Caring mastic sealing
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Caring and across Kent. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- Patchy repairs in mismatched sealant
Mastic sealing across Caring
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Owners, agents and contractors
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Caring can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Kent.
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in Caring
We diagnose before we prescribe: what has failed, what caused it and whether new sealant will actually solve it. Failed mastic is stripped, the faces taken back to sound material, primed where the manufacturer specifies and resealed and backing rod used wherever a joint is deep. If you are dealing with no planned programme for sealant and mastic failing across several blocks on an estate, we can put it right, on shopfronts below residential blocks, communal entrances and stairwells and communal kitchens and washrooms alike. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Caring is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
For buildings around smaller places like Caring, we group work so one trip covers it. Photos of each elevation help us quote accurately.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and if something we did falls short, we return to it.
- Location
- Caring (ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
From enquiry to sign-off
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. We sign and contain the area we are in, keep walkways clear and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Smaller jobs around Caring can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- First comes a look at the joints and, for older buildings, the asbestos records.
- The products and programme are set out in a fixed quote.
- Failed mastic is removed completely.
- Joint faces are cleaned, backed and resealed.
- We finish each building before moving to the next.
Preparing the site
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Related advice
Towns and villages near Caring
Other services in Caring
Mastic sealing around Caring: what changes locally
There are two care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Caring. Owners of care premises can bring window and door mastic into a phased programme planned around the home. 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.
If you look after a block within reach of Bearsted station, which lies north-west of Caring, frame and balcony mastic can be renewed on one programme. Schools and community buildings such as Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School need frame and external mastic kept sound like any building. If you’re responsible for a building such as St Nicholas's Church, frame and door mastic needs the same attention as any other property.
Caring is about 3 miles east of Maidstone, in Kent. Across the ME17 postcode area, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Caring is one of 931 places in Kent on our list for mastic joints. Our London page has more on work in that area.
Anyone looking for mastic sealing in ME17 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Among the streets we cover are Caring Lane and Caring Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Nearby places we also cover include Otham (1 mile south-west), Bearsted (1 mile north-west), Langley (1 mile south), Langley Heath (1 mile south) and Willington (2 miles west). Nearby towns on our patch include Maidstone (3 miles west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Tonbridge (14 miles west) and Faversham (13 miles east).
What’s near Caring
In Caring, that means premises near The Orchard Spot Public House, among other places. The closest station to Caring is Bearsted station, about 1.5 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include The Mall Maidstone (3.1 miles west) and Laundry Museum (1.4 miles east). Not far away are Detling Hill.
When it isn’t the sealant
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Asbestos-containing sealant, which we don’t remove
- Substrate edges that need repairing first
- Frames that are rotten, warped or broken
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work in Caring
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
What affects the price in Caring
These are the things that shape the price:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Working within restricted access windows
- How accessible the joints are
- Removal of failed or old sealant
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote.
Details that help us quote
We can often quote from photos and a few details. Please tell us:
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.
Questions we are asked in Caring
Can you work in a care home near Caring with residents in?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. Tell us about any infection-control or safeguarding requirements and we will work to them.
Is Caring off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We cover Greater London and the counties of the South East. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
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 hold CHAS accreditation and Constructionline membership.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a visit before quoting.
Can you seal joints high up on a block?
Every block is different. How upper joints are reached is agreed before work is booked so the fixed quote reflects it.
When can the area be used after sealing?
That comes down to the sealant and the temperature. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
How the job changes by surface
Commercial and mixed-use buildings
Commercial occupiers typically stay open during the work so the work is phased.
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.
What happens if it’s left?
Sealing over failed mastic looks tidy for a while. It doesn’t bond and typically fails within a short time. Full removal and proper preparation is what lasts. Older rural buildings around Caring move with the seasons, and rigid or tired sealant can’t keep up. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Caring
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Standard and matched colours in many product ranges
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.