Expansion Joint Sealing in New Romney
Work needed on a movement joint in New Romney? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Expansion joints split through the centre of the bead
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
Expansion joint sealing for businesses in New Romney
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Building owners, agents and FMs in New Romney
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we’re straightforward to vet for your supplier list. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm them with the quote.
Expansion joint sealing in New Romney
We have been sealing expansion and movement joints for over 20 years for contractors, facilities managers and owners. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, we’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and we carry five million pounds of public liability insurance. Workmanship is backed by our 12-month guarantee. The enquiries we see most involve expansion joints split through the centre of the bead and joints packed with grit and debris, on blockwork control joints, podiums and floor movement joints and cladding panel joints. Whoever orders the work in New Romney, the brief is typically the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Small units near places like New Romney are often converted farm buildings with new concrete floors. Saw-cut and construction joints in those floors need the right filler or sealant for the forklifts and trolleys that use them.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. That covers our preparation and application.
- Location
- New Romney (TN28)
- Region
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
On site: what to expect
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 any cutting starts, and the work typically 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. Several jobs near New Romney can be grouped on one trip. Tell us your site hours and we’ll plan around them.
- We assess the joints on site or from photographs, noting widths and how each has failed.
- You receive a fixed quote stating the product and the movement it is rated for.
- Phasing is agreed so decks, floors or entrances can stay in use where needed.
- 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.
- We check each joint with you, confirm the cure time and sign off under our 12-month guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Quotes
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form to discuss it first.
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FAQs: New Romney
Does the sea air around New Romney change the choice of sealant?
It can. Driven rain and salt are tougher on outside sealant than sheltered inland conditions. Product choice and preparation matter more, and sea-facing elevations are worth inspecting more often.
Is New Romney too small for you to travel to?
Not at all. New Romney is within our area. We work across Greater London and the South East. Send photographs and a list of what needs doing, and we will plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
How long does movement joint sealing take?
Allow anything from part of a day to a couple of weeks, depending on joint lengths, widths and access. Timings are set out in the quote along with the phasing plan.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Asbestos is possible in some older mastics, particularly in buildings from before 2000. Before we disturb old sealant in an older building, we ask to see the asbestos register or survey, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photographs and a postcode.
What sealant do you use in movement joints?
Movement capability matters most. Hybrid or MS polymer products suit some mixed-material joints.
Will you come and look before quoting?
It depends on the job. Simple work can often be priced from photographs, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
When something else is needed
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We’ll tell you if the real problem is one of these:
- Proprietary pre-formed expansion joint systems
- Crumbling edges that would give a new bead nothing sound to grip
- Movement on a scale no sealant is meant to absorb
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
Where we work in New Romney
- Cladding panel joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
When to bring in a specialist
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
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.
Towns and villages near New Romney
What else we do in New Romney
Expansion joint sealing in New Romney: the local picture
New Romney is within about 2 miles of the coast. Open joints in coastal car parks and yards let in salt-laden water as well as grit, which is why split joints are worth sealing before the edges deteriorate. New Romney is in the South East, one of the UK’s drier regions. 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.
For an occupier at a site such as Peak Industrial Park, 2.3 miles south-west of New Romney, the joints at loading doors and dock levellers usually see the hardest wear.
New Romney is about 8 miles south-west of Hythe, in Kent. Anywhere in TN28, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. We work across 931 places in Kent, large and small. Sites around Brighton have their own page, about 48 miles away.
We take on movement joints across the TN28 postcode area, whatever the building. If your site is on High Street, Church Road and Station Road or close by, we can quote for movement joints. Access to New Romney is via the A259 and B2071, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. Close to New Romney, our area also takes in Littlestone-on-Sea (1 mile east), Greatstone-on-Sea (1 mile south-east), St Mary in the Marsh (2 miles north), St Mary's Bay (2 miles north-east) and Old Romney (2 miles west). A short drive away, we cover Ashford (11 miles north), Folkestone (12 miles north-east), Hythe (8 miles north-east), Hawkinge (13 miles north-east), Tenterden (12 miles north-west) and Cheriton (11 miles north-east).
What’s near New Romney
In New Romney, that means premises near Romney Warren Country Park, The Marsh Academy and The Marsh Academy and the streets around them. Well-known places in the area include Lydd Town Museum (3 miles south-west) and Romney 'castle' (2.1 miles west). For a walk, there’s Burnthouse Pen and Dungeness National.
Common problems we fix in New Romney
Weathering wears down sealant on exposed elevations and decks. In time the bead chalks, stiffens and cracks and opens at the next temperature swing.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Layers of sealant in a movement joint
- Leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below
- Spalled or broken joint edges in floors and decks
- Rain penetration at brick or block movement joints
Schools like St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy often have long brick elevations with movement joints that age quietly.
What your quote should include
- Their public liability cover
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
After the work
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Reopen bays and walkways only after the stated cure time
- Note which joints were done, when, and with what
- Put movement joints on the planned maintenance inspection round
- Act on the first tear or lifting edge rather than waiting
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. Barriers left in place until then protect the finish.
Joints sealed at the same time generally fail around the same time. It pays to check every joint, not just the obvious one so you can prioritise and budget. We will tell you which movement joints need doing now and which can wait.