Expansion joint sealing in Ram Lane
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors throughout Ram Lane and nearby, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Spalled or broken joint edges in floors and decks
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- Weathered movement joint sealant that no longer flexes
Need expansion joint sealing in Ram Lane?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Your questions answered
Does your area include sites such as Eurogate Business Park, near Ram Lane?
Yes. Our area takes in Ram Lane and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Eurogate Business Park included. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Is a smaller place like Ram Lane outside your area?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We work across Greater London and the South East. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
How long will the joint resealing take?
It normally takes a day or so for a modest run of joints, and longer where decks, ramps or floors are done in phases. We will confirm when each area can be used again.
What guarantee do you give on joint sealing?
It’s backed by our 12-month guarantee. If a joint we sealed fails inside the 12 months, let us know.
When can you be on site?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Expansion joint sealing in Ram Lane
Brickwork and blockwork walls have vertical movement joints at intervals, and they’re easy to miss until the sealant fails. Once the seal fails, rain reaches the cavity and the joint can no longer close. The old seal is cut away, backing rod goes in at depth, and a low-modulus masonry sealant is gunned and tooled, primed where the manufacturer specifies. If you have sealant peeling off one face of the joint and torn sealant in brick or block movement joints, we can help, on blockwork control joints, brickwork movement joints and precast concrete panel joints alike. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Ram Lane is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
In and around smaller places like Ram Lane, the concrete floors we see are often in converted farm buildings, small workshops and storage units. Joints in those slabs take vehicles, trolleys and foot traffic, and need a filler or sealant to match.
Work we carry out in Kent comes with a 12-month guarantee. If an installation problem shows up, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will arrange a return visit.
- Where
- Ram Lane (TN26, TN25)
- Region
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
General trades versus a specialist
Some joints are best left to specialists: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong typically costs more in the end than doing them right.
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint.
Leave it or put it right?
Resealing is normally the answer, not replacing the element. Where the edges are sound, cutting out and resealing is enough. We’ll flag where edges need repair before sealing. For buildings around smaller places like Ram Lane, water damage can go unnoticed for longer, especially where a building isn’t used daily, which gives a failed joint time to do damage. Renewing joints in good time avoids the problem.
We don’t publish prices, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
Why us?
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- RAL and finish matching where the product range allows
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
Our process
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. We sign and contain the area we are in, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. For a building around Ram Lane, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Send that with the details and we’ll confirm the plan with the quote.
- First the joints are inspected, widths measured and the type of failure noted.
- A fixed quote names the sealant we propose and its movement class.
- Phasing is agreed so decks, floors or entrances can stay in use where needed.
- We strip the old sealant or filler and prepare each face until it’s sound and dry.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
Request a quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
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Keeping the joints sound
To get the most from the new sealant:
- Inspect movement joints alongside other routine building checks
- Clear dirt from joint lines during routine cleaning
- Keep scrapers and ploughs from dragging across joint sealant
- Look over external and deck joints after a hard winter
Snow ploughs and scrapers catch on joint lines. Lifting the blade at each joint avoids tearing the bead, and it’s worth checking joints once the cold weather has passed.
Joints sealed at the same time generally fail around the same time. It pays to check every joint, not just the obvious one. We’ll tell you which movement joints need doing now and which can wait.
What affects the price in Ram Lane
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- How much existing material needs removing
- The size and state of each joint
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Any access equipment needed
What a job costs comes down to the quantity of joints, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a fixed quote when you’re ready.
Before you send an enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need to understand the site. Useful things to include:
- Specification clauses that apply
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
For a fixed quote, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
How the job changes by surface
Car park decks and ramps
Deck and ramp joints take tyre loads, grit and de-icing salts. We use a sealant made for wheel loads and the expected movement, phased so parts of the car park stay open.
Joints between different materials
Some mixed-material joints suit a hybrid sealant. We pick the product for the materials and the movement, and confirm it in the quote.
Expansion joint sealing in Ram Lane: the local picture
At about 45 miles from central London, Ram Lane is within reach of the capital. The South East has large numbers of industrial estates and warehouses along the motorway corridors. The South East is one of the drier parts of the UK. Even so, yard and car park joints are only sealed when they’re dry and clean, and where de-icing salt is spread in winter, open joints let it in.
For a school such as The Hayesbrook School, playground and building joints can be done in the holidays. Business parks such as Eurogate Business Park (to the south-east of Ram Lane) have car parks, paved areas and long brick and panel elevations, all with movement joints. Hospitals like William Harvey Hospital (to the south-east of Ram Lane) have multi-storey or surface car parks whose joints carry vehicles round the clock.
Ram Lane is about 4 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. Ram Lane sits inside our coverage, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. 931 places across Kent fall within our area, Ram Lane among them. For work in that direction, see our London page, about 45 miles away.
We take on movement joints across the TN26 and TN25 postcode area, whatever the building. If your building is just outside Ram Lane, we cover Tutt Hill (1 mile south-east), Westwell Leacon (1 mile north-west), Hothfield (1 mile south), Westwell (1 mile east) and Potters Corner (2 miles south-east). Bigger towns within reach include Maidstone (14 miles north-west), Ashford (4 miles south-east), Canterbury (13 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles north), Whitstable (15 miles north-east) and Faversham (9 miles north).
What’s near Ram Lane
Ram Lane’s nearest station is Charing station, about 1.8 miles north-west. A little further out are County Square (3.6 miles south-east) and William Harvey Hospital (5.4 miles south-east).