Expansion and movement joint sealing in High Ongar, Essex
Expansion joint sealing for High Ongar, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Expansion joints split through the centre of the bead
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Expansion joints filled with dirt and stones
Expansion joint sealing in High Ongar
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Commercial clients in High Ongar
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
About our expansion joint sealing in High Ongar
A movement joint only works while its seal does. When the sealant splits or lets go, the gap fills with dirt and water, the joint can’t close properly and its edges begin to crumble. Dealt with early, it stays a sealant job rather than a concrete or masonry repair. If you have sealant pulling off the joint face and leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below, we can put it right, on blockwork control joints, cladding panel joints and precast concrete panel joints alike. Most enquiries from High Ongar 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.
In and around smaller places like High Ongar, the concrete floors we see are often in converted farm buildings, small workshops and storage units. 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.
- Where
- High Ongar (CM5)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions we are asked in High Ongar
Does your area include sites such as Hallsford Bridge Industrial Estate, near High Ongar?
Yes. We cover High Ongar and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Hallsford Bridge Industrial Estate. To start, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Must our site in High Ongar stop work while the joints are done?
Normally not: we work in sections and hand each one back once it has cured. The phasing plan comes with the quote.
Can you work while the building is occupied?
Usually, yes. Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Is any job too small?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Is movement joint sealing guaranteed?
Each job is backed by a 12-month guarantee on the workmanship. The guarantee covers how we sealed, not damage caused afterwards.
Why deal with it now?
Some quotes just add sealant over the old bead. A bead laid on top of the failed one neither grips nor flexes properly, so it fails quickly. We cut out the old seal and prepare the faces every time. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like High Ongar, rather than one at a time. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
Why appoint us
- Colour agreed before work starts
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and insurance.
Traffic, movement and joints around High Ongar
High Ongar sits in one of the drier corners of the country, the South East. 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. At about 21 miles from central London, High Ongar is within reach of the capital. The roads out of London are lined with trade parks and distribution sheds.
For an occupier at a site such as Hallsford Bridge Industrial Estate (0.9 miles south of High Ongar), the joints at loading doors and dock levellers normally see the hardest wear.
High Ongar is about 6 miles north of Brentwood, in Essex. Anywhere in CM5, it works the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. High Ongar is one of 644 places in Essex on our list. We also cover London, some 21 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: CM5 for movement joints. Streets here include The Street, Mill Lane and Millfield. Sites close to High Ongar are covered too, including Chipping Ongar (1 mile west), Shelley (1 mile north-west), Norton Mandeville (1 mile north-east), King Street (1 mile east) and Greensted (2 miles west). Bigger towns within reach include Chelmsford (10 miles east), Basildon (12 miles south-east), Harlow (8 miles north-west), Brentwood (6 miles south), Billericay (9 miles south-east) and Loughton (9 miles south-west).
Landmarks near High Ongar
We work on buildings around Red Lion Public House and The Ongar Academy. Nearby you will also find Willingale Doe (3.7 miles north-east).
What we are called out for in High Ongar
With no backing rod or bond-breaker in place, sealant grips the base of the joint too. Sealant fixed to the base and sides can’t flex, so it tears, which is why depth control matters.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Expansion joints split through the centre of the bead
- Weathered movement joint sealant that no longer flexes
- Leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below
- Rain penetration at brick or block movement joints
In a school such as High Ongar Primary School, movement joints in brick, block and hall floors tend to be forgotten until they leak.
Questions to ask before you book
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
Looking after the joints
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Avoid parking heavy plant or pallets on joint lines
- Report split or peeling joint sealant early
- Inspect movement joints alongside other routine building checks
- Look over external and deck joints after a hard winter
Our workmanship on movement joints carries a 12-month guarantee. Keep the handover details, product and date with your O&M records.
When one joint fails, others of the same age are rarely far behind. It pays to check every joint, not just the obvious one. We’ll tell you which movement joints need doing now and which can wait.
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What sets the cost
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The size and state of each joint
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
The price depends on the quantity of joints, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a quote once you have the details.
Sending details for a quote
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, the same details help:
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Where the site is, with the postcode
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Our process
When we get to site, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before anything is cut or cleaned, and the work typically takes a few hours to several weeks, depending on how many metres of joint there are and how much old sealant or filler needs removing. For work around High Ongar, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photos and rough sizes first. That way the right products come on the day.
- Photos, joint lengths and drawings come to us, or we visit.
- Joint widths and expected movement are checked against what the sealant can take, and flag anything that needs an engineer.
- Every joint is cleared of the failed seal and any grit packed into it.
- 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.
- Each area is handed back after its cure time, under our 12-month guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Quotes
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.