Farthingloe facade sealing
Facade joint and window perimeter sealing on commercial buildings in Farthingloe and across Kent. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Draughts around frames and panels
- Sealant pulling away from frames or panels
Facade sealing for Farthingloe sites
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
About our facade sealing in Farthingloe
External joints face UV, rain, temperature swings and building movement all year. How long a joint lasts depends on the movement it takes, its exposure, the product and how well it was installed. When the time comes, we cut the old sealant out completely and start again. We work on window and door perimeters, coping and flashing joints and stone and brick facade joints, and what we are called in for most is air leaks through failed facade joints and new sealant peeling off old mastic. Searching for sealant specialists in Farthingloe? We have been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
In the countryside around places like Farthingloe, conversion schemes put new frames into old stone, flint, brick or timber. Those joints need a sealant that suits an uneven, sometimes porous surface, and often a colour chosen for the building.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Where
- Farthingloe (CT15)
- Region
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Aftercare for building managers
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Avoid harsh cleaners on facade sealant
- Share access with other external trades
- Keep the sealant details on the building file
- Report water ingress at frames as soon as it shows
If new signage, brackets or services are fixed through a sealed joint, the seal needs making good. Ask the installer to reseal it properly.
In pre-2000 buildings, check the asbestos register before old sealant is cut out. Older sealants can contain asbestos, and if it’s suspected, we stop until it has been tested.
FAQs: Farthingloe
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like University Centre Folkestone?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we’ll plan the work around them. Tell us which site documents you need, such as RAMS, our insurance certificate or CSCS details, and they’re confirmed with the quote.
Is Farthingloe off your patch?
No. Places such as Farthingloe are covered as much as the big towns. Our area covers London and the South East counties. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Can the building stay open while you work?
Yes, as long as we plan it. We agree a sequence with your contact so just one area at a time is disrupted.
Do you take on small jobs?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
Do you use silicone for external joints?
It depends on the joint, the substrate and any specification. BS EN 15651 Parts 1 and 2 cover facade and glazing sealants, and specifications often name them and we follow the specified product.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
Do you run new sealant over the existing bead?
No. Overlaying is a shortcut that peels away quickly. Our method is a full cut-out, cleaning, backing and a new bead.
Honest limits
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Installing or repairing glazing systems
- Joints whose design needs changing by the specifier
- Arranging specialist high-level access, which is planned with the client
If in doubt, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will say what we think.
Where we work in Farthingloe
- Perimeter joints where frames meet the structure
- Shopfront frames
- Stone and brick facade joints
- Coping and flashing joints
- Window and door perimeters
- Cladding panel joints
Our process
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work typically takes a day or two for a few elevations, and longer where access has to be moved around the building, and we clear our waste as we work. Smaller jobs around Farthingloe can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We plan access and the order of elevations with the client.
- Weather and temperature are checked against the product’s limits.
- Each joint is cut out and the edges inspected.
- Faces are cleaned, primed where needed and backed.
- Sealant is gunned in and tooled hard onto both faces.
- We hand over with our 12-month workmanship guarantee.
What we need from you
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Send your site hours and access windows
Getting a fixed quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
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When to bring in a specialist
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, 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.
Facade sealing around Farthingloe: what changes locally
Farthingloe lies within about 1 mile of the sea. On a coastal site, facade and perimeter joints face driven rain and, closer to the beach, salt, so joint design, primers and product choice deserve extra care. A good number of hotels sit less than 2 miles from Farthingloe. When hotels extend or refit, the work is usually squeezed between peak periods, mastic included.
University estates such as University Centre Folkestone (to the south-west of Farthingloe) tend to have a rolling programme of new buildings and refurbishments, each with window perimeters and facade joints to seal. Projects at colleges like East Kent College, 1.7 miles to the north-east of Farthingloe, tend to run to term dates, so the mastic is planned tightly. Hotel extensions and refits, at places such as The Priory Hotel, which lies north-east of Farthingloe, typically run between busy periods, so the sealing is squeezed into short windows.
Farthingloe is about 2 miles south-west of Dover, in Kent. Any commercial site in Farthingloe is covered. Across Kent, 931 places are covered, including Farthingloe. Sites around Brighton have their own page, roughly 64 miles from Farthingloe.
Commercial sites across CT15 are covered. We also cover Maxton (1 mile north-east), Aycliffe (1 mile south-east), Church Hougham (1 mile west), Dover (2 miles north-east) and West Hougham (2 miles west) for facade joints. A short drive away, we cover Canterbury (14 miles north-west), Folkestone (5 miles south-west), Deal (9 miles north-east), Hythe (9 miles west), Walmer (8 miles north-east) and Hawkinge (5 miles west).
Near you in Farthingloe
Recent enquiries here include premises near Astor College for the Arts, Whinless Down and Crown & Sceptre pub. For rail, the closest station is Dover Priory station, about 1.3 miles north-east. A little further out are Buckland Hospital (1.2 miles north-east) and Old Town Gaol (1.6 miles north-east). Open spaces near Farthingloe include Dover Western Heights and Sugar Loaf Hill.
How the job changes by surface
Perimeter joints at frames and structure
Where framed systems such as shopfronts meet the building structure, there is a perimeter joint to seal. We seal those perimeter joints, not the framing or glazing itself.
Cladding panel joints
On sealed panel systems, every joint keeps water out. We cut out failed joints along their full length and rebuild them.
Leave it or put it right?
Topping up a failed joint typically buys very little time. A full cut-out and fresh bead is the repair that holds, so you aren’t paying for the same joint twice. For buildings around smaller places like Farthingloe, water damage can go unnoticed for longer, especially where a building isn’t used daily, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Resealing early avoids that.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Farthingloe
- Colours confirmed for the specified product
- Colours chosen to suit frames, cladding or finishes where possible
- Coloured sealants to suit the setting, where available
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance