South East England and London

Mastic Sealing in West Sussex

Mastic sealing in all 373 towns and villages of West Sussex, done properly, quoted before any work starts and a 12-month guarantee.

Need mastic sealing in West Sussex?

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

Ask for a quote 01277 525 020

Towns we cover in West Sussex

Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations. Choose your town from the list to see local details, and send details for a fixed quote.

Largest places

About mastic sealing in West Sussex

Our clients include managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios. Many prefer a planned programme to one-off visits, with each block quoted and scheduled in turn. The enquiries we see most involve no planned programme for sealant and leaks at window and door perimeters, across shopfronts below residential blocks, balcony and threshold joints and communal entrances and stairwells.

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.

Each block or building is walked and the failed joints recorded with the likely cause.
You get a fixed quote, priced per building where that helps your budgeting.
The sequence and the dates are fixed with you, giving you what you need to notify occupiers.
Failed mastic is removed and the faces taken back to sound, dry material.
Deep joints get backing rod, faces are primed if the manufacturer specifies it, then the joint is sealed and tooled.
Finished joints are looked over and the 12-month guarantee confirmed.

How we quote

Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.

Why choose Mastic Doctor

Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
CHAS accredited contractor
12-month guarantee on workmanship
Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators

Quotes

Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us.

Near you in Crawley

Around Crawley, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, St Wilfrid's Catholic School and Tilgate Park and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include The George Hotel (under half a mile north), Three Bridges Junior School (under half a mile south-east) and St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School (less than half a mile south-east). Crawley has its own railway station: Crawley station. Other landmarks nearby include Crawley Hospital (0.5 miles north-west) and County Mall (under half a mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Tilgate Lake.

Mastic sealing across West Sussex: the area picture

Portfolio owners and agents in West Sussex can bring buildings in places such as Crawley, Horsham and Worthing under one programme and one quote. We work to your notice and access plan, one building at a time.

The South East has large numbers of business parks and industrial estates, especially around the motorway corridors, and we cover West Sussex along with the rest of the region. Along the coast in West Sussex, hospitality buildings tend to be busiest in the summer months, so work is often best planned for quieter months.

Crawley: Trustees of buildings like Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony can bring frame and external mastic into a planned maintenance list. Property owners at sites such as Denvale Trade Park, less than half a mile to the north-east of Crawley, can have mastic renewed between lettings.

Looking after the joints

Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:

Protect low-level joints in entrances
Check the asbestos register before any old mastic is disturbed
Keep a record of when each building was resealed
Make it easy for occupiers to report draughts

Keep records of when each building was resealed. It helps plan the next round and gives you a history.

Planned resealing is easier to budget than emergency repairs. We can quote buildings in priority order and work down the list.

Quoting for work in West Sussex

These are the things that shape the price:

Site requirements such as inductions and permits
Backing rod, priming and other preparation
Removal of failed or old sealant
Travel to remote or island sites

We don’t publish prices, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.

Before you send an enquiry

To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:

Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
The postcode of the building
The type of building and who uses it
Anything awkward about access or site hours

Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.

Commercial clients in West Sussex

Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.

For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.

Why deal with it now?

Dealing with failed joints one report at a time is slow and scattered. A planned programme treats each building once, under a single quote and a single programme.

Questions to ask before you book

How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
How joint depth will be controlled
Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
Who will actually carry out the work

Different surfaces, different methods

Tenement and older buildings

Older buildings, including Scotland’s sandstone tenements, have their own joint details. The material either side of the joint shapes the product choice.

External movement joints

Joint size and product are matched to the expected movement, often around 2:1 width to depth, as the manufacturer advises.

Questions about West Sussex

How long before the joints can be used?

We’ll confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and sign any area that should be left alone.

Can you reseal a whole block or estate?

We can. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn starting wherever is most urgent.

Is mastic sealing guaranteed?

A 12-month guarantee covers our work. It covers our workmanship, not later building movement, damage or frame failures.

How do I request a quote?

There are four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photographs and a postcode.

Can you work to our specification?

Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to.

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

No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.

What will the job cost?

Every job gets its own fixed quote. To get one, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with a description of the work.