Old Ford expansion joint sealing
Expansion joint sealing in Old Ford, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Previous reseals laid over old sealant
- Joints packed with grit and debris
- Weathered movement joint sealant that no longer flexes
Expansion joint sealing for Old Ford sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Expansion joint sealing in Old Ford
Mastic Doctor has sealed movement joints since 2005. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and we carry five million pounds of public liability insurance. Workmanship is backed by our 12-month guarantee. We work on brickwork movement joints, cladding panel joints and podiums and floor movement joints, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are torn sealant in brick or block movement joints and arrises breaking up along floor joints. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Old Ford first comes to us: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Around Old Ford, as across London, joints are under constant load, from basement car parks and loading bays to podium decks and busy mall floors. A failed joint lets water and debris in, and the edges soon spall.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Old Ford (E3, E15, E9)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Joints that move: notes for Old Ford
Less than 3 miles from Old Ford there are at least three named estates and business parks. That puts plenty of warehouse floors, service yards and car parks close by, all with joints under traffic. In London, decks, bays and service yards typically have to keep running, so we seal in sections and hand areas back as each cures.
Hospitals like Mile End Hospital, 1.1 miles to the south-west of Old Ford, have multi-storey or surface car parks whose joints carry vehicles round the clock. University campuses such as Arden University Stratford Campus, 0.7 miles to the north-east of Old Ford, have car parks, paved walkways and building elevations with movement joints. Across sites such as Stour Road Industrial Estate, which lies north of Old Ford, floor and movement joints can be sealed in phases so units keep working.
Old Ford is about 2 miles west of Plaistow, in Greater London. We send applicators to Old Ford for movement joints. Our Greater London coverage takes in 764 places, from busy centres to rural villages.
Business premises anywhere in E3, E15 and E9 are within our area for movement joints. Among the streets we cover are Bow Road, Wick Lane and Dace Road. Just outside Old Ford, we also work in Donnybrook Quarter (1 mile west), Fish Island (1 mile north), Bow (1 mile south-west), Hackney Wick (1 mile north) and Bromley-by-Bow (1 mile south). Nearby towns on our patch include London (4 miles south-west), City of Westminster (6 miles west), Marylebone (6 miles west), Kensington (8 miles west), St Pancras (4 miles west) and Walthamstow (4 miles north).
Near you in Old Ford
We work on buildings around The Lea Tavern, Grove Hall Park and Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy and the streets around them. Old Ford’s nearest station is Hackney Wick station, about 0.6 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Tower of London (3 miles south-west) and St Clement's Hospital (0.7 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Hollow Pond and Old Ford Island.
Our process
In a busy building, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each section is protected, cleaned back and sealed, then reopened once the sealant allows before we move to the next. Most London premises stay occupied while we’re on site, so zones and timings are agreed with whoever manages the building. Phased work keeps the rest of the building in use.
- 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 and tell you if the design looks wrong for the movement.
- 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.
- Areas reopen once cured, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Quotes
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
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Questions about Old Ford
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Mile End Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Can you cope with the access rules in a London building?
Yes. Booked loading bays, goods lifts and permit-to-work systems are normal for London jobs. Share the building’s contractor rules and we will work to them.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Can you fit around our working hours?
Mention the site’s hours and access windows in your enquiry, and we will plan around them. Our office runs Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm.
Are you CHAS accredited?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited, we are a Constructionline member and we use CSCS-carded applicators.
Is Old Ford in your area?
Yes. Old Ford is in our area. For a quote, ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Different surfaces, different methods
Joints between different materials
Junctions between brick and render, or concrete and cladding, move independently. We choose a sealant that grips both faces.
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.
Places near Old Ford
Other services in Old Ford
Why act early in Old Ford
Some quotes just add sealant over the old bead. A bead laid on top of the failed one neither grips nor flexes properly. Full removal and preparation is in every quote. In a London building, a failed joint rarely affects only one party. Putting it right early is less disruptive than dealing with the consequences.
No two sites price the same: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Why appoint us
- Coloured sealants to suit the setting, where available
- RAL and finish matching where the product range allows
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- Colour agreed before work starts
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Doing it in-house
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. 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 anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Commercial clients in Old Ford
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
When it isn’t the sealant
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Proprietary pre-formed expansion joint systems
- Movement on a scale no sealant is meant to absorb
- Broken or spalled joint edges, which need repairing before any sealant goes in
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Car park decks and ramps
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Cladding panel joints