Temple Ewell expansion joint sealing
Need expansion joint sealing in Temple Ewell? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Sealant pulling off the joint face
- Previous reseals laid over old sealant
- Water getting into the wall through a failed joint
Expansion joint sealing for Temple Ewell sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
What sets the cost
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- Access and working height
- How much there is to seal
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Location, for remote and island sites
The specified product makes a difference, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Sending details for a quote
Good information means a firmer quote. When you get in touch, include:
- Any dates the work must fit around
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
How we handle expansion joint sealing in Temple Ewell
Long runs of brick or block have movement joints built in 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 with primer where the maker calls for it. The enquiries we see most involve sealant peeling off one face of the joint and arrises breaking up along floor joints, on car park decks and ramps, podiums and floor movement joints and brickwork movement joints. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Temple Ewell tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Jobs around smaller places like Temple Ewell are planned so the whole job is done in one visit, with the right materials on hand. Note joint widths and the traffic that uses them, and we will take it from there.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: twelve months on the work we carried out. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Place
- Temple Ewell (CT16, CT17)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
What we are called out for in Temple Ewell
Three-sided adhesion is a common cause of early failure. Bonded on three faces, it can’t stretch evenly when the joint opens, which is why depth control matters.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- Rain penetration at brick or block movement joints
- Weathered movement joint sealant that no longer flexes
- Layers of sealant in a movement joint
For buildings at a park such as White Cliffs Business Park, which lies east of Temple Ewell, brick and panel movement joints are easy to forget until one leaks.
What your quote should include
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
Where floor joints take the most wear near Temple Ewell
Temple Ewell is within about 3 miles of the coast. Open joints in coastal car parks and yards let in salt-laden water as well as grit, and edges left open tend to break up faster. Temple Ewell sits in one of the drier corners of the country, the South East. 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 Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School, playground and building joints can be done in the holidays. Sites like Buckland Hospital (to the south-east of Temple Ewell) carry ambulances, deliveries and visitors’ cars over their road and deck joints.
Temple Ewell is about 2 miles north-west of Dover, in Kent. Commercial clients in Temple Ewell can call on us for movement joints, as part of our coverage of Kent. Temple Ewell is one of 931 places in Kent on our list for movement joints. Our London page has more on work in that area.
Business premises anywhere in CT16 and CT17 are within our area. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Park Road, Lower Road and Green Lane. If your building is just outside Temple Ewell, we cover Kearsney (1 mile south), River (1 mile south-east), Whitfield (1 mile north-east), Lydden (1 mile north-west) and Wolverton (2 miles south-west). A short drive away, we cover Canterbury (12 miles north-west), Folkestone (6 miles south-west), Ramsgate (14 miles north-east), Deal (7 miles north-east), Hythe (10 miles south-west) and Walmer (7 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Temple Ewell
We work on buildings around Dover Christ Church Academy, Royal Oak Cottage The Royal Oak Public House and Old Park Hill. There’s a railway station in Temple Ewell itself: Kearsney station. Nearby you’ll also find Dover Castle (2.9 miles south-east) and Dover Transport Museum (0.9 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Dover Western Heights.
Also in Temple Ewell
When to bring in a specialist
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
There’s also the paperwork. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Your questions answered
Is White Cliffs Business Park, near Temple Ewell, within your area?
Yes. We cover Temple Ewell and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as White Cliffs Business Park. To start, just phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Does a coastal location like Temple Ewell affect which sealant is used?
It can. Coastal exposure works external joints harder than inland weather. Product choice and preparation matter more, and sea-facing elevations are worth inspecting more often.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
It depends on the product specified. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so we’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Is Temple Ewell in your area?
Yes. Sites across Temple Ewell are covered.
Do you reseal car park expansion joints?
Yes. We use a sealant designed for wheel loads and the expected movement.
Is any job too small?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Can you fit around our working hours?
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.
Our process
Where the site stays busy, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed, then handed back before the next one starts. For a building around Temple Ewell, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we will 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, and flag anything that needs an engineer.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Getting a fixed quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
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Owners, agents and contractors
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.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.
How the job changes by surface
Podium joints
Podiums take foot traffic, planters and weather. We choose a product that copes with feet, wheels and weather.
Internal floor movement joints
Floor joints include saw-cut joints and construction joints. A semi-rigid filler is common in trafficked industrial floors.