Expansion joint sealing in Caring
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors throughout Caring and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Movement joints with split or torn sealant
- Brittle, chalky sealant on external joints
- Sealant pulling off the joint face
Expansion joint sealing in Caring
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Leave it or put it right?
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 Caring, 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.
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Why clients in Caring choose us
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
Expansion joint sealing in Caring, done properly
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. A sealant suited to traffic and the expected movement goes in and the work can be phased so parts of the car park stay open. Site teams most often ask us about previous reseals laid over old sealant and arrises breaking up along floor joints, across podiums and floor movement joints, blockwork control joints and precast concrete panel joints. Searching for sealant specialists in Caring? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Around smaller places such as Caring, floor joints are often in barns and farm buildings turned into workshops, stores and offices. Whether it’s a farm store turned workshop or a storage unit, the joints need a product that suits the traffic.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: twelve months on the work we carried out. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we’re upfront about that.
- Where
- Caring (ME17)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
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Our process
Inspect, seal, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. For work around Caring, we aim to finish in one visit, so photographs and measurements up front really help. That way the right products come on the day.
- 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.
- Old sealant and debris are cut out of every joint.
- 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.
- Areas reopen once cured, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Get a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Advice
Signs you need expansion joint sealing in Caring
On trafficked joints, wheels and salts do the damage. Tyres and wheels press on the edges and the sealant. A sealant that isn’t trafficable won’t last there.
Most enquiries start with one or more of the following:
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
- Arrises breaking up along floor joints
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
For an occupier at a site such as Park Wood Trading Estate, 1.7 miles south-west of Caring, the joints at loading doors and dock levellers usually see the hardest wear.
Questions to ask before you book
- How they’ll work around occupants
- What site paperwork they can supply
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
What the job involves on each surface
Joints between different materials
Hybrid or MS polymer sealants bond to many substrates. We pick the product for the materials and the movement.
Internal floor movement joints
Floor joints include saw-cut joints and construction joints. Trafficked floor joints often get a semi-rigid filler, with a flexible sealant where movement is larger.
Cost factors for movement joints
These are the things that shape the price:
- The product specified
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Removal of failed or old sealant
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
What to include in your enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- The site address and postcode
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Where floor joints take the most wear near Caring
The 3 miles around Caring take in two named trading estates, business parks or retail parks. Sites like these are full of saw-cut floor joints, yard slabs and car park joints. The South East is one of the drier parts of the UK. Even so, yard and car park joints are only sealed when they’re dry and clean, and winter de-icing salt on car parks and ramps works into any open joint.
For a school such as Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School, playground and building joints can be done in the holidays. At places like Orchard Industrial Estate, which lies south-west of Caring, joints are sealed a section at a time so operations carry on.
Caring is about 3 miles east of Maidstone, in Kent. We cover commercial sites throughout Caring, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Caring is one of 931 places in Kent on our list for movement joints. There’s a separate page for London, about 34 miles away.
We cover the ME17 postcode districts for movement joints. Among the streets we cover are Caring Lane and Caring Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Sites close to Caring are covered too, including Otham (1 mile south-west), Bearsted (1 mile north-west), Langley (1 mile south), Langley Heath (1 mile south) and Willington (2 miles west). Further afield, our area takes in Maidstone (3 miles west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Tonbridge (14 miles west) and Faversham (13 miles east).
What’s near Caring
We work on buildings around The Orchard Spot Public House and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Bearsted station, about 1.5 miles north-west. A little further out are The Mall Maidstone (3.1 miles west) and Laundry Museum (1.4 miles east). The countryside around Caring includes Detling Hill.
Honest limits
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Mechanical expansion joint covers, cover plates or proprietary joint systems (a specialist supplier’s job)
- Broken or spalled joint edges, which need repairing before any sealant goes in
- A joint that has to be widened or re-detailed before it can work
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Cladding panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Brickwork movement joints
Your questions answered
Does your area include sites such as Park Wood Trading Estate, near Caring?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Caring, Park Wood Trading Estate among them, are all within reach. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
Is hospital work, at somewhere like KIMS Hospital, something you do?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, which many sites require.
What exactly is a movement joint?
The general name is movement joint, and expansion joint is one common type. On site, people tend to use them interchangeably and the way they’re sealed is similar.
How do I request a quote?
There are four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
What do you charge?
That depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a quote.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
In many cases, yes. Many products come in a range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or surrounding finishes is often possible. We confirm what’s available for the specified product when we quote.