Expansion Joint Sealing in Gushmere
Expansion joint sealing for Gushmere, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Water getting into the wall through a failed joint
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- Spalled or broken joint edges in floors and decks
Expansion joint sealing across Gushmere
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Doing it in-house
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
Expansion joint sealing in Gushmere, done properly
Mastic Doctor has sealed movement joints since 2005, for main contractors, FMs, managing agents and building owners. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, CSCS-carded applicators and five million pounds of public liability insurance. Workmanship is backed by our 12-month guarantee. If you have damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed and expansion joints split through the centre of the bead, we can put it right. Most enquiries from Gushmere start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Smaller community and commercial buildings around Gushmere have their own movement joints in walls and floors. They’re easily forgotten until water gets in or an edge breaks.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Gushmere (ME13)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Surface by surface
Brickwork and blockwork joints
Vertical movement joints in brick and block walls let the masonry grow and shrink. We use a sealant rated for the movement, usually low-modulus laid over backing rod at the correct depth.
Podium joints
On podiums, the joint can belong to a larger waterproofing detail. We reseal the joint where sealant is the specified fix, and tell you if the problem looks like the waterproofing below.
Slabs, ramps and loading bays in Gushmere
The South East is one of the drier parts of the UK. Even so, yard and car park joints are only sealed when they’re dry and clean, and gritting in cold spells finds its way into open joints. Gushmere lies roughly 47 miles out from central London. Distribution warehouses and industrial estates are common around the motorway corridors that serve the capital, and their floor joints take forklift and pallet-truck traffic all day.
For floors and slabs around Gushmere, the product is chosen for the traffic and the movement at each joint.
Gushmere is about 3 miles south-east of Faversham, in Kent. We send applicators to Gushmere for movement joints, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Gushmere is one of 931 places we cover in Kent. There’s a separate page for London, roughly 47 miles from Gushmere.
Anyone looking for expansion joint sealing in ME13 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Selling Road and Vicarage Lane. Close to Gushmere, our area also takes in Crouch (1 mile north-east), Selling (1 mile south), Neames Forstal (1 mile south-east), South Street (1 mile east) and Hogben's Hill (1 mile south-west). A short drive away, we cover Ashford (10 miles south), Canterbury (7 miles east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north-west), Whitstable (7 miles north-east), Faversham (3 miles north-west) and Herne Bay (11 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Gushmere
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Sondes Arms and Mount Ephraim Gardens and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Selling station, roughly 0.6 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Tower keep castle at Chilham (2.9 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
Gushmere: questions and answers
Is Gushmere too small for you to travel to?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. London and every South East county are within our area. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
Do we have to stop operations in Gushmere while the joints are sealed?
In the majority of cases the site keeps working. Joints are done in phases, a bay, aisle or deck at a time. Tell us which hours and entrances we can use and we’ll plan from there.
How do I request a quote?
There are four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
How much does the work cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. For yours, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over with a description of the work.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
It can, for external work. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, and you deal with one contact throughout.
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When to call us in Gushmere
On trafficked joints, wheels and salts do the damage. Wheel loads stress the sealant and the arrises. The product has to be suited to the traffic.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- Arrises breaking up along floor joints
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
In a school such as Selling Church of England Primary School, movement joints in brick, block and hall floors tend to be forgotten until they leak.
What your quote should include
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
Honest limits
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Failed waterproofing membranes on podiums, roofs or decks (a waterproofing specialist’s job)
- Crumbling edges that would give a new bead nothing sound to grip
- Joints too narrow for the movement, which need redesigning by the engineer
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will say what we think before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Podiums and floor movement joints
Our process
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. Rural sites near Gushmere may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- The first job is to check each joint: how wide it is, how it moves and why the old seal let go.
- You get a fixed quote with the product and its movement capability stated.
- We strip out the old seal and prepare the faces, and we tell you if any edges need repairing first.
- Backing rod goes in at the right depth, or bond-breaker tape where the joint is shallow.
- Where the maker calls for primer, it’s applied first, then the bead goes in and is tooled to a concave finish.
- We check every joint before sign-off, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Move anything stored against the joints
Request a quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photos and a description will do.
Related advice
How the quote is worked out
Quotes vary with the job. Expect it to depend on:
- Access and working height
- The total length or number of joints
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Joint width, depth and condition
Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Sending details for a quote
Good information means a firmer quote. When you get in touch, include:
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- When you need the work done
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Specification clauses that apply
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us.