Floor Joint Sealing in Old Tree
Planning work on a floor joint in Old Tree? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Dock area joints that have failed first
- Flexible sealant torn out by wheels
- Saw-cut joints left open and packed with grit
Floor joint sealing for Old Tree sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
From enquiry to sign-off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. Smaller jobs around Old Tree can be grouped with others nearby. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- We walk the floor and mark up joint widths, edge damage and traffic routes.
- You receive a fixed quote showing products and phasing.
- Each joint is cut or routed back to clean, sound concrete.
- We extract the dust and prime the faces if the product needs it.
- The joint is filled to its specified depth and trimmed level.
- We hand each phase back when it can take traffic.
Getting the site ready
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Quotes
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Related advice
Floor joint sealing in Old Tree
Floor joint sealing for us covers warehouse aisles, loading bays, production halls, retail floors and showroom slabs. Each job is priced from the metres of joint, their condition and the access windows we get and the figure is fixed before work begins. If you have untidy open joints in a retail unit and joint edges breaking up under truck wheels, we can help, whatever the surface. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Old Tree, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Around smaller places such as Old Tree, floor joints are often in barns and farm buildings turned into workshops, stores and offices. Whether it’s a farm store turned workshop or a storage unit, the joints need a product that suits the traffic.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: twelve months on the work we carried out. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Place
- Old Tree (CT3)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Surface by surface
Forklift and pallet-truck routes
A route joint has to take repeated wheel strikes without breaking up. We match the product to the wheel types and the traffic.
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.
General trades versus a specialist
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Redoing a failed joint normally 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.
Slabs, ramps and loading bays in Old Tree
The sea is no more than about 3 miles from Old Tree. External movement joints in car parks, ramps and yards near the coast take salt and wind-driven rain on top of traffic, which is why split joints are worth sealing before the edges deteriorate. Central London is about 56 miles from Old Tree. The roads out of London are lined with trade parks and distribution sheds, and their floor joints take forklift and pallet-truck traffic all day.
Business parks such as Chislet Business Park, 1.1 miles south of Old Tree, have car parks, paved areas and long brick and panel elevations, all with movement joints. Phasing is what makes joint work possible on busy sites such as Canterbury Industrial Park (1.6 miles south of Old Tree): one bay, aisle or car park row at a time.
Old Tree is about 3 miles south-east of Herne Bay, in Kent. Across the CT3 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. 931 places across Kent fall within our area, Old Tree among them. London is covered too, around 56 miles from Old Tree.
We take on floor joints across the CT3 postcode area, whatever the building. If your building is just outside Old Tree, we cover Maypole (1 mile west), Hoath (1 mile south-west), Millbank (1 mile north-west), Knave's Ash (1 mile south-west) and Hollow Street (1 mile south-east). Further afield, our area takes in Canterbury (6 miles south-west), Margate (10 miles east), Dover (15 miles south), Ramsgate (10 miles east), Broadstairs (11 miles east) and Whitstable (6 miles west).
What’s near Old Tree
In Old Tree, that means premises near Curtis Wood and Spires Academy, among other places. The closest station to Old Tree is Herne Bay station, roughly 2.9 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include St Martins Hospital (5.1 miles south-west). Open spaces near Old Tree include West Blean and Thornden Woods.
Common problems we fix in Old Tree
Floor joints collect dust, oil, curing compound and cleaning residue. If the faces aren’t taken back to clean concrete first, the new material simply lifts out.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Joint edges breaking up under truck wheels
- Trucks and loads jolting over damaged joints
- Untidy open joints in a retail unit
- Failing joints at loading bays and dock doors
Schools such as Hoath Primary School have movement joints in their walls and floors that are easy to overlook.
What to look for in a quote
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
Also near Old Tree
Also in Old Tree
Why act early in Old Tree
Tape, or whatever sealant is in the stores cupboard, may look like a fix for a while. None of it is designed for wheel loads and traffic soon pulls it out. The right filler or sealant saves doing it twice. Around Old Tree, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once. Send photos of each area and we’ll quote for the lot.
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why us?
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- A fixed quote before work starts
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
Owners, agents and contractors
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Old Tree can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Kent.
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.
Questions we’re asked in Old Tree
Do you cover business parks and estates near Old Tree, such as Chislet Business Park?
Yes. We cover Old Tree and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Chislet Business Park. To start, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is a hospital such as Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Do you repair broken joint edges?
A filler needs sound edges to grip. We will tell you if the joint edges need repairing first, so you can decide how to proceed.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
It depends on the product specified. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so we’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Can weather delay the job?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Internal work is rarely affected.
Are you CHAS accredited?
Yes. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
Do you use semi-rigid filler or flexible sealant on floor joints?
It depends on the traffic and the movement. Trafficked joints on truck routes normally need a semi-rigid filler to support the edges and joints with more movement take a flexible sealant.