Margate expansion joint sealing
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Margate. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Rain penetration at brick or block movement joints
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Torn sealant in brick or block movement joints
Need expansion joint sealing in Margate?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Expansion joint sealing in Margate
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; water dripping through to the deck below is often the first sign. A sealant suited to traffic and the expected movement goes in, phasing bays so the car park can stay in use. We work on podiums and floor movement joints, precast concrete panel joints and brickwork movement joints, and the failures we are asked to look at most are hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades and expansion joints filled with dirt and stones. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Margate it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
In Margate, as in most towns, brickwork and panel movement joints on public and commercial buildings age quietly. A split or hardened joint lets rain into the wall, and it can no longer take up the movement.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
Do you need expansion joint sealing in Margate?
Three-sided adhesion is a common cause of early failure. Sealant fixed to the base and sides can’t flex, so it tears, which is why depth control matters.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
- New sealant over old, now failing
- Joints packed with grit and debris
- Chipped joint edges on forklift routes
Hospitals like Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital (to the south-east of Margate) have multi-storey or surface car parks whose joints carry vehicles round the clock.
Before you book anyone
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- How they’ll work around occupants
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
Floors, slabs and movement joints in Margate
Margate lies within about 1 mile of the sea. Near the sea, external slabs, ramps and decks see salt air and driven rain as well as their usual loads, and edges left open tend to break up faster. Margate is about 64 miles from central London. Distribution warehouses and industrial estates are common around the motorway corridors that serve the capital; their floors carry heavy traffic every shift.
Warehouse floors on estates like All Saints Industrial Estate, under half a mile to the north-west of Margate, carry pallet trucks and forklifts over every saw-cut joint. Schools like Salmestone Primary School often have long brick elevations with movement joints that age quietly.
Margate is in Kent. We cover commercial sites throughout Margate, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. 931 places across Kent fall within our area, including Margate. For work in that direction, see our London page, about 64 miles away.
Anyone looking for expansion joint sealing in CT9, CT7, CT8 and CT10 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are Yoakley Square, Church Road and High Street, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Main routes into Margate include the A28 and A254, useful when we plan access and materials. If your building is just outside Margate, we cover Westwood (1 mile south), Westbrook (1 mile west), Garlinge (1 mile west), Flete (1 mile south-west) and Haine (2 miles south). Further afield, our area takes in Canterbury (15 miles south-west), Ramsgate (3 miles south), Whitstable (15 miles west), Deal (11 miles south), Herne Bay (11 miles west) and Walmer (12 miles south). As one of the bigger centres in Kent, Margate has a broad mix of commercial, public and industrial buildings.
Near you in Margate
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Hartsdown Academy and Secret Spices pub, among other places. The nearest railway station is Margate station, about 0.6 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Westwood Cross (1.6 miles south) and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (under half a mile south-east). For a walk, there’s Sandwich and Pegwell Bay.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Margate
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
What else we do in Margate
From enquiry to sign-off
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself normally takes a short visit for a handful of joints, or several days or more for a car park deck or long runs of facade joints, and we clear our waste as we work. For a town like Margate, we try to group jobs for the same client into one visit. Give us your access times and we will fit the work in.
- Photos, joint lengths and drawings come to us, or we visit.
- We compare each joint’s width with the movement and the sealant’s capability.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Request a quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Related advice
Keeping the joints sound
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Share these points with them:
- Inspect exposed joints once the cold weather has passed
- Keep scrapers and ploughs from dragging across joint sealant
- Include every elevation and deck joint in periodic inspections
- Sweep decks, ramps and floors so grit doesn’t collect in the joints
In warehouses, forklift and pallet-truck routes take the most wear. Keep racking feet and heavy point loads off joint lines and flag chipped arrises before they spread.
Joints sealed at the same time generally fail around the same time. Inspecting the whole run is worth the effort, so the work can be planned rather than rushed. We’ll tell you which movement joints need doing now and which can wait.
Questions we are asked in Margate
Can you work on a hospital site such as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Can you work at a site such as All Saints Industrial Estate, by Margate?
Yes, sites like All Saints Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Margate. To start, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. If you need card details for site access, tell us and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Why do our movement joints keep failing?
The common causes are poor preparation, three-sided adhesion, the wrong movement class and weathering. Working out the cause comes first since each needs a different fix.
What guarantee do you give on joint sealing?
The workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months from sign-off, and we are fully insured for public liability. Regular sweeping and inspection help the joints last.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
How long will the new sealant last?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
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.
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong usually costs more in the end than doing them right.
When it isn’t the sealant
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Cracking or settlement that calls for an engineer’s assessment
- Damaged metal nosings or cover plates over a joint
- Concrete or masonry repairs along the arrises
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.
Where we work in Margate
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Brickwork movement joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Blockwork control joints