Appledore mastic sealing
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Appledore and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
Mastic sealing near Appledore
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Cost factors for mastic joints
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It takes account of:
- The size and state of each joint
- Any access equipment needed
- How much existing material needs removing
- Whether the work must be split into stages
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Sending details for a quote
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Let us know:
- Any dates the work must fit around
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
About our mastic sealing in Appledore
Older blocks and commercial buildings can have mastic that contains asbestos. We check the asbestos register or survey before any old sealant is cut out, and work stops for testing if there’s any doubt. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials. We work on balcony and threshold joints, external wall and movement joints and shopfronts below residential blocks, and the failures we are asked to look at most are no planned programme for sealant and the same joint failures repeated across a portfolio. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Appledore, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Around smaller places like Appledore, older walls fitted with newer windows are a familiar sight. The mastic needs to suit an irregular masonry face and the look of the building.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Place
- Appledore (TN26)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions about Appledore
Will you take on a block within reach of Appledore (Kent) station?
Yes. Managing agents, landlords, property factors and housing associations are who this service is for. We work to your notice and access arrangements.
Is Appledore off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. London and every South East county are within our area. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it.
Do you check for asbestos in old sealant?
Asbestos removal isn’t part of our work. Anything suspect is tested before we carry on in line with the dutyholder’s asbestos management.
How do you handle work on occupied blocks?
Residents and tenants carry on as normal. If any flats or units need access, we will tell you in advance so it can be arranged.
Can you send RAMS and CSCS details before starting?
Let us know your requirements: tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, for external work. 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. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Different surfaces, different methods
External movement joints
Brickwork, blockwork and panel joints let a building move. Once that sealant goes, rain can reach the wall.
Estate-wide resealing programmes
Consistent products and colours across an estate make future maintenance simpler and easier to manage.
Places near Appledore
What else we do in Appledore
Leave it or put it right?
Looking at mastic during planned maintenance costs little. Waiting until leaks appear means working under pressure with less control over timing. Halls, stores and units around places like Appledore may not be checked every day, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Resealing early avoids that.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why appoint us
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- Clear, fixed quotes
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
Take a look at what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.
On site: what to expect
Inspect, seal, 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 the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. Smaller jobs around Appledore can be grouped with others nearby. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- We inspect each building and record the joints that have failed.
- You get a fixed quote, per block or for the whole programme.
- Dates and areas are agreed so occupiers can be told.
- Failed sealant is removed and the faces prepared.
- Joints are resealed and tooled.
- We check the finished work and confirm the guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Agree which areas must stay open
Request a quote
For a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or email us. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
Looking after the joints
Regular inspection catches problems early. In particular:
- Mention RAMS, insurance or CSCS requirements up front
- Reduce knocks to communal area joints
- Share the asbestos register when you send details
- Encourage occupiers to report problems at frames
Keep bins, bikes and deliveries away from low-level joints where you can. Damage at low level is the most common reason communal joints fail early.
Leaks at window perimeters spoil finishes and can affect frames. Early resealing is far simpler than repairs inside.
Looking after buildings in and around Appledore
Appledore lies roughly 50 miles out from central London. Around the capital’s commuter belt, managing agents look after many blocks close to stations and town centres, and window and balcony mastic on them tends to age at the same rate. Appledore is in the South East, one of the UK’s drier regions. Outside mastic still needs a dry joint and the right temperature, and south- and west-facing elevations, which take the most sun and rain, often age first.
Historic properties like Smallhythe Place (3.9 miles west of Appledore) show the age of some local stock, where frame mastic must suit soft brick or stone. Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Appledore (Kent) station, 1.3 miles to the east of Appledore, and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building. Churches, halls and community buildings such as Church of St Peter and St Paul are looked after by trustees and committees like any other owner, and their frames, doors and external joints need mastic renewed in time.
Appledore is about 8 miles south-west of Ashford, in Kent. If you are looking for mastic sealing in Appledore, we can help. Our Kent coverage takes in 931 places, from busy centres to rural villages. We also cover Brighton, some 42 miles away.
If you need mastic sealing in TN26, 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 Street, Old Way and Court Lodge Road. Nearby places we also cover include Appledore Heath (1 mile north), Stone in Oxney (1 mile south-west), Reading Street (2 miles west), Stone Corner (3 miles west) and Brattle (3 miles north) for mastic joints. Further afield, our area takes in Ashford (8 miles north-east), Hythe (13 miles east), Tenterden (5 miles north-west), Kennington (10 miles north-east), New Romney (7 miles south-east) and Staplehurst (14 miles north-west).
Around Appledore
The nearest railway station is Appledore (Kent) station, roughly 1.3 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Brenzett Aeronautical Museum (3.6 miles south-east). Not far away are Orlestone Forest.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.