Expansion Joint Sealing in Maidstone
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors throughout Maidstone and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Water getting into the wall through a failed joint
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
- Weathered movement joint sealant that no longer flexes
Expansion joint sealing for businesses in Maidstone
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Expansion joint sealing in Maidstone
The seal is what lets a movement joint do its job. Once it fails, water, grit and debris get in. Dealt with early, it stays a sealant job rather than a concrete or masonry repair. We work on car park decks and ramps, podiums and floor movement joints and precast concrete panel joints, and what we are called in for most is arrises breaking up along floor joints and joints packed with grit and debris. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Maidstone? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Large places such as Maidstone typically have industrial estates and business parks with warehouse and trade-counter floors. Their floor joints take forklifts, pallet trucks and cars every day, and the right filler or sealant depends on the traffic and the movement.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
Cost factors for movement joints
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- How much existing material needs removing
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
What we need to price the job
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- The postcode of the building
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Maidstone
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
How the job changes by surface
Car park decks and ramps
Car park joints are some of the hardest-working joints in any building. We use a sealant made for wheel loads and the expected movement, phased so parts of the car park stay open.
Internal floor movement joints
Floor joints include saw-cut joints and construction joints. Trafficked floor joints often get a semi-rigid filler, with a flexible sealant where movement is larger.
When it isn’t the sealant
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Joints too narrow for the movement, which need redesigning by the engineer
- Damaged metal nosings or cover plates over a joint
- Structural movement beyond what the joints were designed for (that needs a structural engineer)
If you are not sure, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Maidstone
- Cladding panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Car park decks and ramps
Places near Maidstone
What else we do in Maidstone
Our process
Before we leave any area, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. Town-centre jobs in Maidstone can mean limited parking and loading, while out-of-town estates typically have yards and car parks. Let us know what’s there when you send details.
- 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.
What we need from you
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Ask for a quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
Related advice
Maidstone: questions and answers
Can you work at a site such as Tovil Green Business Park, by Maidstone?
Yes. Our area takes in Maidstone and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Tovil Green Business Park included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Must our site in Maidstone stop work while the joints are done?
Rarely. Work is phased around your operations. The phasing plan comes with the quote.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
Outside, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Inside work is seldom held up.
Do you reseal car park expansion joints?
Yes. Tell us how the car park is used and which areas must stay open and we will plan around them.
How do we ask for a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photos and a postcode.
How long will the joint resealing take?
Allow anything from part of a day to a couple of weeks, depending on joint lengths, widths and access. We confirm the timescale with the quote.
Can you work while the building is occupied?
Yes, as long as we plan it. We agree a sequence with your contact so just one area at a time is disrupted.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
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 typically costs more in the end than doing them right.
Traffic, movement and joints around Maidstone
Maidstone has at least three named business or industrial parks inside a 3-mile radius. Their warehouses, yards and car parks are exactly where joints take the most punishment. Maidstone sits in one of the drier corners of the country, the South East. External slab and deck joints still need a dry, clean joint to seal, and gritting in cold spells finds its way into open joints.
Campuses like University for the Creative Arts (1.3 miles west of Maidstone) mix old and new buildings, with movement joints wherever they meet. Business parks such as Tovil Green Business Park, 0.9 miles south-west of Maidstone, have car parks, paved areas and long brick and panel elevations, all with movement joints. Across sites such as Powerhub Business Centre, which lies north-west of Maidstone, floor and movement joints can be sealed in phases so units keep working.
Maidstone is about 31 miles south-east of London, in Kent. Commercial clients in Maidstone can call on us for movement joints. 931 places across Kent fall within our area, including Maidstone. London is covered too, around 31 miles from Maidstone.
Postcode districts covered here: ME15, ME16, ME14 and ME17. For a building on Square Hill Road, Arundel Square and Square Hill or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for movement joints. Maidstone sits on or close to the A20 and A26. If your building is just outside Maidstone, we cover Tovil (1 mile west), Foley Park (1 mile north), Shepway (1 mile south-east), Penenden Heath (1 mile north) and Weavering (1 mile east). Nearby towns on our patch include Sittingbourne (10 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (15 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south-west), Gravesend (13 miles north-west), Tonbridge (12 miles south-west) and Northfleet (14 miles north-west). Maidstone is one of the busier places in Kent, and its commercial and public buildings are all within our area.
Near you in Maidstone
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to St Augustine Academy, River Len LNR and Maidstone Grammar School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Maidstone West station, about 0.6 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Maidstone Carriage Museum (less than half a mile north-west) and Oakwood Hospital (1.8 miles west). Not far away are Burham Down and Boxley Hills.