Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Bradwell, Essex

General trades versus a specialist

For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class, which is what makes a joint last.

Redoing a failed joint normally costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.

Mastic sealing in Bradwell: the local picture

The South East is one of the drier parts of the UK. External mastic still waits for dry faces and the right temperature, and the sunniest, most exposed sides of a building typically need attention first. At about 40 miles from central London, Bradwell is within reach of the capital. Managed blocks of flats are a big part of commuter-belt property, and window and balcony mastic on them tends to age at the same rate.

If you own or manage units on a site such as Lanham Business Park, which lies south-west of Bradwell, failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit. Churches, halls and community buildings such as Parish Church of the Holy Trinity are looked after by trustees and committees like any other owner, and their frames, doors and external joints need mastic renewed in time. Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Braintree Freeport station, 2.3 miles to the west of Bradwell, and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building.

Bradwell is about 3 miles east of Braintree, in Essex. Any commercial site in Bradwell is covered. Bradwell is one of 644 places in Essex on our list. For work in that direction, see our London page (40 miles or so).

Postcode districts covered here: CM77. Buildings on The Street, Church Road and Rectory Meadow are within our area. Sites close to Bradwell are covered too, including Perry Green (1 mile south), Lanham Green (1 mile south-west), Pattiswick (1 mile north-east), Stisted (1 mile north) and Cressing (1 mile south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Colchester (12 miles east), Chelmsford (11 miles south-west), Braintree (3 miles west), Maldon (11 miles south), Witham (5 miles south) and Camulodunum (11 miles east).

What’s near Bradwell

Around Bradwell, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Dolphin Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Bradwell is Braintree Freeport station, roughly 2.3 miles west of the centre. A little further out are Laundry & Mangle Museum (2.2 miles east) and William Julien Courtauld Hospital (3.3 miles west). Not far away are Belcher's and Broadfield Woods.

Work for main contractors and building owners

If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.

For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules.

Different surfaces, different methods

Communal areas

Low-level communal joints get damaged more than most, so they often need renewing sooner.

Window and door perimeters on blocks

On most blocks, the frame-to-wall joint is where failure shows first. Old perimeter mastic is removed, the joint prepared and new sealant tooled in.