Hickstead expansion joint sealing
Work needed on a movement joint in Hickstead? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Sealant pulling off the joint face
- Spalled or broken joint edges in floors and decks
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
Expansion joint sealing for Hickstead sites
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
FAQs: Hickstead
Is Bolney Grange Business Park, near Hickstead, within your area?
Yes. Our area takes in Hickstead and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Bolney Grange Business Park included. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Is Hickstead off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We work across Greater London and the South East. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
Can the building stay open while you work?
Yes, with some planning. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them.
What sealant do you use in movement joints?
Whatever suits the joint and the specification. We name the proposed product in the quote so there are no surprises.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. We’re CHAS accredited, we are a Constructionline member and we use CSCS-carded applicators.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
How soon can the area be used again?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Expansion joint sealing for commercial buildings in Hickstead
Internal floor joints take trolleys, pallet trucks and forklifts. Without a sound filler, joint edges chip and spall under load, so the right filler or sealant for the traffic and movement matters. If the arrises are already broken, we’ll say so before sealing, and phased work keeps areas in use. If you have torn sealant in brick or block movement joints and water dripping through deck or ramp joints, we can help, on blockwork control joints, podiums and floor movement joints and cladding panel joints alike. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in Hickstead, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Around smaller places such as Hickstead, 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. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Where
- Hickstead (RH17, BN6)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. If others near Hickstead need work, visits can be combined. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We start with photographs, approximate lengths and any drawings, visiting where needed.
- Joint widths and expected movement are checked against what the sealant can take and tell you if the design looks wrong for the movement.
- Old sealant and debris are cut out of every joint.
- Edges are checked, and we tell you if any need repairing before sealing.
- A sealant suited to the movement and traffic is laid to depth and tooled.
- Areas reopen once cured, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
Request a quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.
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Looking after the joints
After handover, a little attention goes a long way:
- Keep racking legs and heavy point loads off floor joints
- Keep traffic off new joints until the cure time is up
- Check joints after long freezing spells
- Include every elevation and deck joint in periodic inspections
Snow ploughs and scrapers catch on joint lines. Lifting the blade at each joint avoids tearing the bead, and it’s worth checking joints once the cold weather has passed.
Floor joints with failed fillers break up quickly under wheels. Broken arrises jolt trucks, loads and drivers and the broken length grows with every pass. Keeping the filler or sealant sound protects the floor.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Hickstead
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Towns and villages near Hickstead
Also in Hickstead
Traffic, movement and joints around Hickstead
Less than 3 miles from Hickstead there are at least three named estates and business parks. That puts plenty of warehouse floors, service yards and car parks close by, all with joints under traffic. At about 37 miles from central London, Hickstead is within reach of the capital. The South East has large numbers of industrial estates and warehouses along the motorway corridors.
In a school such as Twineham CofE Primary School, movement joints in brick, block and hall floors tend to be forgotten until they leak. For buildings at a park such as Bolney Grange Business Park, which lies north-east of Hickstead, brick and panel movement joints are easy to forget until one leaks. A healthcare site such as The Dene Hospital, 1.3 miles to the east of Hickstead, depends on car parks, ramps and service yards whose joints take traffic all day.
Hickstead is about 3 miles west of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. Commercial clients in Hickstead can call on us for movement joints, as part of our coverage of West Sussex. Hickstead is one of 373 places we cover in West Sussex. There’s a separate page for Brighton, roughly 10 miles from Hickstead.
We take on movement joints across the RH17 and BN6 postcode area, whatever the building. Close to Hickstead, our area also takes in Goddards Green (1 mile east), Sayers Common (1 mile south), Abbotsford (2 miles east), Ansty (2 miles north-east) and Hurstpierpoint (2 miles south). A short drive away, we cover Crawley (10 miles north), Horsham (9 miles north-west), Worthing (13 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (5 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (3 miles east) and East Grinstead (14 miles north-east).
Near you in Hickstead
Around Hickstead, our work takes us to commercial buildings near St Paul's Catholic College, among other places. The nearest railway station is Burgess Hill station, about 3.1 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include The Dene Hospital (1.3 miles east) and Clayton Castle (4.6 miles south-east). Not far away are Wolstonbury Hill and Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve.
When something else is needed
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Movement on a scale no sealant is meant to absorb
- Proprietary pre-formed expansion joint systems
- A joint that has to be widened or re-detailed before it can work
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Hickstead
- Cladding panel joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
Leave it or put it right?
Closing a car park for a reseal is rarely an option. Phased work by bay or zone lets the rest stay in use, compared with a full closure. We agree phasing with you before work starts. Converted and older buildings near places like Hickstead tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
A quote for movement joints depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, and any specification that applies. Call for a quote.
What you get with us
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Public liability insurance in place
- Matching to RAL references, product permitting
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.
Doing it in-house
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.