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Industrial and floor joint sealing in Dial Post, West Sussex

Our CSCS-carded applicators take on floor joint sealing and filling in warehouses, factories and industrial units in Dial Post and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.

  • Sealant pulled out along a truck route
  • Grimy joint lines spoiling a showroom floor
  • Joint fill separating from the concrete
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Send details
Tell us about the site, with photos if you have them.
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Get a quote
One fixed quote covering the agreed scope.
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We seal
Prepared joints, the specified product, a tidy finish.
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Guaranteed
Signed off, with 12 months’ guarantee.
London, the South East & Scotland
CHAS & Constructionline
£5m PL insurance

Floor joint sealing for businesses in Dial Post

Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.

About our floor joint sealing in Dial Post

Few warehouses can shut a whole floor while joints are done, so we phase the work aisle by aisle or bay by bay. Share your site hours and access windows and the programme is built around them, with goods still moving in the areas we aren’t in. We work on retail and showroom floors, joints along racking aisles and saw-cut induced joints, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are filler that has parted from one face and unfilled floor joints collecting dirt and grit. For commercial sealant work in Dial Post, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.

For a site near Dial Post, measurements and photos up front mean one trip where possible. Tell us the joint widths if you can, and what drives or walks over them.

Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.

The Mastic Doctor team standing beside their branded vans outside an office building
Location
Dial Post (RH13)
Region
West Sussex
Guarantee
12 months on every job
Quote
Quoted before any work starts
Telephone
01277 525 020
Last updated
3 November 2026

Building owners, agents and FMs in Dial Post

We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Dial Post can sit alongside others in a wider programme across West Sussex.

Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, and each stage is agreed with your contact.

Your questions answered

Do you cover business parks and estates near Dial Post, such as Pondtail Farm (Business Park)?

Yes. We cover Dial Post and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Pondtail Farm (Business Park). A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.

Will our site in Dial Post have to close for joint sealing?

Rarely. Work is phased around your operations. Tell us which hours and entrances we can use and we will plan from there.

Will we need to close the floor?

We phase it. We work aisle by aisle or zone by zone so the rest of the floor stays in use around the site hours and access windows you give us.

Can you fill joints where the arrises have spalled?

Edge condition is recorded when we look at the floor. Where they have broken away, we’ll tell you before quoting the filling so the filling isn’t wasted.

Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?

Yes. Mastic Doctor is CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.

Will you just go over the old sealant?

No. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.

Does the weather affect the work?

It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Internal work is far less affected.

Honest limits

Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:

  • Worn screed or surface finishes
  • Structural cracking in the slab
  • Level or flatness problems across the floor

Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will tell you honestly before you book.

Surfaces we seal

  • Forklift and pallet-truck routes
  • Joints along racking aisles
  • Retail and showroom floors
  • Construction joints
  • Loading bays
  • Saw-cut induced joints

On site: what to expect

Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, keep walkways clear and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. For work around Dial Post, we aim to finish in one visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. Then the right materials arrive with us.

  1. First comes a walk of the floor to record joint sizes, broken edges and traffic routes.
  2. A fixed quote follows, listing the treatment for each area and the order of work.
  3. Old filler, debris and contamination are cut or routed out back to clean concrete.
  4. Dust is sucked out of the joint and a primer used if the product data sheet asks for one.
  5. The chosen product is placed to its specified depth and trimmed level with the floor.
  6. The area is handed back once it has cured enough to take traffic.

What we need from you

  • Let us know about inductions and permits
  • Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
  • Tell us which areas need to stay in use

Ask for a quote

Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.

Ask for a quote

Advice

Do you need floor joint sealing in Dial Post?

A soft, flexible sealant on a forklift route can’t hold the arrises up and the edges fail regardless. The opposite mistake happens as well: a rigid fill in a joint that is still opening cracks or debonds.

Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:

  • Old filler gone hard, cracked or loose
  • Trucks and loads jolting over damaged joints
  • Broken arrises where pallet trucks cross
  • Sealant pulled out along a truck route

Another example is Huffwood Trading Estate (2.3 miles east of Dial Post), where floors and yards would be done in stages around the occupiers.

What your quote should include

  • Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
  • Their approach to joint depth and backing
  • Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
  • Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid

Questions to ask before you appoint anyone

Should maintenance staff do it?

Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.

The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.

Traffic, movement and joints around Dial Post

The 3 miles around Dial Post take in at least three named trading estates, business parks or retail parks. Sites like these are full of saw-cut floor joints, yard slabs and car park joints. At about 39 miles from central London, Dial Post is within reach of the capital. Warehousing clusters around the motorways that ring and radiate from London.

For buildings at a park such as Pondtail Farm (Business Park), 2.2 miles to the north of Dial Post, brick and panel movement joints are easy to forget until one leaks.

Dial Post is about 7 miles south of Horsham, in West Sussex. Any commercial site in Dial Post is covered, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Dial Post is one of 373 places we cover in West Sussex for floor joints. There’s a separate page for Brighton, roughly 13 miles from Dial Post.

If you need floor joint sealing in RH13, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We cover commercial and managed buildings on The Green, Swallows Lane and Bentons Lane. Sites close to Dial Post are covered too, including Whitehall (2 miles north-west), Shipley (2 miles north), West Grinstead (2 miles north-east), Broomer's Corner (2 miles north-west) and Partridge Green (2 miles east). Further afield, our area takes in Crawley (13 miles north-east), Horsham (7 miles north), Worthing (10 miles south), Haywards Heath (12 miles east), Burgess Hill (10 miles east) and Littlehampton (13 miles south-west).

Local landmarks in Dial Post

Open spaces near Dial Post include Knepp Wildland and Chanctonbury Hill.

Map of Dial Post © OpenStreetMap contributors

What affects the price in Dial Post

These are the things that shape the price:

  • The size and state of each joint
  • Access and working height
  • Phasing around occupants
  • Distance, for remote addresses

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

What we need to price the job

However big the job, the same details help:

  • Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
  • The type of building and who uses it
  • The postcode of the building
  • How the joints are reached, and at what height

The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form to discuss it first.

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