Expansion and movement joint sealing in East Cholderton, Hampshire
We carry out expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in East Cholderton. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Expansion joints split through the centre of the bead
- Chipped joint edges on forklift routes
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
Expansion joint sealing for businesses in East Cholderton
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Do you need expansion joint sealing in East Cholderton?
With no backing rod or bond-breaker in place, sealant grips the base of the joint too. Bonded on three faces, it can’t stretch evenly when the joint opens, which is why depth control matters.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Sealant pulling off the joint face
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Expansion joints filled with dirt and stones
- Water getting into the wall through a failed joint
For a school such as Amport Church of England Primary School, playground and building joints can be done in the holidays.
Questions to ask before you book
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Their public liability cover
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
How we handle expansion joint sealing in East Cholderton
Long runs of brick or block have movement joints built in. 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 with primer where the maker calls for it. If you’re dealing with hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades and car park joints leaking onto vehicles below, we can put it right. Whoever orders the work in East Cholderton, the brief is typically the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
In and around smaller places like East Cholderton, the concrete floors we see are often in converted farm buildings, small workshops and storage units. Joints in those slabs take vehicles, trolleys and foot traffic, and need a filler or sealant to match.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Place
- East Cholderton (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What sets the cost
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It takes account of:
- Joint width, depth and condition
- The total length or number of joints
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Location, for remote and island sites
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote.
Details that help us quote
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. It helps to include:
- Any specification or named product
- The type of building and who uses it
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Where the site is, with the postcode
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Leave it or put it right?
Some quotes just add sealant over the old bead. A bead over the old seal can’t bond or flex. Full removal and preparation is in every quote. For buildings around smaller places like East Cholderton, water damage can go unnoticed for longer, especially where a building isn’t used daily, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Resealing early avoids that.
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well, along with the time of year for external work.
Why appoint us
- Colour agreed before work starts
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
Places near East Cholderton
Other services in East Cholderton
Looking after the joints
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Keep racking legs and heavy point loads off floor joints
- Check joints after long freezing spells
- Brief car park operatives to protect joint lines during winter clearance
- Act on the first tear or lifting edge rather than waiting
Debris does more harm to joint sealant than most people realise. Stones pressed into the bead by wheels or feet can puncture it. A routine sweep is the simplest protection.
External wall joints that fail let rain into the masonry and cavity. The first sign is often a damp patch indoors, well after the seal first opened. Resealing promptly prevents internal damage.
Warehouse floors and decks around East Cholderton
At about 67 miles from central London, East Cholderton is within reach of the capital. The South East has large numbers of industrial estates and warehouses along the motorway corridors; their floors carry heavy traffic every shift. At least three named trading, business or retail sites lie within about 3 miles of East Cholderton. That puts plenty of warehouse floors, service yards and car parks close by, all with joints under traffic.
For an estate such as Andover War Memorial Hospital (3.5 miles east of East Cholderton), the joints in ramps, decks and long building elevations all need attention over time. Another example is Plot 5 Andover Business Park (1.9 miles east of East Cholderton), where floors and yards would be done in stages around the occupiers.
East Cholderton is about 4 miles west of Andover, in Hampshire. Our applicators travel to East Cholderton for work on movement joints. East Cholderton is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire for movement joints. Sites around Southampton have their own page, roughly 21 miles from East Cholderton.
We take on movement joints across the SP11 postcode area. Just outside East Cholderton, we also work in Mullenspond (1 mile north), Thruxton (1 mile north-west), Fyfield (1 mile north), Weyhill (1 mile north-east) and Red Post Bridge (2 miles east). A short drive away, we cover Winchester (15 miles south-east), Andover (4 miles east), Romsey (15 miles south), Hyde (15 miles south-east), Tidworth (5 miles north-west) and Weeke (14 miles south-east).
Landmarks near East Cholderton
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to White Horse Inn, among other places. The closest station to East Cholderton is Grateley station, roughly 3.2 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Ludgershall Castle (4.2 miles north-west) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (3.5 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Anton Lakes and Quarley Hill.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. Jobs in and around smaller places like East Cholderton are normally planned as a single visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- 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, flagging any broken edges that need repair before sealing.
- We control the depth with backing rod or, in shallow joints, bond-breaker tape.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Ask for a quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
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Commercial clients in East Cholderton
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Questions about East Cholderton
Would you work within a site like Andover War Memorial Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Is East Cholderton off your patch?
No. Places such as East Cholderton are covered as much as the big towns. London and every South East county are within our area. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Do you reseal car park expansion joints?
Yes. Tell us how the car park is used and which areas must stay open.
How long do sealant joints last?
There isn’t a single answer, because life depends on how much the joint moves, how exposed it is and how it’s cleaned and used. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and any queries are raised before we start.
Why has the sealant in our expansion joints split?
It depends on how the sealant has let go: a split through the middle points to over-stretching, while peeling from one face points to preparation or primer. Sometimes the edge material itself has failed.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, which many sites require.