Dunbridge expansion joint sealing
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Dunbridge and across Hampshire. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Weathered movement joint sealant that no longer flexes
- Expansion joints split through the centre of the bead
Expansion joint sealing near Dunbridge
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
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.
Expansion joint sealing in Dunbridge
A movement joint only works while its seal does. Once it fails, water, grit and debris get in. Dealt with early, it stays a sealant job rather than a concrete or masonry repair. We work on precast concrete panel joints, brickwork movement joints and podiums and floor movement joints, and the failures we are asked to look at most are sealant pulling off the joint face and damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed. Most enquiries from Dunbridge start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
Smaller community and commercial buildings around Dunbridge have their own movement joints in walls and floors. They tend to be overlooked until something leaks or cracks.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Location
- Dunbridge (SO51)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Your questions answered
Does your area include sites such as Home Farm Business Centre, near Dunbridge?
Yes. Our area takes in Dunbridge and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Home Farm Business Centre included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Is Dunbridge too small for you to travel to?
No. Places such as Dunbridge are covered as much as the big towns. London and every South East county are within our area. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Why has the sealant in our expansion joints split?
The common causes are poor preparation, three-sided adhesion, the wrong movement class and weathering. We diagnose which one it is before resealing since each needs a different fix.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Can a joint be sealed if the edges are broken?
Spalled edges need repairing before a new seal will last, and we will point out where that’s the case. Sealing over them leads to early failure.
Can you work while the building is occupied?
In most cases, yes. We phase the work so most of the building stays in use, with each area protected and signed.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
In a busy building, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each section is protected, cleaned back and sealed before we move to the next. Smaller jobs around Dunbridge can be grouped with others nearby. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- We start with photos, approximate lengths and any drawings, visiting where needed.
- We compare each joint’s width with the movement and the sealant’s capability 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.
- Each area is handed back after its cure time, under our 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Request a quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
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Slabs, ramps and loading bays in Dunbridge
The 3 miles around Dunbridge take in two named trading estates, business parks or retail parks. That puts plenty of warehouse floors, service yards and car parks close by, all with joints under traffic. Dunbridge sits in one of the drier corners of the country, the South East. Outside joints in yards and car parks still have to be dry before sealing, and where de-icing salt is spread in winter, open joints let it in.
A healthcare site such as Romsey Community Hospital (3.9 miles south-east of Dunbridge) depends on car parks, ramps and service yards whose joints take traffic all day. Schools such as Awbridge Primary School have movement joints in their walls and floors that are easy to overlook. On a site such as Home Farm Business Centre, which lies north-west of Dunbridge, the movement joints are in car park slabs, paving and building elevations.
Dunbridge is about 4 miles north-west of Romsey, in Hampshire. Anywhere in SO51, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. We work across 723 places in Hampshire. Southampton is covered too, some 10 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in SO51 are within our area. Close to Dunbridge, our area also takes in Mottisfont (1 mile north-east), Kimbridge (1 mile south-east), Stonymarsh (1 mile north-east), Carter's Clay (1 mile south-west) and Lockerley (1 mile west). Further afield, our area takes in Winchester (10 miles east), Eastleigh (10 miles south-east), Andover (13 miles north), Totton (8 miles south), Chandler's Ford (8 miles south-east) and Hedge End (13 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Dunbridge
In Dunbridge, that means premises near The Bear And Ragged Staff Public House. Dunbridge has its own railway station: Mottisfont & Dunbridge station. Well-known places in the area include Romsey Community Hospital (3.9 miles south-east) and King Johns House (3.5 miles south-east).
Aftercare for building managers
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Keep racking legs and heavy point loads off floor joints
- Sweep decks, ramps and floors so grit doesn’t collect in the joints
- Keep traffic off new joints until the cure time is up
- Check joints after long freezing spells
Debris does more harm to joint sealant than most people realise. Stones pressed into the bead by wheels or feet can puncture it and decks and floors suffer most. A routine sweep is the simplest protection.
A failed deck joint lets water straight through to the level below. That water often carries de-icing salts with it, which is bad news for the concrete and the people parking below. Resealing early limits the damage.
Different surfaces, different methods
Cladding panel joints
Metal and composite panels shift considerably as temperatures change. A sealant with the right movement class is chosen.
Podium joints
On podiums, the joint can belong to a larger waterproofing detail. Where the specification calls for sealant, we reseal, and tell you if the problem looks like the waterproofing below.
What we can’t put right
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It isn’t the answer for:
- Mechanical expansion joint covers, cover plates or proprietary joint systems (a specialist supplier’s job)
- Concrete or masonry repairs along the arrises
- Failed waterproofing membranes on podiums, roofs or decks (a waterproofing specialist’s job)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Blockwork control joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Cladding panel joints
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What affects the price in Dunbridge
What shapes the price:
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- The total length or number of joints
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Access and working height
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What to include in your enquiry
A few photographs plus some basic facts will normally do. It helps to include:
- Any specification or named product
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- The postcode of the building
- Your programme or deadline
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.