Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Bicester, Oxfordshire
Mastic sealing in Bicester, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Water getting in round frames after rain
Mastic sealing across Bicester
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Mastic sealing in Bicester, done properly
Blocks are lived in, so access and disruption have to be thought through. The sequence, the areas and the dates are settled with you, giving you what you need to notify residents. Entrances and stairwells are kept in use while we work. We work on communal kitchens and washrooms, shopfronts below residential blocks and communal entrances and stairwells, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are water getting in round frames after rain and the same joint failures repeated across a portfolio. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Bicester is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
In Bicester, as in most towns, a block may have frames from several eras, so mastic around them can be of mixed age and quality. A look at the whole building shows which joints need doing now.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Place
- Bicester (OX26, OX27)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Quoting for work in Bicester
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- How much existing material needs removing
- Any access equipment needed
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Travel to remote or island sites
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote.
What we need to price the job
There’s no need for a formal survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- The type of building and who uses it
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
What sealant work can’t fix
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Asbestos-containing sealant, which we don’t remove
- Misted or failed double-glazed units
- Masonry that has broken away beside the joint
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work in Bicester
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Balcony and threshold joints
- External wall and movement joints
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
FAQs: Bicester
Is Talisman Business Centre, near Bicester, within your area?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Bicester, Talisman Business Centre among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Do you work in occupied care homes around Bicester?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we’ll price the work to it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Is asbestos a concern with old mastic?
In older buildings, old mastic can contain asbestos. We ask for the asbestos register or survey before work starts and suspect material is tested first.
How long does a typical visit take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we’re given. We’ll give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
How do we ask for a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over. Include photographs or drawings if you have them.
How soon can the area be used again?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, and we confirm it before leaving site.
What happens if it’s left?
Open external joints let water into walls and around frames. Damp patches, stained plaster and decorating claims can follow, which is harder to deal with than resealing. In Bicester, as anywhere, the simplest time to fix a failed joint is before it leaks. After a leak, there’s drying, repairs and redecoration on top.
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 when you are ready.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Bicester
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- Colours chosen to suit frames, cladding or finishes where possible
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Clear, fixed quotes
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.
Looking after the joints
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Keep a record of when each building was resealed
- Start inspections with the most exposed faces
- Have the asbestos survey to hand for older buildings
- Encourage occupiers to report problems at frames
Where a paintable product was specified, it can be painted after curing. Silicone usually can’t be painted, so keep decorators off it unless told otherwise.
Water getting in round frames can damage plaster, decoration and the frames themselves. Resealing early keeps the job small.
Block-wide mastic in Bicester
Bicester sits in one of the drier corners of the country, the South East. External mastic still waits for dry faces and the right temperature, and elevations facing the sun and the prevailing weather are usually where frame mastic ages first. Two care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Bicester. For owners and operators of care buildings, window perimeters and external joints are best renewed in planned phases around residents.
If you own or manage units on a site such as Talisman Business Centre, 0.8 miles to the south of Bicester, failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit. For agents with blocks near Bicester North station, under half a mile to the east of Bicester, a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go. Churches, halls and community buildings such as Church of St Edburg are looked after by trustees and committees like any other owner, and their frames, doors and external joints need mastic renewed in time.
Bicester is about 11 miles north of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. We cover Bicester and the rest of Oxfordshire, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Bicester is one of 423 places we cover in Oxfordshire. Our Oxford page has more on work in that area (11 miles or so).
We take on mastic joints across the OX26 and OX27 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. Among the streets we cover are Market Square, Market End Way and London Road. With the A4095 and B4100 nearby, Bicester is easy to get to with materials and equipment. We also cover Bure Park (1 mile north), Caversfield (1 mile north), Bucknell (2 miles north-west), Stratton Audley (3 miles north-east) and Stoke Lyne (3 miles north) for mastic joints. Further afield, our area takes in Oxford (11 miles south), Banbury (14 miles north-west), Thame (13 miles south-east), Kidlington (8 miles south-west), Headington Quarry (10 miles south) and St John Street area (11 miles south-west). Bicester is one of the busier places in Oxfordshire, and we take on mastic joints for its commercial and public buildings.
What’s near Bicester
Recent enquiries here include premises near Bicester Technology Studio and The Plough pub and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Bicester itself: Bicester North station. Other landmarks nearby include Bicester Community Hospital (less than half a mile south) and Bicester Village (0.7 miles south). For a walk, there’s Graven Hill and Woodsides Meadow.
Nearby places to Bicester
Other services in Bicester
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint, which is what makes a joint last.
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
On site: what to expect
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before anything is cut or cleaned, and the work usually takes a few days for most blocks, with larger programmes scheduled building by building. If you have more than one building in Bicester, they can often be done on the same visit. Give us your access times and we’ll fit the work in.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- The quote is fixed and split as suits you.
- Dates and areas are agreed so occupiers can be told.
- Old mastic is removed and the joint faces prepared.
- New sealant goes in with backing rod and primer where needed.
- We check the finished work and confirm the guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Point out any areas we must not close
Getting a fixed quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us if you’d rather talk the job through.