The Mastic Doctor team standing beside their branded vans outside an office building
West Sussex · England

Facade Sealing in Maudlin

Facade joint and window perimeter sealing on commercial buildings throughout Maudlin and nearby, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.

  • Leaks at window and door perimeters
  • Failed seals around shopfront and entrance frames
  • Draughts around frames and panels
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Send details
Photos, drawings or a schedule, or we visit.
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Get a quote
A fixed quote for the work, with the scope in writing.
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We seal
The right sealant, to the right depth, neatly finished.
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Guaranteed
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months.
London, the South East & Scotland
CHAS accredited
£5m public liability

Need facade sealing in Maudlin?

Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.

Facade sealing for commercial buildings in Maudlin

Access is part of every facade job, and we plan it with you before quoting. Tell us about access: whether scaffold is already up, what the client is arranging, and any restrictions on the site, and we’ll fit the work around it. Most enquiries involve perimeter joints where frames meet the structure and gaps between rainscreen or cladding panels, on coping and flashing joints, window and door perimeters and stone and brick facade joints. Most enquiries from Maudlin start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.

Conversions of older rural buildings near smaller places such as Maudlin bring stone, flint, brick and timber up against new glazing. A product that grips an irregular face, with a colour that suits the building’s character, is normally what’s needed.

Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, in Maudlin as everywhere else we work. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.

The Mastic Doctor team standing beside their branded vans outside an office building
Place
Maudlin (PO18)
Wider area
West Sussex
Guarantee
12 months on every job
Price
Fixed quote, scope in writing
Telephone
01277 525 020
Updated
3 November 2026

Do you need facade sealing in Maudlin?

When sealant lets go of a frame or panel, the cause is often the preparation. Dust, old sealant residue, damp or a missing primer stop it bonding properly, and movement soon pulls it away.

Most enquiries start with something like this:

  • Gaps between rainscreen or cladding panels
  • Unsightly perimeter sealant on a visible elevation
  • New sealant peeling off old mastic
  • Facade joints cracked through the middle

University estates such as University of Chichester (to the west of Maudlin) tend to have a rolling programme of new buildings and refurbishments, each with window perimeters and facade joints to seal.

Comparing quotes

  • How they’ll work around occupants
  • Their approach to joint depth and backing
  • The named product and why it was chosen
  • How the joint faces will be prepared and primed

Our contractor checklist

Cost factors for facade joints

Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It takes account of:

  • Travel to remote or island sites
  • Backing rod, priming and other preparation
  • Access and working height
  • Induction, permit and paperwork requirements

Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.

Sending details for a quote

The more we know, the firmer the quote. When you get in touch, include:

  • Whether an asbestos survey exists
  • Access details, including height
  • The product your specification calls for
  • Clear photographs of the problem areas

Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.

Leave it or put it right?

Resealing a few window perimeters is a small job; repairing water-damaged interiors and fixings is not. Water through a failed joint rarely stays where it starts, so the real damage is often some distance away. For buildings around smaller places like Maudlin, 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.

Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.

Why us?

  • Colour options checked against the specified product
  • A fixed quote before work starts
  • Specification-led, product-correct work
  • Our applicators hold CSCS cards

Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.

Owners, agents and contractors

Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. 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 guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.

Keeping the joints sound

A few simple habits keep the new joints working:

  • Brief window cleaners about newly sealed joints
  • Inspect facade joints on a regular cycle
  • Avoid patch repairs on failed facade joints
  • Confirm the survey covers external sealants in older buildings

Anything drilled through a facade joint breaks the seal. Make sure the joint is resealed afterwards using a matching sealant.

Check older buildings for asbestos before disturbing old mastic. Some older mastics contain it, and if it’s suspected, we stop until it has been tested.

On site: what to expect

We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. With the paperwork done, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact. Jobs in and around smaller places like Maudlin are normally planned as a single visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.

  1. We plan access and the order of elevations with the client.
  2. We only seal when joints are dry and within the product’s temperature range.
  3. Each joint is cut out and the edges inspected.
  4. Faces are cleaned, primed where needed and backed.
  5. Facade-grade sealant goes in and is tooled to a tidy concave profile.
  6. We hand over with our 12-month workmanship guarantee.

What we need from you

  • For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
  • Point out any areas we must not close
  • Arrange parking or a loading space

Ask for a quote

Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.

Get a quick quote

Advice

Questions we’re asked in Maudlin

Can you take on a job at a hospital such as St Richard's Hospital?

Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.

Is Glenmore Business Park, near Maudlin, within your area?

Yes. Our area takes in Maudlin and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Glenmore Business Park included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.

Do you install glazing systems?

No. We don’t install glazing systems, windows or glass. We seal the joints around them, including perimeters where frames meet the structure.

What’s the quickest route to a quote?

It works in four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. The first step only needs photos and a postcode.

Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?

Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, as many construction sites ask for.

How long before the joints can be used?

That comes down to the sealant and the temperature. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.

What type of sealant goes on window perimeters?

Low-modulus, neutral-cure silicone suits many facade and perimeter joints. Hybrid or MS polymer, polyurethane and polysulphide sealants suit others, as the specification or substrate requires.

Facades, frames and programmes in Maudlin

Maudlin lies roughly 53 miles out from central London. Towns within reach of London tend to keep building, from flats to offices and schools, so mastic packages have to keep pace with busy programmes. Maudlin is in the South East, one of the UK’s drier regions. Even so, frost and condensation on steel and glass are common on winter mornings, which is why external dates are agreed with the site manager.

Hotel extensions and refits, at places such as The Goodwood Hotel, 1.3 miles north of Maudlin, normally run between busy periods, so the sealing is squeezed into short windows. Extensions at sites like St Richard's Hospital (1.2 miles west of Maudlin) normally sit beside working departments, and the mastic follows strict access rules.

Maudlin is about 2 miles north-east of Chichester, in West Sussex. Across the PO18 postcode area, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We work across 373 places in West Sussex. Sites around Portsmouth have their own page, about 15 miles away.

We take on facade joints across the PO18 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. Among the streets we cover are Augustus Way, Vespasian Close and Stane Street, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. If your building is just outside Maudlin, we cover Westhampnett (1 mile west), Shopwyke (1 mile south), Westerton (1 mile north), Strettington (1 mile north-east) and Waterbeach (1 mile north). A short drive away, we cover Worthing (15 miles east), Bognor Regis (5 miles south-east), Selsey (8 miles south), Littlehampton (10 miles east), Rustington (11 miles east) and Storrington (14 miles east).

Around Maudlin

Recent enquiries here include premises near Chichester High School For Girls, The Coach And Horses Public House and Westbourne House School and the streets around them. Maudlin’s nearest station is Chichester station, about 2.1 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Chichester Castle (1.6 miles south-west) and The Chichester City Museum (1.7 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve and Levin Down.

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