Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Ashford, Kent
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations throughout Ashford and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
Mastic sealing for businesses in Ashford
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Mastic sealing in Ashford
For over 20 years we have resealed joints for owners, agents and landlords. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and the work is backed by public liability insurance. Resealed mastic joints in Ashford carry our 12-month guarantee. The enquiries we see most involve water getting in round frames after rain and patchy repairs in mismatched sealant, across communal entrances and stairwells, external wall and movement joints and communal kitchens and washrooms. Whoever orders the work in Ashford, the brief is usually the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Places the size of Ashford tend to have plenty of blocks, estates and mixed-use buildings run by agents, landlords and housing associations. Planned maintenance programmes can deal with failed mastic across a building or estate at once.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
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What sets the cost
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
Before you send an enquiry
There’s no need for a formal survey. These details are enough to start:
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- Access details, including height
- Your programme or deadline
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we will put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
At the end of each section, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out. In a large town like Ashford, work on busy buildings is planned area by area, keeping disruption low. Photos and drawings let us propose a sequence with the quote.
- First we look at the mastic on each building and note what needs replacing.
- We send a fixed quote that sets out the joints, the products and the programme.
- The sequence and the dates are fixed with you, giving you what you need to notify occupiers.
- Old sealant is stripped and each face prepared back to firm material.
- Backing rod and primer go in as the joint requires, then the new bead is placed and tooled.
- Finished joints are looked over and the 12-month guarantee confirmed.
Preparing the site
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Point out any areas we must not close
Get a fixed quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
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Why act early in Ashford
Open external joints let water into walls and around frames. That can lead to damp, staining and damage to finishes and those cost far more to put right. A leaking joint in a commercial building in Ashford can damage stock, ceilings and finishes. It’s worth fixing at the first sign.
What a job costs comes down to the quantity of joints, how much old material needs removing and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
Why clients in Ashford choose us
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
Mastic sealing in Ashford: the local picture
Ashford sits in one of the drier corners of the country, the South East. Outside mastic still needs a dry joint and the right temperature, while the elevations that take the most sun tend to show hardened mastic first. The 2 miles around Ashford include two care or nursing homes. Care home owners need frame and external mastic kept sound without unsettling residents.
Historic properties like Godinton House (2 miles north-west of Ashford) show the age of some local stock, where frame mastic must suit soft brick or stone. Property owners at sites such as Gallagher Retail Park, under half a mile to the south-east of Ashford, can have mastic renewed between lettings. Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Ashford International station (less than half a mile north-east of Ashford) and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building.
Ashford is in Kent. Our applicators travel to Ashford for work on mastic joints, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Our Kent coverage takes in 931 places, large and small. London is covered too, around 48 miles from Ashford.
Anyone looking for mastic sealing in TN23, TN24, TN25 and TN26 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on Market Lane, Church Road and Station Road or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for mastic joints. Being close to the A20 and A28, Ashford is easy to get to with materials and equipment. If your building is just outside Ashford, we cover Stanhope (1 mile south-west), Newtown (1 mile south-east), South Willesborough (1 mile south-east), Godinton (1 mile north-west) and Willesborough (1 mile east). Bigger towns within reach include Canterbury (13 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles north), Folkestone (14 miles east), Faversham (12 miles north), Hythe (10 miles south-east) and Davington (12 miles north). Ashford ranks among the main centres of Kent, with offices, shops, schools and other public and commercial buildings, and we cover them all.
Landmarks near Ashford
Around Ashford, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Locomotive pub, Ashford Green Corridors and Ashford School. Ashford has its own railway station: Ashford International station. Other landmarks nearby include William Harvey Hospital (2.1 miles east) and Ashford Designer Outlet (0.6 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Hatch Park.
What sealant work can’t fix
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is one of these:
- Frames that are rotten, warped or broken
- Water coming in from the roof or rainwater goods
- Masonry that has broken away beside the joint
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
FAQs: Ashford
Can you quote for a block close to Ashford International station?
Yes. Managing agents, landlords, property factors and housing associations are who this service is for. Send the address, photos of the elevations and your access arrangements, and we will give a fixed quote.
Can work in a care setting near Ashford go ahead while residents are there?
Yes. We work around residents’ routines, a room or two at a time. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
When is resealing likely to be due?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it.
Is asbestos a concern with old mastic?
Asbestos removal isn’t part of our work. If old sealant is suspected, work stops until it’s tested, and the duty to manage asbestos sits with the dutyholder.
Do you work for managing agents and housing associations?
Yes, block and estate work is a core part of what we do. We work through buildings in a planned order so you can plan around it.