Old Romney facade sealing
Work needed on a facade joint in Old Romney? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- New sealant peeling off old mastic
- Weathered facade joints that have lost their grip
- Failed seals around shopfront and entrance frames
Facade sealing for businesses in Old Romney
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Leave it or put it right?
Patch repairs over old sealant tend to come back. A full cut-out and reseal costs more on the day but lasts much longer, so you aren’t paying for the same joint twice. Around Old Romney, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why clients in Old Romney choose us
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Clear, fixed quotes
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
Facade sealing for commercial buildings in Old Romney
Water ingress at window frames is a frequent reason facilities managers contact us. Very often the perimeter bead has cracked or lost its grip, though that isn’t the only cause. If the evidence points away from the sealant, we say so before quoting. The enquiries we see most involve leaks at window and door perimeters and sealant pulling away from frames or panels, on perimeter joints where frames meet the structure, cladding panel joints and stone and brick facade joints. Most enquiries from Old Romney 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.
Construction in and around smaller places such as Old Romney is often barn conversions, small groups of houses or extensions to halls and schools. Perimeters, facade joints and internal sealant all need doing properly, however small the scheme.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Place
- Old Romney (TN29)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
When it isn’t the sealant
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we are upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Damaged frames that need replacing
- Arranging specialist high-level access, which is planned with the client
- Installing or repairing glazing systems
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work in Old Romney
- Perimeter joints where frames meet the structure
- Window and door perimeters
- Shopfront frames
- Cladding panel joints
- Coping and flashing joints
- Stone and brick facade joints
Should maintenance staff do it?
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
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.
On site: what to expect
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 your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. Smaller jobs around Old Romney can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- First we review photos, drawings or what we saw on a visit, and agree how each joint will be reached.
- The old bead is cut away completely, not overlaid.
- Joint faces are cleaned to firm, sound material, with primer where the sealant maker specifies it.
- Backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints, limits the depth.
- The new sealant goes in and is tooled firmly onto both faces.
- We walk the finished joints with you before handing over.
Before we start on site
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Send your site hours and access windows
Getting a fixed quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
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Surface by surface
Render and coated surfaces
Paintable sealants exist for joints that will be coated. The choice depends on the specification and finish.
Precast concrete panels
Precast arrises sometimes crumble or carry old residue. We clean back to sound material and flag edges that need repair first.
Common questions from Old Romney clients
Will you fit the mastic around our build programme in Old Romney?
Yes. The mastic is planned around your key stages. Tell us which site documents you need, such as RAMS, our insurance certificate or CSCS details, and they’re confirmed with the quote.
Is a smaller place like Old Romney outside your area?
No. Places such as Old Romney are covered as much as the big towns. We cover Greater London and the counties of the South East. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
Will you check whether the sealant is causing the leak?
Yes. We check the sealant joints and report what we find before quoting. If the water seems to come from a roof, sill or the glazing unit instead, we say so.
Is old mastic on our building likely to contain asbestos?
For older buildings, yes, check before work starts. The duty to manage asbestos sits with the dutyholder, so ask for it before we start. Suspect material is left alone until it has been tested.
Is any job too small?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, and you deal with one contact throughout.
How soon can the area be used again?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day.
For managing agents and facilities managers
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Old Romney can form part of a wider programme.
Nearby places to Old Romney
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Building and refurbishing in Old Romney
Central London is about 55 miles from Old Romney. Commuter-belt towns tend to see a steady flow of new flats, offices and commercial schemes, and each scheme needs its mastic sealed to programme. Rainfall across the South East, Old Romney included, is lower than in many parts of the UK. Still, external mastic needs dry faces within the maker’s temperature limits, which isn’t every day, so the external programme keeps a little slack.
For contractors at a school such as The Marsh Academy, sealing has to be finished before term starts. Recladding or extending a unit at a site like Peak Industrial Park, 2.4 miles to the south-east of Old Romney, brings panel joints and frame perimeters into the programme.
Old Romney is about 10 miles south-west of Hythe, in Kent. Any commercial site in Old Romney is covered, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. Old Romney is one of 931 places we cover in Kent. There’s a separate page for Brighton, roughly 46 miles from Old Romney.
We cover the TN29 postcode districts. Just outside Old Romney, we also work in Ivychurch (2 miles north), New Romney (2 miles east), Brenzett (2 miles north-west), Lydd (3 miles south) and Brookland (3 miles west). Nearby towns on our patch include Ashford (10 miles north), Folkestone (14 miles north-east), Hythe (10 miles north-east), Hawkinge (14 miles north-east), Tenterden (10 miles north-west) and Cheriton (13 miles north-east).
Around Old Romney
For rail, the closest station is Appledore (Kent) station, about 4.5 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Brenzett Aeronautical Museum (1.9 miles north-west) and Romney 'castle' (less than half a mile north-east). The countryside around Old Romney includes Burnthouse Pen and Dungeness National.