Industrial and floor joint sealing in Ford, West Sussex
Floor joint sealing and filling in warehouses, factories and industrial units in Ford. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Loading bay joints breaking down
- Untidy open joints in a retail unit
- Joint edges breaking up under truck wheels
Need floor joint sealing in Ford?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Doing it in-house
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
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.
Floor joint sealing for commercial buildings in Ford
Few warehouses can shut a whole floor while joints are done, so the work is split into zones and treated one area at a time. Share your site hours and access windows and the programme is built around them so the rest of the operation keeps going. We work on construction joints, loading bays and forklift and pallet-truck routes, and the failures we are asked to look at most are untidy open joints in a retail unit and trucks and loads jolting over damaged joints. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Ford, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Jobs around smaller places like Ford are planned so the whole job is done in one visit, with the right materials on hand. Tell us the joint widths if you can, and what drives or walks over them.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. That covers our preparation and application, and if something we did falls short, we return to it.
- Where
- Ford (BN18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What the job involves on each surface
Saw-cut induced joints
Most of the joints in a warehouse floor are saw cuts. We clear them back to clean concrete and fill them to the depth the product calls for with a flush finish.
Retail and showroom floors
In retail, joints take trolleys, castors and cleaning machines rather than forklifts. We pick a filler or sealant to suit and the finish matters as much as the performance.
Do you need floor joint sealing in Ford?
Pallet-truck and forklift wheels concentrate weight on a tiny contact patch. Crossing an open joint, the wheel drops and knocks the opposite arris and those knocks chip the edge apart bit by bit.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Joint fill separating from the concrete
- A rough ride across broken joints
- Chipped and spalling edges along forklift routes
- Sealant pulled out along a truck route
A campus such as University of Chichester (Bognor Campus), 4.4 miles south-west of Ford, has long runs of movement joint in its buildings, decks and paving.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of insurance
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- What site paperwork they can supply
Maintenance after handover
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Treat loading bay joints first if they’re failing
- Check joint lines on busy aisles regularly
- Allow for topping up joints as a new slab settles
- Keep photographs of joints that look like they’re failing
Once cured, the joints get cleaned along with the slab. Tell us about aggressive cleaning products or hot washing at quote stage so the product suits them.
Joints are easiest to look after when someone checks them regularly. A phased plan, worst routes first, spreads the work out and keeps on top of the rest.
Other services in Ford
Joints that move: notes for Ford
The sea is no more than about 2 miles from Ford. Coastal yards and decks give their joints salt and wet weather to deal with, not just wheels, which is why split joints are worth sealing before the edges deteriorate. Ford has at least three named business or industrial parks inside a 3-mile radius. That puts plenty of warehouse floors, service yards and car parks close by, all with joints under traffic.
Phasing is what makes joint work possible on busy sites such as Ford Airfield Industrial Estate (0.8 miles south-west of Ford): one bay, aisle or car park row at a time. In a school such as The Littlehampton Academy, movement joints in brick, block and hall floors tend to be forgotten until they leak.
Ford is about 2 miles north-west of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Ford can call on us for floor joints, as part of our coverage of West Sussex. Ford is one of 373 places we cover in West Sussex. Brighton is covered too, around 20 miles from Ford.
If you need floor joint sealing in BN18, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on Station Road, Ford Road and Rodney Crescent or nearby, send details and we will quote for floor joints. We also cover Tortington (1 mile north), Horsemere Green (1 mile south), Climping (1 mile south), Wick (1 mile east) and Lyminster (1 mile east). Further afield, our area takes in Worthing (8 miles east), Bognor Regis (5 miles south-west), Chichester (9 miles west), Selsey (11 miles south-west), Shoreham-by-Sea (14 miles east) and Lancing (11 miles east).
What’s near Ford
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Arundel Arms Public House At Ford Station and the streets around them. Ford has its own railway station: Ford station. Well-known places in the area include Arundel and District Hospital (2.1 miles north) and Rustington Museum (3.5 miles east). Green spaces nearby include WWT Arundel.
Your questions answered
Does your area include sites such as Rudford Industrial Estate, near Ford?
Yes, sites like Rudford Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Ford. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
Is Ford too small for you to travel to?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. London and every South East county are within our area. Send photographs and a list of what needs doing, and we will plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
It can, when the joints are outside. 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.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is fully insured, public liability included.
How soon can traffic go back on the floor?
The wait is set by the product’s cure time, and cold floors slow it down. Phasing is planned with that in mind.
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.
Is colour matching possible?
Often, yes. Many products come in a range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or surrounding finishes is often possible. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
What sets the cost
Quotes vary with the job. It mainly depends on:
- Working within restricted access windows
- Any access equipment needed
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- The site’s rules and procedures
Cost follows what’s involved: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
Sending details for a quote
A few photographs plus some basic facts will normally do. Please tell us:
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Specification clauses that apply
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Our process
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. If others near Ford need work, visits can be combined. You will have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We walk the floor and mark up joint widths, edge damage and traffic routes.
- You receive a fixed quote showing products and phasing.
- Old fill and packed debris come out until both faces are sound.
- Dust is vacuumed out and primer applied where specified.
- The joint is filled to its specified depth and trimmed level.
- Zones reopen once cured and the work moves on.
What we need from you
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Send your site hours and access windows
Get a fixed quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with what you know.