Mastic sealant contractors in Chatham
Looking for mastic sealing in Chatham? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
- Patchy repairs in mismatched sealant
Mastic sealing across Chatham
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Block-wide mastic in Chatham
Chatham is in the South East, one of the UK’s drier regions. Outside work still depends on dry joints, and the sunniest, most exposed sides of a building normally need attention first. There are five care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Chatham. For owners and operators of care buildings, window perimeters and external joints are best renewed in planned phases around residents.
Property owners at sites such as Horsted Retail Park (1.1 miles west of Chatham) can have mastic renewed between lettings. Buildings close to stations like Chatham station, 1.7 miles north of Chatham, are often flats over shops, with frame mastic to keep sound. If you are responsible for a building such as Christ the King, frame and door mastic needs the same attention as any other property.
Chatham is about 29 miles east of London, in Medway. Any commercial site in Chatham is covered. 54 places across Medway fall within our area, including Chatham. We also cover London, some 29 miles away.
Anyone looking for mastic sealing in ME5, ME4, ME7 and ME1 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 Luton High Street, Market Place and High Street, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Being close to the A2 and A229, Chatham is straightforward for us to reach. Just outside Chatham, we also work in Luton (1 mile north), Hale (1 mile north-east), Darland (1 mile east), Capstone (1 mile east) and Walderslade (1 mile south). Nearby towns on our patch include Rochester (3 miles north-west), Rainham (3 miles east), Strood (3 miles north-west), Park Wood (3 miles east), Twydall (3 miles north-east) and Hoo St Werburgh (5 miles north). Chatham ranks among the main centres of Medway, with offices, shops, schools and other public and commercial buildings, and we cover them all.
Landmarks near Chatham
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Huntsman pub, Walderslade Girls' School and Darland Banks. The closest station to Chatham is Chatham station, roughly 1.7 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Six Poor Travellers House (2.5 miles north-west) and Rochester Castle (2.6 miles north-west). Not far away are Blue Bell Hill and Burham Down.
How we handle mastic sealing in Chatham
Most buildings come with mastic joints nobody has looked at since handover, and it ages quietly: window perimeters, door frames, external joints and communal junctions all rely on it. Once it cracks, hardens or comes away, draughts and water find a way in, and occupiers start reporting it. If you are dealing with no planned programme for sealant and damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors, we can put it right, whatever the surface. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Chatham from the first photographs to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Places the size of Chatham tend to have plenty of blocks, estates and mixed-use buildings run by agents, landlords and housing associations. A planned programme lets failed mastic be renewed block by block across an estate.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, wherever the site is. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
Why deal with it now?
Leaving failed external joints lets water reach the structure behind. That can lead to damp, staining and damage to finishes, which is harder to deal with than resealing. Businesses in Chatham often have several buildings with joints of a similar age. Renewing them in one programme saves time later.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
What you get with us
- Clear, fixed quotes
- CHAS accredited
- Colours chosen to suit frames, cladding or finishes where possible
- One number for every site we cover
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
When something else is needed
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. These need a different solution:
- Water coming in from the roof or rainwater goods
- Cracked or crumbling render, brick or stone at the joint edges (we will tell you if so)
- Failed window or door frames, which need a window contractor
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
Doing it in-house
Some joints are best left to specialists: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
From enquiry to sign-off
We follow your site rules from the start: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. Once we are cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. Town-centre jobs in Chatham can mean limited parking and loading, while out-of-town estates typically have yards and car parks. Either way, tell us what’s available.
- Each block or building is walked and the failed joints recorded with the likely cause.
- You get a fixed quote, priced per building where that helps your budgeting.
- The programme is fixed with you, including dates you can pass on to residents or tenants.
- Failed mastic is removed and the faces taken back to sound, dry 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
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Get a fixed quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Related advice
Questions about Chatham
Will you work in a care home in Chatham without moving residents out?
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.
We manage a building near Chatham station. Can you help?
Yes, and several blocks can go on one quote. Send the address, photos of the elevations and your access arrangements, and we will give a fixed quote.
Can weather delay the job?
Outside, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Inside work is seldom held up.
Who decides which product is used?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.
What if the old mastic contains asbestos?
Some mastics in pre-2000 buildings contain asbestos. We ask for the asbestos register or survey before work starts, and if it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested.
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Maintenance after handover
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Share your contractor requirements early
- Protect low-level joints in entrances
- Start inspections with the most exposed faces
- Track which buildings were done and when
Encourage occupiers to report water or draughts at frames. A quick report keeps a small repair small.
Left open, joint edges in render, brick or frames can deteriorate. Once that happens, repairs come before resealing and the job grows.
What the job involves on each surface
External movement joints
External movement joints take up expansion and contraction. Once that sealant goes, rain can reach the wall.
Planned maintenance
We can work into your cyclical maintenance plan on a timetable you set.