Expansion Joint Sealing in Old Romney
Planning work on a movement joint in Old Romney? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Joints packed with grit and debris
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
Need expansion joint sealing in Old Romney?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
When to call us in Old Romney
Three-sided adhesion is a common cause of early failure. Bonded on three faces, it can’t stretch evenly when the joint opens.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Debris jammed in movement joints
- Arrises breaking up along floor joints
- Previous reseals laid over old sealant
- Movement joints with split or torn sealant
In a school such as The Marsh Academy, movement joints in brick, block and hall floors tend to be forgotten until they leak.
Comparing quotes
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Their public liability cover
Expansion joint sealing for commercial buildings in Old Romney
Internal floor joints take trolleys, pallet trucks and forklifts. Unsupported edges break up under wheels, so the right filler or sealant for the traffic and movement matters. We will tell you if the edges need repairing before sealing and phasing can keep areas working. We work on car park decks and ramps, cladding panel joints and blockwork control joints, and the failures we are asked to look at most are spalled or broken joint edges in floors and decks and rain penetration at brick or block movement joints. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Old Romney is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Jobs around smaller places like Old Romney are planned so the whole job is done in one visit, with the right materials on hand. Tell us the joint widths if you can, and what drives or walks over them.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, in Old Romney as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Where
- Old Romney (TN29)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
How the quote is worked out
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Phasing around occupants
- How much existing material needs removing
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Travel to remote or island sites
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Details that help us quote
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Specification clauses that apply
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with what you know.
Joints that move: notes for Old Romney
Old Romney lies roughly 55 miles out from central London. Warehousing clusters around the motorways that ring and radiate from London; their floors carry heavy traffic every shift. Old Romney sits in one of the drier corners of the country, the South East. Outside joints in yards and car parks still have to be dry before sealing, and gritting in cold spells finds its way into open joints.
If you manage units on an estate such as Peak Industrial Park, 2.4 miles south-east of Old Romney, the floor joints under forklifts and pallet trucks and the slab joints in the yard are the ones to watch.
Old Romney is about 10 miles south-west of Hythe, in Kent. We cover commercial sites throughout Old Romney, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Across Kent, 931 places are covered, Old Romney among them. There’s a separate page for Brighton, about 46 miles away.
Work on movement joints is covered throughout TN29. Just outside Old Romney, we also work in Ivychurch (2 miles north), New Romney (2 miles east), Brenzett (2 miles north-west), Lydd (3 miles south) and Brookland (3 miles west). Nearby towns on our patch include Ashford (10 miles north), Folkestone (14 miles north-east), Hythe (10 miles north-east), Hawkinge (14 miles north-east), Tenterden (10 miles north-west) and Cheriton (13 miles north-east).
Around Old Romney
Old Romney’s nearest station is Appledore (Kent) station, roughly 4.5 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Brenzett Aeronautical Museum (1.9 miles north-west) and Romney 'castle' (less than half a mile north-east). Green spaces nearby include Burnthouse Pen and Dungeness National.
Questions about Old Romney
Is Old Romney off your patch?
Not at all. Old Romney is within our area. London and every South East county are within our area. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
Does a site in Old Romney have to shut while its 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. We agree the sequence and timings with you before we start.
Are expansion joints and movement joints the same thing?
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.
Do you take on small jobs?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Is colour matching possible?
That depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so we will confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Can you quote from photographs?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photos and measurements, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
On site: what to expect
Diagnose, treat, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. For work around Old Romney, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- First, the joints are inspected for width, movement and the type of failure.
- A fixed quote follows, naming the sealant and its movement class.
- Old sealant and filler are cut out and the joint faces cleaned back to sound material.
- Backing rod goes in at the right depth, or bond-breaker tape where the joint is shallow.
- Primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, followed by the sealant, which is then tooled off.
- Each joint is inspected and handed over with our 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Get a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
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Why deal with it now?
A like-for-like reseal of a joint that keeps splitting rarely lasts. If the joint is too narrow or the product wrong for the movement, it needs a different approach and we’ll tell you honestly. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like Old Romney, rather than one at a time. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
The price depends on the quantity of joints, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote when you are ready.
What you get with us
- A range of standard colours, depending on the product
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
Nearby places to Old Romney
Other services in Old Romney
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Aftercare for building managers
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Look over external and deck joints after a hard winter
- Treat a small split as a warning, not a cosmetic issue
- Keep traffic off new joints until the cure time is up
- Put movement joints on the planned maintenance inspection round
Keep wheels, feet and water off new joints until the sealant has cured. How long that takes depends on the product, the temperature and the depth of the joint. Barriers left in place until then protect the finish.
When one joint fails, others of the same age are rarely far behind. Inspecting the whole run is worth the effort, so the work can be planned rather than rushed. We will tell you which movement joints need doing now and which can wait.