Expansion joint sealing in Reading Street
Planning work on a movement joint in Reading Street? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
Expansion joint sealing for Reading Street sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Why it’s worth doing now in Reading Street
Resealing is usually the answer, not replacing the element. If the material either side is sound, a properly prepared reseal restores the joint. If the edges have broken up, we’ll tell you they need repairing first. Halls, stores and units around places like Reading Street may not be checked every day, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Renewing joints in good time avoids the problem.
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. Call for a quote.
Why clients in Reading Street choose us
- Public liability insurance in place
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Constructionline member
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Expansion joint sealing in Reading Street
Brickwork and blockwork walls have vertical movement joints at intervals that most people only notice when the sealant has gone. 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. We work on car park decks and ramps, precast concrete panel joints and blockwork control joints, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are sealant peeling off one face of the joint and expansion joints split through the centre of the bead. For commercial sealant work in Reading Street, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Halls, schools and small commercial buildings near places like Reading Street have movement joints in brick, block and concrete too. They’re easily forgotten until water gets in or an edge breaks.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work in Kent. If an installation problem shows up, ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll arrange a return visit.
- Location
- Reading Street (TN30)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
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Common questions from Reading Street clients
Do we have to stop operations in Reading Street while the 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. The phasing plan comes with the quote.
Is Reading Street off your patch?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Our area covers London and the South East counties. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, and you deal with one contact throughout across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
What will the job cost?
That depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a fixed quote.
What hours do you work?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
How do we ask for a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
Do you need to see the site first?
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.
What the job involves on each surface
Cladding panel joints
We confirm what access is in place before pricing. Close-up photos help us judge the joints.
Car park decks and ramps
Failed deck joints often show as leaks on the level below. The old seal comes out, the edges are prepared and the joint resealed, and we will tell you if any edges need repairing first.
When something else is needed
Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. You will hear from us if the cause turns out to be any of the following:
- Structural movement beyond what the joints were designed for (that needs a structural engineer)
- Concrete or masonry repairs along the arrises
- Damaged metal nosings or cover plates over a joint
If in doubt, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Blockwork control joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Podiums and floor movement joints
Traffic, movement and joints around Reading Street
Reading Street lies roughly 48 miles out from central London. The South East has large numbers of industrial estates and warehouses along the motorway corridors, and their floor joints take forklift and pallet-truck traffic all day. 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 floors and slabs around Reading Street, the product is chosen for the traffic and the movement at each joint. For buildings at a park such as Pickhill Business Centre (2.2 miles west of Reading Street), brick and panel movement joints are easy to forget until one leaks.
Reading Street is about 9 miles south-west of Ashford, in Kent. Reading Street sits inside our coverage and the rest of Kent, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Our Kent coverage takes in 931 places, large and small. Our Brighton page has more on work in that area, about 41 miles away.
Work on movement joints is covered throughout TN30. Just outside Reading Street, we also work in Stone Corner (1 mile south-west), Acton (2 miles south-west), Appledore Heath (2 miles east), Leigh Green (2 miles north-west) and Stone in Oxney (2 miles south-east). Further afield, our area takes in Ashford (9 miles north-east), Hythe (15 miles east), Tenterden (3 miles north-west), Kennington (11 miles north-east), New Romney (10 miles south-east) and Staplehurst (12 miles north-west).
Near you in Reading Street
Reading Street’s nearest station is Appledore (Kent) station, about 3.3 miles east. Well-known places in the area include Smallhythe Place (1.8 miles west). For a walk, there’s Orlestone Forest.
Our process
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. For a building around Reading Street, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- 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.
- Old sealant and debris are cut out of every joint.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Getting a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Advice
Building owners, agents and FMs in Reading Street
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Reading Street can form part of a wider programme.
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm them with the quote.
Doing it in-house
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.