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Facade Sealing contractors in Tyler Hill

Facade joint and window perimeter sealing on commercial buildings in Tyler Hill. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.

  • Cladding panel joints that have opened up
  • Perimeter sealant that has split or peeled away
  • Draughts around frames and panels
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Send details
Send the specification, photos or a marked-up plan.
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Get a quote
A fixed quote for the work, with the scope in writing.
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We seal
Prepared joints, the specified product, a tidy finish.
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Guaranteed
12-month guarantee on our workmanship.
London, the South East & Scotland
Constructionline member
Fully insured: £5m PL

Facade sealing near Tyler Hill

Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.

Facade sealing in Tyler Hill, done properly

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. If you have air leaks through failed facade joints and previous reseals run over old sealant, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Tyler Hill tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.

Conversions of older rural buildings near smaller places such as Tyler Hill 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 typically what’s needed.

We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. That covers our preparation and application, and we come back if anything isn’t right.

Where
Tyler Hill (CT2)
Region
Kent
Cover
12 months on every job
Quote
Quoted before any work starts
Call
01277 525 020
Page updated
3 November 2026
Mastic Doctor team members lined up next to their branded vans outside an office building

Questions we are asked in Tyler Hill

Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Saint Martin's Hospital?

Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.

Can you work around term dates at a campus such as University of Kent?

Yes. Education sites normally want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Tell us which site documents you need, such as RAMS, our insurance certificate or CSCS details, and they’re confirmed with the quote.

Does weather matter for sealant work?

It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Internal work is far less affected.

Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?

Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months.

How soon can the area be used again?

Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day.

Will your applicators have CSCS cards?

Yes. If you need card details for site access, tell us and we will confirm them with the quote.

Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?

No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.

Why deal with it now?

Scaffold or access already on site makes resealing much simpler. Combine it with planned external works and you only arrange access once. Halls, stores and units around places like Tyler Hill may not be checked every day, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Renewing joints in good time avoids the problem.

Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.

Why appoint us

  • Failed material removed, not covered up
  • One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
  • CSCS-carded applicators
  • 12-month guarantee on workmanship

Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.

New build and refits around Tyler Hill

A 2-mile radius around Tyler Hill takes in plenty of hotels. When hotels extend or refit, the work is normally squeezed between peak periods, mastic included. Tyler Hill 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, so external mastic is timed for workable conditions and agreed with the site manager.

Hospital estates such as Saint Martin's Hospital, 2.7 miles to the south-east of Tyler Hill, tend to grow and change in phases, often next to occupied wards, so facade and perimeter sealing has to fit the estates team’s plan. On a campus such as University of Kent, which lies south of Tyler Hill, new teaching buildings and residences are normally built and refurbished around the academic year. Projects at colleges like Canterbury College (to the south of Tyler Hill) tend to run to term dates, so the mastic is planned tightly.

Tyler Hill is about 2 miles north of Canterbury, in Kent. Our applicators travel to Tyler Hill for work on facade joints. Our Kent coverage takes in 931 places, large and small. Sites around London have their own page, roughly 52 miles from Tyler Hill.

Work on facade joints is covered throughout CT2. For a building on St Johns Crescent, Link Road and Summer Lane or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for facade joints. Sites close to Tyler Hill are covered too, including Hackington (1 mile south-east), Blean (1 mile west), Honey Hill (2 miles west), Radfall (2 miles north) and Denstroude (2 miles west). Bigger towns within reach include Ashford (15 miles south-west), Margate (15 miles east), Dover (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles west), Ramsgate (15 miles east) and Whitstable (3 miles north-west).

Landmarks near Tyler Hill

Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Tyler Hill Meadow, The Archbishop's School and St Edmund's School, among other places. The closest station to Tyler Hill is Canterbury West station, about 1.6 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Whitefriars Shopping Centre (2.2 miles south) and Canterbury Castle (2.2 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.

Map of Tyler Hill © OpenStreetMap contributors

How the quote is worked out

There’s no standard rate for sealant work, since sites vary so much. What we look at:

  • Working within restricted access windows
  • Which sealant the job calls for
  • Distance, for remote addresses
  • Joint width, depth and condition

What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.

Details that help us quote

Good information means a firmer quote. Helpful details to send:

  • Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
  • The product your specification calls for
  • Whether the building will be occupied during the work
  • Your programme or deadline

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.

Owners, agents and contractors

If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative, plus a 12-month guarantee.

Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.

Diagnose, treat, sign off

A typical day starts with protection: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself usually takes a day or two for a few elevations, and longer where access has to be moved around the building, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. Smaller jobs around Tyler Hill can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.

  1. We start with photographs, drawings or a visit to see the joints and agree access.
  2. Product choice follows the joint’s movement and substrate.
  3. The existing bead comes out in full and both faces cleaned back.
  4. Primer goes on where the product data asks for it.
  5. Backing rod is fitted and the new sealant gunned in and tooled.
  6. We go over the completed work with you before leaving.

Preparing the site

  • Share your working hours and any access restrictions
  • Move anything stored against the joints
  • Tell us which areas need to stay in use

Ask for a quote

Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.

Ask for a quote

Related advice

After the work

After handover, a little attention goes a long way:

  • Clear debris that holds water against joints
  • Insist on a full cut-out when joints are renewed
  • Keep pressure washers away from fresh sealant
  • Share access with other external trades

Look at perimeter and panel joints as part of routine building checks. Watch for splits, gaps at the edges, hardening and discolouration.

Coordinate facade sealing with other external works. Sharing the access keeps the cost down.

General trades versus a specialist

For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.

Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.

Accreditations

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