Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Fishbourne, West Sussex
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations across Fishbourne, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
- A mix of products and colours from past repairs
- Movement joints with sealant missing
Mastic sealing across Fishbourne
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Questions about Fishbourne
Can being near the sea in Fishbourne affect the sealant we need?
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.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Fishbourne, such as Terminus Industrial Estate?
Yes. We cover Fishbourne and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Terminus Industrial Estate. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
How do I request a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
What do you charge?
Each job is quoted on its own details. To get one, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with a description of the work.
How do you handle work on occupied blocks?
The work is planned around occupiers. We agree the programme so you can notify occupiers, and entrances stay in use.
Do you work with property factors and landlords?
Yes. Managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios are our main clients for this work, and we quote building by building or as a programme.
How long will the new sealant last?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
About our mastic sealing in Fishbourne
Owners and agents typically inherit a building’s mastic rather than choose it and it slowly wears out: it sits round windows and doors, along external joints and through communal areas. When it hardens, splits or pulls away, water and draughts follow along with complaints. If you’re dealing with brittle perimeter mastic across a building and communal area joints that look neglected, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Whoever orders the work in Fishbourne, the brief is typically the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Owners with buildings around smaller places like Fishbourne often group mastic work so one visit covers several properties. One quote can cover a whole list of addresses.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Where
- Fishbourne (PO19, PO18)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Planned mastic for Fishbourne portfolios
Fishbourne lies within about 3 miles of the sea. For owners and agents with buildings near the sea, exposed elevations are where frame mastic fails first, and they deserve more regular inspection. The 2 miles around Fishbourne include three care or nursing homes. Care home owners need frame and external mastic kept sound without unsettling residents.
For a school such as Fishbourne CofE Primary School, perimeter mastic on windows and doors is a holiday job. If you manage student housing near a university such as University of Chichester, 1.8 miles to the east of Fishbourne, the summer turnaround is the time for mastic.
Fishbourne is about 1 mile west of Chichester, in West Sussex. We cover Fishbourne and the rest of West Sussex, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Fishbourne is one of 373 places we cover in West Sussex. Sites around Portsmouth have their own page, roughly 12 miles from Fishbourne.
Business premises anywhere in PO19 and PO18 are within our area for mastic joints. Among the streets we cover are Creek End, Palatine Gardens and Claver Gardens, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Just outside Fishbourne, we also work in Apuldram (1 mile south), Broadbridge (2 miles west), Bosham (2 miles west), East Ashling (2 miles north-west) and Bosham Hoe (2 miles south-west). Bigger towns within reach include Bognor Regis (6 miles south-east), Selsey (7 miles south), Littlehampton (12 miles east), Rustington (13 miles east), Angmering (15 miles east) and Yapton (9 miles east).
What’s near Fishbourne
In Fishbourne, that means premises near Central C of E Junior School and Bishop Luffa School and the streets around them. Fishbourne has its own railway station: Fishbourne station. Nearby you will also find Chichester Castle (1.6 miles east) and St Richard's Hospital (1.9 miles east). For a walk, there’s Stoke Down and Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve.
Why act early in Fishbourne
Looking at mastic during planned maintenance costs little. Leaving it until there’s a leak turns it into reactive work with less control over timing. A failed joint lets water into a building whatever its size. Early resealing avoids the damage that follows a leak.
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and how the joints are reached. Call for a quote when you are ready.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Fishbourne
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Colour agreed before work starts
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- CHAS accredited contractor
See our cost guide or how we’re accredited.
Cost factors for mastic joints
Quotes vary with the job. Expect it to depend on:
- How accessible the joints are
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- How much there is to seal
- The site’s rules and procedures
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
Before you send an enquiry
We can often quote from photos and a few details. Please tell us:
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- When you need the work done
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
After the work
For the best life from the joints:
- Reduce knocks to communal area joints
- Track which buildings were done and when
- Check sealant joints during planned building inspections
- Prioritise elevations facing the weather
Our workmanship is covered for 12 months, so report any failure in that time. After that, regular inspection keeps the programme on track.
Mastic fails gradually, then all at once in a wet spell. Resealing when cracking first shows avoids water damage and saves internal repairs.
On site: what to expect
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before any cutting starts, and the work usually takes a few days for most blocks, with larger programmes scheduled building by building. Several jobs near Fishbourne can be grouped on one trip. Tell us your site hours and we’ll plan around them.
- 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.
- 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.
What we need from you
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Get a fixed quote
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 send details through our quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
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When to call us in Fishbourne
Occasionally the substrate fails, not the sealant for instance where render or brick edges crumble. If the edges are unsound, we say so before quoting the sealing.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
Property owners at sites such as Terminus Industrial Estate (0.8 miles east of Fishbourne) can have mastic renewed between lettings.
Before you book anyone
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
When something else is needed
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- 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
- Misted or failed double-glazed units
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work in Fishbourne
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- External wall and movement joints
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Shopfronts below residential blocks