Expansion and movement joint sealing in Little Chart, Kent
Work needed on a movement joint in Little Chart? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Brittle, chalky sealant on external joints
- Previous reseals laid over old sealant
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
Expansion joint sealing for Little Chart sites
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Expansion joint sealing in Little Chart, done properly
Joints in car park decks and ramps are among the hardest-working in any building. Tyres load the edges, and de-icing salts and water work into any gap. A sealant suited to traffic and the expected movement goes in. If you have movement joints with split or torn sealant and sealant peeling off one face of the joint, we can help, on cladding panel joints, car park decks and ramps and podiums and floor movement joints alike. Most enquiries from Little Chart 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.
For a site near Little Chart, measurements and photos up front mean one trip where possible, with the right materials on hand. Tell us the joint widths if you can, and what drives or walks over them.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Location
- Little Chart (TN27)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
After the work
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Keep scrapers and ploughs from dragging across joint sealant
- Act on the first tear or lifting edge rather than waiting
- Reopen bays and walkways only after the stated cure time
- Inspect movement joints alongside other routine building checks
Our workmanship on movement joints carries a 12-month guarantee. Record which product went into which joints in the building file so future maintenance isn’t guesswork.
Floor joints with failed fillers break up quickly under wheels. Broken arrises jolt trucks, loads and drivers. Keeping the filler or sealant sound protects the floor.
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Joints that move: notes for Little Chart
At about 44 miles from central London, Little Chart is within reach of the capital. The South East has large numbers of industrial estates and warehouses along the motorway corridors, and their floor joints take forklift and pallet-truck traffic all day. Little Chart 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.
In and around Little Chart, the right filler or sealant for each joint depends on the traffic and the movement it takes. Around Little Chart, open joints collect water and debris, and the arrises are the next to go.
Little Chart is about 5 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. Looking for expansion joint sealing in Little Chart? We can help, as we do across Kent. Across Kent, 931 places are covered, including Little Chart. London is covered too, some 44 miles away.
If you need expansion joint sealing in TN27, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. We also cover Little Chart Forstal (1 mile east), Pluckley (1 mile west), Fir Toll (2 miles south-west), Pluckley Thorne (2 miles west) and Chambers' Green (2 miles south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Maidstone (13 miles north-west), Ashford (5 miles south-east), Canterbury (15 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (12 miles north), Faversham (10 miles north-east) and Hythe (15 miles south-east).
Near you in Little Chart
We work on buildings around The Swan Inn And Former Stables and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Charing station, roughly 2.1 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Romden Castle (3.8 miles south-west).
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, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. For work around Little Chart, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photos and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- First the joints are inspected, widths measured and the type of failure noted.
- A fixed quote names the sealant we propose and its movement class.
- Where areas have to stay open, we agree a phased sequence before starting.
- The failed seal is cut out and both joint faces cleaned back to sound material.
- Backing rod or bond-breaker sets the depth, primer goes on where specified, and the sealant is applied and tooled.
- Finished joints are inspected, the cure time confirmed and the 12-month guarantee applies.
What we need from you
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or email us, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
FAQs: Little Chart
What paperwork can you provide for a job in Little Chart?
RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details: list what the site needs and we’ll confirm it with the quote. We hold £5m public liability insurance, are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and our applicators are CSCS-carded.
Do we have to stop operations in Little Chart 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. The phasing plan comes with the quote.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
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.
Can you fit around our working hours?
We are in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
What’s the difference between an expansion joint and a movement joint?
The terms overlap a great deal. A movement joint allows for expansion, contraction, shrinkage and loading, and the seal across it keeps water and debris out.
Who decides which product is used?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
What sets the cost
To price the job, we consider:
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- How accessible the joints are
- The total length or number of joints
- The product specified
We don’t publish prices, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Sending details for a quote
However big the job, the same details help:
- The type of building and who uses it
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- When you need the work done
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Leave it or put it right?
Combining joint work with other maintenance reduces set-up costs. Leaking joints need sealing now. We can split the scope into urgent and planned. Around Little Chart, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once, rather than one at a time. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote when you are ready.
Why appoint us
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- Public liability insurance in place
- Colour options checked against the specified product
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
Honest limits
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It isn’t the answer for:
- Failed waterproofing membranes on podiums, roofs or decks (a waterproofing specialist’s job)
- Changing the joint layout or spacing of a structure
- Broken or spalled joint edges, which need repairing before any sealant goes in
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we seal
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Blockwork control joints
- Brickwork movement joints
What the job involves on each surface
Podium joints
Podium joints often sit within a waterproofing system. We reseal the joint where sealant is the specified fix and flag it if the membrane looks like the source.
Joints between different materials
Some mixed-material joints suit a hybrid sealant. The choice depends on the substrates and how much the joint moves, and confirm it in the quote.