Expansion and movement joint sealing in Cheriton, Hampshire
We carry out expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Cheriton and the surrounding area. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Previous reseals laid over old sealant
Expansion joint sealing in Cheriton
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. If others near Cheriton need work, visits can be combined, which keeps travel down. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- The first job is to check each joint: how wide it is, how it moves and why the old seal let go.
- A fixed quote follows, naming the sealant and its movement class.
- The failed seal is removed and both faces are cleaned until sound and dry.
- 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.
- Each joint is inspected and handed over with our 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Request a quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
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How we handle expansion joint sealing in Cheriton
Floor movement joints in warehouses, retail and public buildings carry wheeled traffic. Unsupported edges break up under wheels so the product has to suit both the traffic and the movement. We’ll tell you if the edges need repairing before sealing, and phased work keeps areas in use. Most enquiries involve water getting into the wall through a failed joint and leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below, across podiums and floor movement joints, car park decks and ramps and brickwork movement joints. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Cheriton it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Smaller community and commercial buildings around Cheriton have their own movement joints in walls and floors. They’re easily forgotten until water gets in or an edge breaks.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Place
- Cheriton (SO24)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Expansion joint sealing in Cheriton: the local picture
The South East is one of the drier parts of the UK. External slab and deck joints still need a dry, clean joint to seal, and where de-icing salt is spread in winter, open joints let it in. Cheriton is about 56 miles from central London. Warehousing clusters around the motorways that ring and radiate from London.
Schools like Cheriton Primary School often have long brick elevations with movement joints that age quietly. In and around Cheriton, the right filler or sealant for each joint depends on the traffic and the movement it takes.
Cheriton is about 7 miles east of Winchester, in Hampshire. Looking for expansion joint sealing in Cheriton? We can help, as we do across Hampshire. 723 places across Hampshire fall within our area, including Cheriton. There’s a separate page for Southampton, roughly 14 miles from Cheriton.
Business premises anywhere in SO24 are within our area for movement joints. Buildings on Lower Lamborough Lane, Raebarn Close and Markall Close are within our area for movement joints. We also cover Hinton Ampner (1 mile east), Beauworth (2 miles south-west), Bramdean (2 miles east), New Alresford (2 miles north) and Bishop's Sutton (3 miles north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Basingstoke (15 miles north), Winchester (7 miles west), Havant (15 miles south-east), Eastleigh (10 miles south-west), Fareham (14 miles south) and Horndean (12 miles south-east).
What’s near Cheriton
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Flowerpots Inn and the streets around them. The countryside around Cheriton includes Beacon Hill and Shutts Copse.
How the job changes by surface
Brickwork and blockwork joints
Brick and block edges need careful preparation. We clean them back to sound material and prime where the manufacturer specifies before the bead goes in.
Joints between different materials
Different materials meeting at a joint rarely move in step. We choose a sealant that grips both faces.
General trades versus a specialist
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
When it isn’t the sealant
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. These need a different solution:
- Damaged metal nosings or cover plates over a joint
- Failed waterproofing membranes on podiums, roofs or decks (a waterproofing specialist’s job)
- Joints too narrow for the movement, which need redesigning by the engineer
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Car park decks and ramps
Owners, agents and contractors
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Places near Cheriton
Other services in Cheriton
Questions we’re asked in Cheriton
Is Cheriton off your patch?
Not at all. Cheriton is within our area. Our area covers London and the South East counties. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Will our site in Cheriton have to close for joint sealing?
Typically not: we work in sections and hand each one back once it has cured. The phasing plan comes with the quote.
Why has the sealant in our expansion joints split?
Most often the movement is too much for the product or the joint width. That’s why we check width, depth and movement class before quoting.
How do you choose the sealant?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
Do you reseal car park expansion joints?
Yes. These joints take wheels, salt and water, so product choice matters.
Can you fit around our working hours?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Can you seal joints in cold or wet weather?
The joint has to be dry, and the air and surface temperature inside the product’s limits. Frost, rain and condensation on steel or concrete can hold up external work so external dates keep some flexibility.
Cost factors for movement joints
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- The product specified
- How accessible the joints are
- The total length or number of joints
- The size and state of each joint
Pricing movement joints depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, plus any specification you are working to. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What we need to price the job
A few photos plus some basic facts will normally do. Please tell us:
- Access details, including height
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Your programme or deadline
- The product your specification calls for
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email the details over if you’d rather talk the job through.