill.
Common questions from Broad Street clients
Would you work within a site like KIMS Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Must our site in Broad Street stop work while the joints are done?
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.
Do you reseal car park expansion joints?
Yes. Let us know the opening hours and which levels or bays have to stay available and we will plan around them.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, and you deal with one contact throughout.
Can staff carry on working while you’re here?
Normally, yes. Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use, with each area protected and signed.
Can you send site paperwork?
Requirements differ from site to site, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm it when we quote.
Can a joint be sealed if the edges are broken?
A bond is only as strong as the material behind it, so we’ll tell you if the edges need repairing before sealing. Where it’s visible beforehand, we’ll say so when we quote.
What affects the price in Broad Street
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It allows for:
- Working within restricted access windows
- The total length or number of joints
- How accessible the joints are
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
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.
What to include in your enquiry
However big the job, the same details help:
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Access details, including height
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- Any dates the work must fit around
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.