Mastic Sealing in Drellingore
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Drellingore. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
- Damp patches beside frames
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
Mastic sealing for Drellingore sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Common questions from Drellingore clients
Does the sea air around Drellingore change the choice of sealant?
It can. Wind-driven rain and, closer to the shore, salt air are harder on external joints. We choose the product for the exposure, prime where the manufacturer requires it and size the joint for its movement.
Is Drellingore off your patch?
No. Places such as Drellingore are covered as much as the big towns. London and every South East county are within our area. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
How do I request a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.
How do you handle work on occupied blocks?
Occupiers stay in the building throughout. We flag any areas that need internal access well before the dates so you can arrange it with occupiers.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Is asbestos a concern with old mastic?
We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials. Anything suspect is tested before we carry on, and the duty to manage asbestos sits with the dutyholder.
Mastic sealing in Drellingore, done properly
On a residential block, the work happens around people’s lives. The sequence, the areas and the dates are settled with you so you can let residents know what is happening. Communal entrances and stairs stay usable throughout. The enquiries we see most involve brittle perimeter mastic across a building and damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors, across communal kitchens and washrooms, window and door perimeters on blocks and communal entrances and stairwells. Most enquiries from Drellingore start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
Around smaller places like Drellingore, older walls fitted with newer windows are a familiar sight. The mastic needs to suit an irregular masonry face and the look of the building.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Place
- Drellingore (CT18, CT15)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
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Also in Drellingore
Why it’s worth doing now in Drellingore
Open external joints let water into walls and around frames. That can lead to damp, staining and damage to finishes, which is harder to deal with than resealing. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like Drellingore. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
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’re ready.
What you get with us
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
How the job changes by surface
Estate-wide resealing programmes
An estate of similar buildings suits a rolling programme. Each block is priced and scheduled in order.
Communal areas
Low-level communal joints get damaged more than most, so they often need renewing sooner.
Should maintenance staff do it?
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 typically costs more in the end than doing them right.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Drellingore
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we are straightforward to vet for your supplier list. We’re fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
Mastic sealing around Drellingore: points for this area
With the shore within about 2 miles, Drellingore counts as a coastal location. On buildings near the shore, the side facing the weather typically needs its mastic renewed first, and they deserve more regular inspection. At about 62 miles from central London, Drellingore is within reach of the capital. Within reach of London, blocks run by agents and associations are common around stations.
Owners of student blocks near University Centre Folkestone (3 miles south of Drellingore) can schedule frame and external mastic for the summer vacation. Landlords with units on estates such as West Park Farm North Retail Park, 2.4 miles to the south-west of Drellingore, can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme.
Drellingore is about 2 miles east of Hawkinge, in Kent. We cover Drellingore, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. We work across 931 places in Kent, large and small. There’s a separate page for Brighton, about 61 miles away.
If you need mastic sealing in CT18 and CT15, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Nearby places we also cover include South Alkham (1 mile north-east), Alkham (1 mile north-east), Satmar (1 mile south-east), Chalksole Green (1 mile north-east) and Capel-le-Ferne (2 miles south). Nearby towns on our patch include Ashford (15 miles west), Canterbury (12 miles north-west), Dover (4 miles east), Folkestone (3 miles south-west), Deal (11 miles north-east) and Hythe (6 miles south-west).
What’s near Drellingore
We work on buildings around Sladden Wood, among other places. The nearest railway station is Folkestone Central station, roughly 3.1 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Royal Victoria Hospital (2.9 miles south-west) and Folkestone Museum (3.1 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Sugar Loaf Hill and Dover Western Heights.
On site: what to expect
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before anything is cut or cleaned, and the work usually takes a few days for most blocks, with larger programmes scheduled building by building. Rural sites near Drellingore may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- We check the asbestos register for older buildings and look at the joints.
- A fixed quote covers the joints, products and order of work.
- We strip out the old sealant.
- The joints are prepared and resealed with the right product.
- We finish each building before moving to the next.
Before we start on site
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
Quotes
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over to discuss it first.
Related advice
Signs you need mastic sealing in Drellingore
Frames, panels and masonry expand and contract through the year, and every joint has to stretch and squeeze with them. A joint that was too narrow, too thin or the wrong product can’t cope long before it should.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
With historic buildings such as Acrise Place (3 miles west of Drellingore) in the wider area, owners of older properties around Drellingore should expect mastic to need a product that suits old masonry.
Questions to ask before you book
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- How they’ll work around occupants
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- How the existing material will be dealt with