Expansion and movement joint sealing in Oving, West Sussex
Sealant work in Oving for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors, quoted at a fixed price.
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Spalled or broken joint edges in floors and decks
Expansion joint sealing for Oving sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Common questions from Oving clients
Is Oving too small for you to travel to?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. 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.
Can you work at a site such as Littlemeads Business Centre, by Oving?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Oving, Littlemeads Business Centre among them, are all within reach. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Can you work on car park ramps and decks?
Yes. These joints take wheels, salt and water, so product choice matters and broken edges are flagged before sealing.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
When is resealing likely to be due?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
What’s the difference between an expansion joint and a movement joint?
Put simply, it’s a planned break in a wall, slab or deck so the materials can move. Many people call it an expansion joint.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Expansion joint sealing in Oving, done properly
If you need expansion joint sealing in Oving, start with photographs and joint lengths. Send them through our quote form, and we will arrange a site visit if needed, then send a fixed quote that names the sealant. To discuss the joints first, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. The enquiries we see most involve chipped joint edges on forklift routes and leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below, across precast concrete panel joints, podiums and floor movement joints and brickwork movement joints. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Oving, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Around smaller places such as Oving, floor joints are often in barns and farm buildings turned into workshops, stores and offices. Joints in those slabs take vehicles, trolleys and foot traffic, and need a filler or sealant to match.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Place
- Oving (PO20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
From enquiry to sign-off
Diagnose, treat, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. Jobs in and around smaller places like Oving are usually planned as a single visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- 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.
- Any broken arrises or friable edges are flagged before work goes further.
- The right sealant goes in at the right depth, bonded to the two sides only.
- Areas reopen once cured, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Ask for a quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Related advice
Floors, slabs and movement joints in Oving
Rainfall across the South East, Oving included, is lower than in many parts of the UK. Even so, yard and car park joints are only sealed when they’re dry and clean, and winter de-icing salt on car parks and ramps works into any open joint. Oving has at least three named business or industrial parks inside a 3-mile radius. Sites like these are full of saw-cut floor joints, yard slabs and car park joints.
At places like The Woodhorn Business Centre (0.8 miles east of Oving), joints are sealed a section at a time so operations carry on. A campus such as University of Chichester, 1.4 miles south of Oving, has long runs of movement joint in its buildings, decks and paving. Hospital campuses such as St Richard's Hospital, 2.1 miles west of Oving, grow in stages, leaving movement joints wherever new blocks meet old.
Oving is about 3 miles east of Chichester, in West Sussex. Anywhere in PO20, it works the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. We work across 373 places in West Sussex, from busy centres to rural villages. There’s a separate page for Portsmouth, roughly 16 miles from Oving.
Business premises anywhere in PO20 are within our area. Streets here include Church Lane, Sampsons Drive and Highfield Lane. Close to Oving, our area also takes in Shopwyke (1 mile west), Tangmere (1 mile north), Maudlin (1 mile north-west), Merston (1 mile south) and Boxgrove (1 mile north). Further afield, our area takes in Worthing (14 miles east), Bognor Regis (4 miles south-east), Chichester (3 miles west), Selsey (8 miles south), Littlehampton (9 miles east) and Rustington (9 miles east).
What’s near Oving
We work on buildings around Tangmere Primary Academy and Chichester High School For Girls, among other places. The closest station to Oving is Chichester station, about 2.7 miles west of the centre. A little further out are St Richard's Hospital (2.1 miles west) and Tote Copse Castle (1.4 miles east).
Why it’s worth doing now in Oving
Closing a car park for a reseal is rarely an option. Work can be planned so parts of the deck stay open without shutting the whole car park. We agree phasing with you before work starts. Around Oving, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once, rather than one at a time. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Oving
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- RAL and finish matching where the product range allows
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and insurance.
Honest limits
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We’ll tell you if the real problem is one of these:
- Concrete or masonry repairs along the arrises
- Joints too narrow for the movement, which need redesigning by the engineer
- Damaged metal nosings or cover plates over a joint
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Blockwork control joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Brickwork movement joints
How the job changes by surface
Internal floor movement joints
Warehouse and retail floors have saw-cut induced joints and construction joints. Trafficked floor joints often get a semi-rigid filler and a flexible sealant where the joint moves more.
Concrete and precast panel joints
Precast and concrete panel joints move daily. The sealant needs the right movement capability and a controlled depth.
Looking after the joints
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Look over external and deck joints after a hard winter
- Record the sealant used and the date in the O&M file
- Leave barriers in place until fresh joint sealant has cured
- Raise snow-clearing blades over deck joints where possible
Every joint we seal is backed by a 12-month guarantee on workmanship. Keep the handover details, product and date with your O&M records, so the next reseal starts with the facts.
Once debris packs a failed joint, the structure has nowhere to expand. The arrises crack and break away under the load. A sound seal keeps the joint working.
How the quote is worked out
Before we quote, we look at:
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Access and working height
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Removal of failed or old sealant
A quote for movement joints depends on quantities, condition and access. Call for a quote.
What we need to price the job
For an accurate fixed quote, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- The site address and postcode
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Access details, including height
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we will arrange one.