Shepway expansion joint sealing
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Shepway and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Sealant pulling off the joint face
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Water getting into the wall through a failed joint
Expansion joint sealing for Shepway sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
How we handle expansion joint sealing in Shepway
Buildings and slabs are never completely still: they expand in the heat, shrink as they dry, and shift under load. Movement joints are where that movement is absorbed, and the sealant in them keeps water and debris out. Mastic Doctor reseals movement joints in brickwork, blockwork, concrete, cladding and floors on sites in Shepway. If you have rain penetration at brick or block movement joints and previous reseals laid over old sealant, we can help, on precast concrete panel joints, cladding panel joints and car park decks and ramps alike. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Shepway from the first photos to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
In a smaller place such as Shepway, floor and movement joints are often in agricultural and rural business units, schools and the odd small industrial yard. Their slabs and walls still need movement joints that work.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Location
- Shepway (ME15)
- Region
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Your questions answered
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as KIMS Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Does your area include sites such as Park Wood Trading Estate, near Shepway?
Yes. Our area takes in Shepway and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Park Wood Trading Estate included. To start, just phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Can you work on car park ramps and decks?
Yes. Deck and ramp joints are resealed with a trafficable sealant chosen for the movement.
What timescale should we allow for resealing expansion joints?
That depends on joint lengths, widths, access and how much old sealant or filler needs removing. As a guide, it usually takes a day or so for a modest run of joints, and longer where decks, ramps or floors are done in phases.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Let us know which documents the site needs, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm them with the quote.
Can a joint be sealed if the edges are broken?
A bond is only as strong as the material behind it, so we’ll tell you if the edges need repairing before sealing. Where it’s visible beforehand, we’ll say so when we quote.
Is colour matching possible?
Often, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We confirm what’s available for the specified product when we quote.
Nearby places to Shepway
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When to call us in Shepway
Sun, rain and frost age external movement joints. UV hardens the surface, and the sealant loses its ability to stretch and opens at the next temperature swing.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Sealant peeling off one face of the joint
- Arrises breaking up along floor joints
- Movement joints with split or torn sealant
If you manage units on an estate such as Park Wood Trading Estate, 1.3 miles south-east of Shepway, the floor joints under forklifts and pallet trucks and the slab joints in the yard are the ones to watch.
Before you book anyone
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
Joints that move: notes for Shepway
Shepway is about 32 miles from central London. The roads out of London are lined with trade parks and distribution sheds; their floors carry heavy traffic every shift. Shepway is in the South East, one of the UK’s drier regions. Even so, yard and car park joints are only sealed when they’re dry and clean, while winter salting gets into any joint left open.
At places like Orchard Industrial Estate, 1.4 miles south-east of Shepway, joints are sealed a section at a time so operations carry on. A campus such as University for the Creative Arts, 2.4 miles north-west of Shepway, has long runs of movement joint in its buildings, decks and paving.
Shepway is about 1 mile south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Across the ME15 postcode area, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. 931 places across Kent fall within our area, including Shepway. We also cover London, some 32 miles away.
We cover the ME15 postcode districts for movement joints. Among the streets we cover are Derby Road, Devon Road and Surrey Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. We also cover Willington (1 mile east), Park Wood (1 mile south), Otham (1 mile south-east), Maidstone (1 mile north-west) and Weavering (1 mile north-east). A short drive away, we cover Sittingbourne (10 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west), Gravesend (14 miles north-west), Tonbridge (12 miles west), Faversham (15 miles east) and Northfleet (15 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Shepway
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Mote Park, The Wheatsheaf pub and Senacre Technology College and the streets around them. The closest station to Shepway is Maidstone West station, about 1.7 miles north-west. A little further out are KIMS hospital (2.2 miles north) and Allington Castle (3.1 miles north-west). Not far away are Detling Hill.
Quoting for work in Shepway
These are the things that shape the price:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- How much existing material needs removing
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
A quote for movement joints depends on quantities, condition and access. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What we need to price the job
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, the same details help:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Any specification or named product
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- The type of building and who uses it
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
Surface by surface
Podium joints
On podiums, the joint can belong to a larger waterproofing detail. We reseal the joint where sealant is the specified fix and flag it if the membrane looks like the source.
Car park decks and ramps
Failed deck joints often show as leaks on the level below. We strip the old seal, prepare the edges and seal again flagging broken edges along the way.
When to bring in a specialist
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. 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.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
On site: what to expect
When we get to site, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, with the work itself normally taking a few hours to several weeks, depending on how many metres of joint there are and how much old sealant or filler needs removing. For a job in Shepway, the main thing is a clear picture of the work, so send photographs of each area. You will then get a fixed price for the work.
- We assess the joints on site or from photographs, noting widths and how each has failed.
- You receive a fixed quote stating the product and the movement it is rated for.
- Phasing is agreed so decks, floors or entrances can stay in use where needed.
- The failed seal is cut out and both joint faces cleaned back to sound material.
- Depth is controlled with backing, the faces are primed where the maker calls for it, then the bead is laid and tooled.
- Finished joints are inspected, the cure time confirmed and the 12-month guarantee applies.
Getting the site ready
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Quotes
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Advice
When something else is needed
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Broken or spalled joint edges, which need repairing before any sealant goes in
- A joint that has to be widened or re-detailed before it can work
- Proprietary pre-formed expansion joint systems
If you are not sure, just ring 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Blockwork control joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Brickwork movement joints