Expansion joint sealing in Flete
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Flete. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- Joints packed with grit and debris
- Expansion joints split through the centre of the bead
Need expansion joint sealing in Flete?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Why act early in Flete
Spot repairs can be useful on a tight budget. The remaining sealant is often close to failing too and repeated access costs add up. We can price a patch and a full reseal side by side. Older rural buildings around Flete move with the seasons, and rigid or tired sealant can’t keep up. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
Why appoint us
- CHAS accredited contractor
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- Colour agreed before work starts
Read what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.
About our expansion joint sealing in Flete
We cover the full range of movement joints: vertical joints in brick and block facades, joints between precast or cladding panels, concrete slab and deck joints, ramps, podiums and internal floors. The product depends on the movement, the weather and anything that runs over it. We work on podiums and floor movement joints, precast concrete panel joints and brickwork movement joints, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are new sealant over old, now failing and torn sealant in brick or block movement joints. Most enquiries from Flete start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Jobs around smaller places like Flete are planned so the whole job is done in one visit. Note joint widths and the traffic that uses them, and we will take it from there.
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
- Flete (CT9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Also in Flete
Building owners, agents and FMs in Flete
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Expansion joint sealing in Flete: the local picture
With the shore within about 2 miles, Flete counts as a coastal location. Open joints in coastal car parks and yards let in salt-laden water as well as grit, and edges left open tend to break up faster. Less than 3 miles from Flete there are at least three named estates and business parks. Floors, loading bays and yards on sites like these are where floor and movement joints work hardest.
Large sites such as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital (to the north-east of Flete) have car parks, service roads and long elevations with movement joints in brick and panels. If you manage units on an estate such as Westwood Industrial Estate, 0.9 miles east of Flete, the floor joints under forklifts and pallet trucks and the slab joints in the yard are the ones to watch. Another example is Westwood Gateway Retail Park (1 mile east of Flete), where floors and yards would be done in stages around the occupiers.
Flete is about 1 mile south-west of Margate, in Kent. We send applicators to Flete for movement joints. Across Kent, 931 places are covered, Flete among them. For work in that direction, see our London page (64 miles or so).
If you need expansion joint sealing in CT9, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. If your site is on Victoria Road, Flete Road and Norfolk Road or close by, send details and we’ll quote for movement joints. If your building is just outside Flete, we cover Westwood (1 mile east), Haine (1 mile south-east), Manston (1 mile south), Garlinge (1 mile north-west) and Margate (1 mile north-east). Further afield, our area takes in Canterbury (14 miles south-west), Broadstairs (3 miles east), Whitstable (15 miles west), Deal (10 miles south), Herne Bay (10 miles west) and Walmer (11 miles south).
Local landmarks in Flete
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Hartsdown Academy. The closest station to Flete is Margate station, roughly 1.5 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (1.3 miles north-east) and Westwood Cross (1.1 miles east). For a walk, there’s Sandwich and Pegwell Bay.
What sets the cost
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- The size and state of each joint
- Access and working height
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
What we need to price the job
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- The product your specification calls for
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- Where the site is, with the postcode
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photos and a description will do.
Doing it in-house
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. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
Maintenance after handover
To get the most from the new sealant:
- Leave barriers in place until fresh joint sealant has cured
- Avoid parking heavy plant or pallets on joint lines
- Check joints after long freezing spells
- Report split or peeling joint sealant early
Every joint we seal is backed by a 12-month guarantee on workmanship. Keep the handover details, product and date with your O&M records so future maintenance isn’t guesswork.
On a multi-storey car park, a failed joint normally shows up as a leak onto the deck underneath. Salty water dripping through stains soffits and lands on parked vehicles, which is bad news for the concrete and the people parking below. Resealing early limits the damage.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. For a building around Flete, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Send that with the details and we’ll confirm the plan with the quote.
- 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 and tell you if the design looks wrong for the movement.
- Old sealant and debris are cut out of every joint.
- Any broken arrises or friable edges are flagged before work goes further.
- The right sealant goes in at the right depth, bonded to the two sides only.
- Each area is handed back after its cure time, under our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Getting a fixed quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
Related advice
FAQs: Flete
Can being near the sea in Flete affect the sealant we need?
It can. Driven rain and salt are tougher on outside sealant than sheltered inland conditions. We check the specified product suits the exposure and pay close attention to preparation.
Does your area include sites such as Westwood Industrial Estate, near Flete?
Yes. We cover Flete and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Westwood Industrial Estate. To start, just phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, which many sites require.
What exactly is a movement joint?
It’s a deliberate gap that lets the structure move without cracking. Many people call it an expansion joint, and either way it needs a sound seal.
What hours do you work?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
How soon can the area be used again?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.