Expansion and movement joint sealing in Ickham, Kent
Expansion joint sealing for Ickham, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Joints packed with grit and debris
- Arrises breaking up along floor joints
- Leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below
Expansion joint sealing for Ickham sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our expansion joint sealing in Ickham
Our movement joint work takes in walls, panels, decks and floors: 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, and we will confirm the choice in the quote. If you have joints where the bead has lost adhesion and chipped joint edges on forklift routes, we can help. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Ickham, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
For a site near Ickham, measurements and photographs up front mean one trip where possible. Note joint widths and the traffic that uses them, and we’ll take it from there.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. That covers our preparation and application, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Where
- Ickham (CT3)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Signs you need expansion joint sealing in Ickham
Car park decks and floors face loads that walls never see. Tyres and wheels press on the edges and the sealant, while de-icing salts and grit attack the seal. A sealant that isn’t trafficable won’t last there.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Chipped joint edges on forklift routes
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Brittle, chalky sealant on external joints
Schools such as Wickhambreaux Church of England Primary School have movement joints in their walls and floors that are easy to overlook.
Questions to ask before you book
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
From enquiry to sign-off
Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. Once we’re cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. Jobs in and around smaller places like Ickham are normally planned as a single visit, so we ask for photos and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- 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.
- Old sealant and filler are cut out and the joint faces cleaned back to sound material.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Quotes
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over if you’d rather talk the job through.
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Questions we’re asked in Ickham
Is a hospital such as St Martins Hospital somewhere you can work?
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 Ickham too small for you to travel to?
Not at all. Ickham is within our area. London and every South East county are within our area. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. If you need card details for site access, let us know and we’ll send them with the quote.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
That depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we will price the work to it.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, with one point of contact across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
Honest limits
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is one of these:
- A joint that has to be widened or re-detailed before it can work
- Failed waterproofing membranes on podiums, roofs or decks (a waterproofing specialist’s job)
- Structural movement beyond what the joints were designed for (that needs a structural engineer)
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Ickham
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Car park decks and ramps
What affects the price in Ickham
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Working within restricted access windows
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
Details that help us quote
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- When you need the work done
To get a fixed quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over. Our quote form is another easy route.
Expansion joint sealing in Ickham: the local picture
Ickham has two named business or industrial parks inside a 3-mile radius. Their warehouses, yards and car parks are exactly where joints take the most punishment. Rainfall across the South East, Ickham included, is lower than in many parts of the UK. External joints still wait for dry conditions, and gritting in cold spells finds its way into open joints.
Campuses like Canterbury Christ Church University (4 miles west of Ickham) mix old and new buildings, with movement joints wherever they meet. Warehouse floors on estates like Wingham Industrial Estate (to the south-east of Ickham) carry pallet trucks and forklifts over every saw-cut joint.
Ickham is about 4 miles east of Canterbury, in Kent. We send applicators to Ickham for movement joints, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Ickham is one of 931 places we cover in Kent for movement joints. There’s a separate page for London, roughly 57 miles from Ickham.
We take on movement joints across the CT3 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. We cover commercial and managed buildings on The Street, School Lane and Baye Lane and the roads nearby. Close to Ickham, our area also takes in Wickhambreaux (1 mile north), Seaton (1 mile north-east), Littlebourne (1 mile west), Bramling (1 mile south-east) and Bekesbourne (2 miles south-west). Bigger towns within reach include Canterbury (4 miles west), Margate (11 miles north-east), Dover (11 miles south-east), Folkestone (13 miles south), Ramsgate (11 miles north-east) and Broadstairs (12 miles north-east).
What’s near Ickham
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Rose Inn. The closest station to Ickham is Bekesbourne station, roughly 2.3 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Canterbury Castle (4.7 miles west) and St Martins Hospital (3.3 miles west).
After the work
Regular inspection catches problems early. In particular:
- Keep scrapers and ploughs from dragging across joint sealant
- Treat a small split as a warning, not a cosmetic issue
- Note which joints were done, when, and with what
- Sweep decks, ramps and floors so grit doesn’t collect in the joints
Fresh joint sealant needs its full cure time before it takes traffic or water. The time varies with product, conditions and joint depth and we’ll tell you when each bay or area can reopen. Keeping the area coned off until then avoids tyre marks and damage.
Rain gets into walls through torn brick and block movement joints. It can surface inside as damp a long way from the joint by which time the joint has been open for a while. Catching it early keeps the water outside.
Should maintenance staff do it?
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.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.