Expansion Joint Sealing in Bunce Common
Sealant work in Bunce Common for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors, with a fixed quote first.
- Movement joints with split or torn sealant
- Sealant peeling off one face of the joint
- Expansion joints filled with dirt and stones
Expansion joint sealing for businesses in Bunce Common
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our expansion joint sealing in Bunce Common
Few joints take as much punishment as those in a car park. Tyres load the edges, and de-icing salts and water work into any gap, so failed seals soon lead to leaks onto the level below and broken edges. We reseal deck and ramp joints with a trafficable sealant chosen for the movement and the work can be phased so parts of the car park stay open. If you have torn sealant in brick or block movement joints and arrises breaking up along floor joints, we can put it right, on brickwork movement joints, podiums and floor movement joints and cladding panel joints alike. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Bunce Common from the first photographs to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Halls, schools and small commercial buildings near places like Bunce Common have movement joints in brick, block and concrete too. They tend to be overlooked until something leaks or cracks.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Where
- Bunce Common (RH2, RH3)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What affects the price in Bunce Common
The price varies from site to site. Expect it to depend on:
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Which sealant the job calls for
- How much there is to seal
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
What we need to price the job
Good information means a firmer quote. When you get in touch, include:
- What the building is and how it’s used
- The postcode of the building
- The product your specification calls for
- Access details, including height
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
When to call us in Bunce Common
Repeated failure often traces back to the wrong product. A stiff or general-purpose sealant across a joint with large movement won’t cope. Movement capability is set out in BS EN ISO 11600.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Movement joints with split or torn sealant
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
- Rain penetration at brick or block movement joints
- Arrises breaking up along floor joints
On a site such as Chesterfield Business Park, 2.9 miles north-east of Bunce Common, the movement joints are in car park slabs, paving and building elevations.
What your quote should include
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
Expansion joint sealing in Bunce Common: the local picture
Central London is about 22 miles from Bunce Common. Warehousing clusters around the motorways that ring and radiate from London; their floors carry heavy traffic every shift. Rainfall across the South East, Bunce Common included, is lower than in many parts of the UK. Even so, yard and car park joints are only sealed when they’re dry and clean, while winter salting gets into any joint left open.
A healthcare site such as Dorking Community Hospital (2.7 miles north-west of Bunce Common) depends on car parks, ramps and service yards whose joints take traffic all day.
Bunce Common is about 3 miles south-east of Dorking, in Surrey. Across the RH2 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We work across 379 places in Surrey, from busy centres to rural villages. For work in that direction, see our London page.
Business premises anywhere in RH2 and RH3 are within our area. Buildings on Gadbrook Road, Leigh Road and Shellwood Road are within our area. We also cover Dawesgreen (1 mile east), Strood Green (1 mile north), Leigh (1 mile east), Brockham (2 miles north) and Betchworth (2 miles north). A short drive away, we cover Guildford (13 miles west), Woking (15 miles north-west), Epsom (9 miles north), Horley (5 miles south-east), Redhill (5 miles north-east) and Ewell (10 miles north).
Around Bunce Common
In Bunce Common, that means premises near The Seven Stars Public House and Inholms Clay Pit and the streets around them. The closest station to Bunce Common is Betchworth station, roughly 2.7 miles north of the centre. A little further out are East Surrey Hospital (4.9 miles east) and Reigate Priory Museum (3.5 miles north-east). The countryside around Bunce Common includes Reigate Heath and Box Hill.
After the work
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Sweep decks, ramps and floors so grit doesn’t collect in the joints
- Put movement joints on the planned maintenance inspection round
- Avoid parking heavy plant or pallets on joint lines
- Check joints after long freezing spells
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, especially on car park decks and warehouse floors. Regular sweeping keeps joint lines clear.
External wall joints that fail let rain into the masonry and cavity. 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.
Leave it or put it right?
A like-for-like reseal of a joint that keeps splitting rarely lasts. A higher movement class, or a design change by the engineer, may be needed. Halls, stores and units around places like Bunce Common may not be checked every day, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Resealing early avoids that.
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why clients in Bunce Common choose us
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Constructionline member
- A fixed quote before work starts
- CHAS accredited contractor
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.
Different surfaces, different methods
Joints between different materials
Junctions between brick and render, or concrete and cladding, move independently. The product must bond to both substrates and cope with the movement priming where the maker calls for it.
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.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. Jobs in and around smaller places like Bunce Common are typically planned as a single visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. That way the right products come on the day.
- We look at the joints, their width and how they’ve failed.
- Next, we fix a price and confirm the sealant we propose for the movement.
- Old sealant and filler are cut out and the joint faces cleaned back to sound material, and we tell you if any edges need repairing first.
- Closed-cell backing rod is set to depth, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Getting a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
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Questions about Bunce Common
Is Bunce Common too far out for you?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. We cover Greater London and the counties of the South East. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
Can you work on a hospital site such as Dorking Community Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Do you reseal car park expansion joints?
Yes. Deck and ramp joints are resealed with a trafficable sealant chosen for the movement, and phased work can be planned so parts of the car park stay in use.
Are expansion joints and movement joints the same thing?
They’re closely related. Both let materials grow and shrink with temperature, moisture and load while the sealant stops grit and water getting in.
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 checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, with one point of contact across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.