Expansion joint sealing in Durrants
Work needed on a movement joint in Durrants? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Debris jammed in movement joints
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
Expansion joint sealing in Durrants
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
FAQs: Durrants
Can being near the sea in Durrants affect the sealant we need?
It can. Wind-driven rain and, closer to the shore, salt air are harder on external joints. We check the specified product suits the exposure and pay close attention to preparation.
Can you work on a hospital site such as Spire Hospital Portsmouth?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Can a joint be sealed if the edges are broken?
Sealant needs sound faces to bond to, so broken or crumbling edges have to be repaired first. We flag it at the quote stage where we can see it.
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. Cold, damp or frosty mornings can stop work outside so external dates keep some flexibility.
Can you fit around our working hours?
Mention the site’s hours and access windows in your enquiry, and we’ll plan around them. You can reach the office between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
How long will the joint resealing take?
That depends on joint lengths, widths, access and how much old sealant or filler needs removing. As a guide, it normally takes a short visit for a handful of joints, or several days or more for a car park deck or long runs of facade joints.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators.
Expansion joint sealing for commercial buildings in Durrants
Brickwork and blockwork walls have vertical movement joints at intervals. Once the seal fails, rain reaches the cavity and the joint can no longer close. 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. Most enquiries involve joints where the bead has lost adhesion and water dripping through deck or ramp joints, on car park decks and ramps, cladding panel joints and blockwork control joints. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Durrants it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Halls, schools and small commercial buildings near places like Durrants have movement joints in brick, block and concrete too. They’re easily forgotten until water gets in or an edge breaks.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, in Durrants as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Where
- Durrants (PO9)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Nearby places to Durrants
More services for Durrants
Where floor joints take the most wear near Durrants
Durrants sits close to the coast, within about 3 miles. External movement joints in car parks, ramps and yards near the coast take salt and wind-driven rain on top of traffic, so it pays to keep them sealed. Durrants has at least three named business or industrial parks inside a 3-mile radius. Sites like these are full of saw-cut floor joints, yard slabs and car park joints.
Large sites such as Spire Hospital Portsmouth (1 mile south-east of Durrants) have car parks, service roads and long elevations with movement joints in brick and panels. On a site such as Dunsbury Hill Business Park (1.8 miles west of Durrants), the movement joints are in car park slabs, paving and building elevations. Another example is Central Retail Park (2.1 miles south-west of Durrants), where floors and yards would be done in stages around the occupiers.
Durrants is about 2 miles north-east of Havant, in Hampshire. Any commercial site in Durrants is covered, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Our Hampshire coverage takes in 723 places, large and small. We also cover Portsmouth, around 7 miles from Durrants.
Postcode districts covered here: PO9 for movement joints. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Whichers Close, Whichers Gate Road and Durrants Road and the roads nearby. Just outside Durrants, we also work in Rowlands Castle (1 mile north), Leigh Park (1 mile south-west), Havant (2 miles south-west), Denvilles (2 miles south) and Westbourne (2 miles south-east). Bigger towns within reach include Gosport (10 miles south-west), Fareham (10 miles west), Horndean (3 miles north-west), Hedge End (15 miles west), Waterlooville (3 miles west) and Petersfield (9 miles north).
Near you in Durrants
Recent enquiries here include premises near Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School, St Albans Church and Robin Hood Inn, among other places. Durrants’s nearest station is Rowlands Castle station, roughly 0.9 miles north-east. A little further out are Havant War Memorial Hospital (2 miles south-west) and Havant Museum (2.1 miles south). The countryside around Durrants includes Brook Meadow (Emsworth) and Compton Down.
What we can’t put right
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Leaks coming from the membrane rather than the joint seal
- Proprietary pre-formed expansion joint systems
- Broken or spalled joint edges, which need repairing before any sealant goes in
If you are not sure, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Brickwork movement joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
Looking after the joints
To get the most from the new sealant:
- Act on the first tear or lifting edge rather than waiting
- Reopen bays and walkways only after the stated cure time
- Keep stones and debris out of open joint lines
- Keep scrapers and ploughs from dragging across joint sealant
On car parks, winter clearance can damage deck joint sealant. Lifting the blade at each joint avoids tearing the bead.
Unsupported floor joint edges spall under forklift and pallet-truck wheels. Damaged edges make the floor rough and wear wheels faster. Keeping the filler or sealant sound protects the floor.
Why it’s worth doing now in Durrants
Leaving a failed movement joint rarely stays a small problem. Grit and water fill the gap and the material either side breaks up and the job grows to repairs as well as sealing. Acting at the first split keeps the cost down. Around Durrants, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once, rather than one at a time. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
We don’t publish prices, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Durrants
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- Colours confirmed for the specified product
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
Take a look at what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.
How the job changes by surface
Brickwork and blockwork joints
Brick and block edges need careful preparation. Faces are prepared and primed wherever the sealant maker calls for it before the bead goes in.
Podium joints
Podium joints often sit within a waterproofing system. Where the specification calls for sealant, we reseal and flag it if the membrane looks like the source.
From enquiry to sign-off
Where the site stays busy, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed, then reopened once the sealant allows before we move to the next. Smaller jobs around Durrants can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- Photos, joint lengths and drawings come to us, or we visit.
- We compare each joint’s width with the movement and the sealant’s capability.
- Every joint is cleared of the failed seal and any grit packed into it.
- Edges are checked, and we tell you if any need repairing before sealing.
- The right sealant goes in at the right depth, bonded to the two sides only.
- Areas reopen once cured, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Getting a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
How the quote is worked out
Before we quote, we look at:
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Phasing around occupants
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Which sealant the job calls for
A quote for movement joints depends on quantities, condition and access. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What we need to price the job
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. Please tell us:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Access details, including height
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Where the site is, with the postcode
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us if you’d rather talk the job through.