Expansion Joint Sealing in Hamstreet
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Hamstreet and the surrounding area. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Debris jammed in movement joints
- Sealant pulling off the joint face
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
Need expansion joint sealing in Hamstreet?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Hamstreet: questions and answers
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as William Harvey Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Is Hamstreet too far out for you?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We cover Greater London and the counties of the South East. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
How long will the joint resealing take?
Allow a day or so for a modest run of joints, and longer where decks, ramps or floors are done in phases. Timings are set out in the quote along with the phasing plan.
How do you choose the sealant?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
What if the joint edges are damaged?
The edges have to be sound. Where they’ve broken up, we will tell you they need repairing first.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
That depends on the product specified. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
Expansion joint sealing in Hamstreet
We cover the full range of movement joints: brickwork and blockwork joints, precast and cladding panel joints, concrete joints, car park decks and ramps, podiums and floor movement joints. Every one calls for a sealant picked for its movement, exposure and traffic. We work on podiums and floor movement joints, brickwork movement joints and car park decks and ramps, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are debris jammed in movement joints and brittle, chalky sealant on external joints. Searching for sealant specialists in Hamstreet? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005.
Around smaller places such as Hamstreet, floor joints are often in barns and farm buildings turned into workshops, stores and offices. Whether it’s a farm store turned workshop or a storage unit, the joints need a product that suits the traffic.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Place
- Hamstreet (TN26)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What we are called out for in Hamstreet
Most movement joint failures come down to the joint stretching further than the sealant can take. Cohesive failure, a split through the centre, usually means the joint or product wasn’t right for the movement. Resealing like for like often fails the same way, so we check width and movement before quoting.
Look out for the following:
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
Across sites such as Bliby Business Centre, 3 miles north-east of Hamstreet, floor and movement joints can be sealed in phases so units keep working.
What to look for in a quote
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
Expansion joint sealing around Hamstreet: points for this area
Central London is about 51 miles from Hamstreet. Warehousing clusters around the motorways that ring and radiate from London. Hamstreet sits in one of the drier corners of the country, the South East. External joints still wait for dry conditions, and winter de-icing salt on car parks and ramps works into any open joint.
For an estate such as William Harvey Hospital, which lies north-east of Hamstreet, the joints in ramps, decks and long building elevations all need attention over time. In a school such as Hamstreet Primary Academy, movement joints in brick, block and hall floors tend to be forgotten until they leak.
Hamstreet is about 5 miles south of Ashford, in Kent. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Hamstreet use us for work on movement joints. We work across 931 places in Kent, from busy centres to rural villages. Our Brighton page has more on work in that area, about 46 miles away.
We take on movement joints across the TN26 postcode area. Buildings on The Street, Dukes Meadow and Rectory Walk are within our area. Close to Hamstreet, our area also takes in Orlestone (1 mile north-west), Ruckinge (1 mile east), Kenardington (2 miles west), Bromley Green (2 miles north) and Stone Cross (2 miles north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Ashford (5 miles north), Folkestone (14 miles east), Hythe (10 miles east), Hawkinge (14 miles east), Tenterden (7 miles west) and Cheriton (13 miles east).
Around Hamstreet
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Dukes Head pub, among other places. There’s a railway station in Hamstreet itself: Ham Street station. Other landmarks nearby include Brenzett Aeronautical Museum (3.9 miles south) and William Harvey Hospital (5.8 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Orlestone Forest.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint, which is what makes a joint last.
Surface by surface
Concrete and precast panel joints
Precast and concrete panel joints move daily. We use a sealant classed for the movement, laid over backing to depth.
Joints between different materials
Junctions between brick and render, or concrete and cladding, move independently. We choose a sealant that grips both faces, with primer where specified.
Nearby places to Hamstreet
Other services in Hamstreet
Work for main contractors and building owners
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
What we can’t put right
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. It won’t fix:
- Leaks coming from the membrane rather than the joint seal
- Proprietary pre-formed expansion joint systems
- Changing the joint layout or spacing of a structure
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Hamstreet
- Cladding panel joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
Our process
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. While we are working, the area stays contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. Smaller jobs around Hamstreet can be grouped with others nearby. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- 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.
- 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.
- Primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, followed by the sealant, which is then tooled off.
- We check every joint before sign-off, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Quotes
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.