Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Bishopstone, Kent
Work needed on a mastic joint in Bishopstone? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Failed external movement joints
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
Mastic sealing for Bishopstone sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
How we handle mastic sealing in Bishopstone
We work for building owners, landlords with commercial or block portfolios, managing agents and housing associations. A planned, building-by-building programme often works better than reacting to each complaint, with each block quoted and scheduled in turn. We work on shopfronts below residential blocks, balcony and threshold joints and communal entrances and stairwells, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are no planned programme for sealant and occupiers reporting cold air round windows. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Bishopstone? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005.
Converted and older buildings in and around Bishopstone often put modern windows into old walls. The mastic there needs to suit both surfaces.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: 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
- Bishopstone (CT6)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Looking after the joints
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. Our advice:
- Keep bins and bikes away from communal door frames
- Share your contractor requirements early
- Check sealant joints during planned building inspections
- Track which buildings were done and when
Include sealant in planned building inspections. Watch for splits, open gaps, hard or chalky surfaces and mastic pulling away, and note the building and elevation.
Joints on a building age together, so it pays to look at the whole elevation. A planned reseal saves repeated visits.
What sets the cost
What shapes the price:
- How much there is to seal
- The product specified
- Phasing around occupants
- Travel to remote or island sites
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Before you send an enquiry
We can often quote from photos and a few details. Please tell us:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Any dates the work must fit around
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
How the job changes by surface
Tenement and older buildings
Stone needs a neutral-cure product and we choose accordingly.
Communal areas
Joints at low level in communal areas take knocks from bins, bikes and buggies and tend to fail first.
What happens if it’s left?
Replacing mastic before water gets in is a planned job. After water has got in, there may be damp, damaged plaster or decoration to put right too and occupiers notice. For buildings in places like Bishopstone, one well-planned visit beats several small ones, so it’s worth dealing with every failing joint at once.
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
Why us?
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Standard and matched colours in many product ranges
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- One contact handling all your sites
Frames, entrances and external joints in Bishopstone
Bishopstone is within about 1 mile of the coast. For owners and agents with buildings near the sea, exposed elevations are where frame mastic fails first. Bishopstone has two care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Frame mastic on care buildings is best renewed elevation by elevation, with the manager deciding timings.
Landlords with units on estates such as Eddington Business Park (to the west of Bishopstone) can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme. Churches, halls and community buildings such as Church of St Mary the Virgin are looked after by trustees and committees like any other owner, and their frames, doors and external joints need mastic renewed in time. Site managers at schools like Reculver Church of England Primary School can fit frame mastic into the summer works.
Bishopstone is about 2 miles east of Herne Bay, in Kent. Anywhere in CT6, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Bishopstone is one of 931 places we cover in Kent for mastic joints. We also cover London, around 55 miles from Bishopstone.
If you need mastic sealing in CT6, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Among the streets we cover are Manor Road, Puffin Road and Neville Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Just outside Bishopstone, we also work in Hillborough (1 mile south), Beltinge (1 mile west), Hawthorn (1 mile south), Reculver (1 mile east) and Broomfield (1 mile south-west). A short drive away, we cover Canterbury (8 miles south-west), Margate (9 miles east), Ramsgate (11 miles east), Broadstairs (11 miles east), Whitstable (6 miles west) and Deal (14 miles south-east).
Around Bishopstone
We work on buildings around Bishopstone Cliffs. Bishopstone’s nearest station is Herne Bay station, about 2.4 miles west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (5.3 miles west). The countryside around Bishopstone includes West Blean and Thornden Woods.
FAQs: Bishopstone
Does the sea air around Bishopstone change the choice of sealant?
It can, yes: buildings near the sea take more wind-driven rain, and salt in the air nearer the shore. That puts more weight on product choice, primers where the manufacturer specifies them, and correct joint sizing.
Is Bishopstone off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. London and every South East county are within our area. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
How long does a typical visit take?
It depends on the scope, but the work typically takes one or more days per building, depending on the joint lengths and the access. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Can you send RAMS and CSCS details before starting?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm with the quote. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
When is resealing likely to be due?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
What if the old mastic contains asbestos?
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.
What guarantee do you give on resealing?
Every building we reseal has a 12-month guarantee. It applies to our workmanship rather than damage or problems with the frames.
Also near Bishopstone
What else we do in Bishopstone
How a job runs
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. We sign and contain the area we are in, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. Several jobs near Bishopstone can be grouped on one trip. Mention the building’s opening times and we’ll work within them.
- First comes a look at the joints and, for older buildings, the asbestos records.
- A fixed quote covers the joints, products and order of work.
- Failed mastic is removed completely.
- The joints are prepared and resealed with the right product.
- Buildings are completed in turn.
Before we start on site
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Getting a fixed quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, phone 01277 525 020 or email us.
Related advice
General trades versus a specialist
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Some joints are best left to specialists: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.