Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Hermitage, West Berkshire
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Hermitage. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Failed external movement joints
- No planned programme for sealant
- Communal area joints that look neglected
Need mastic sealing in Hermitage?
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Quoting for work in Hermitage
Quotes vary with the job. It mainly depends on:
- The size and state of each joint
- The product specified
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Travel to remote or island sites
A quote for mastic joints depends on quantities, condition and access, and any specification that applies. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Details that help us quote
We can often quote from photos and a few details. It helps to include:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Specification clauses that apply
- What the building is and how it’s used
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
About our mastic sealing in Hermitage
Older blocks and commercial buildings can have mastic that contains asbestos. Before we disturb it, we ask to see the asbestos register or survey and if it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested. Removing asbestos-containing material isn’t something we do. If you have patchy repairs in mismatched sealant and failed external movement joints, we can put it right, on window and door perimeters on blocks, communal entrances and stairwells and communal kitchens and washrooms alike. Whoever orders the work in Hermitage, the brief is usually the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
In and around smaller places like Hermitage, landlords and agents often look after small groups of housing association properties, converted farm buildings and community buildings. Mastic around frames and on external joints wears out in time, whatever the building.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Location
- Hermitage (RG18)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Your questions answered
Can you work at a site such as Red Shute Hill Industrial Estate, by Hermitage?
Yes, sites like Red Shute Hill Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Hermitage. To start, just call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do you work for managing agents with blocks near Newbury Racecourse station?
Yes, we work for agents, landlords and housing associations with blocks of every size. Photos of each elevation help us quote accurately.
Can weather delay the job?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Internal work is rarely affected.
How long do sealant joints last?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
How many days will you need on site?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. We’ll give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
Can you reseal a whole block or estate?
Yes. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn, and the programme can start with the worst.
What guarantee do you give on resealing?
Every building we reseal has a 12-month guarantee. It covers our workmanship, not later building movement, damage or frame failures.
Mastic sealing in Hermitage: the local picture
Rainfall across the South East, Hermitage included, is lower than in many parts of the UK. Outside mastic still needs a dry joint and the right temperature, while the elevations that take the most sun tend to show hardened mastic first. Central London is about 51 miles from Hermitage. Managed blocks of flats are a big part of commuter-belt property; their frame mastic often ages block-wide.
Trustees of buildings like Holy Trinity can bring frame and external mastic into a planned maintenance list. Schools and community buildings such as Hermitage Primary School need frame and external mastic kept sound like any building.
Hermitage is about 4 miles north of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Hermitage use us for work on mastic joints, as part of our coverage of West Berkshire. Across West Berkshire, 140 places are covered, Hermitage among them. We also cover Reading, some 13 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in RG18 are within our area for mastic joints. Buildings on Newbury Road, Lipscomb Close and Marlston Road are within our area. Sites close to Hermitage are covered too, including Longlane (1 mile south-west), Little Hungerford (1 mile north-east), Oare (1 mile north), Wellhouse (1 mile east) and Curridge (1 mile south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Newbury (4 miles south-west), Thatcham (4 miles south), Burghfield Common (10 miles east), Speenhamland (4 miles south-west), Hungerford (11 miles west) and Fords Farm (11 miles east).
Near you in Hermitage
We work on buildings around The White Horse pub. Hermitage’s nearest station is Newbury Racecourse station, about 4 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Hampstead Norris Castle (2.4 miles north-east) and West Berkshire Community Hospital (3.3 miles south). Not far away are Snelsmore Common.
What we are called out for in Hermitage
In communal areas, joints take knocks from bins, bikes, buggies and deliveries, with joints near the floor and around doors suffering most. Cleaning products add to the wear.
Any of the following is a good reason to get the joints checked over:
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
Historic properties like Shaw House (3.4 miles south-west of Hermitage) show the age of some local stock, where frame mastic must suit soft brick or stone.
What your quote should include
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
After the work
To get the most from the new sealant:
- Prioritise elevations facing the weather
- Share your contractor requirements early
- Reduce knocks to communal area joints
- Log resealing dates block by block
If a joint we sealed fails within 12 months, tell us and we will look at it. 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.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong usually costs more in the end than doing them right.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. The work itself normally takes a few days for most blocks, with larger programmes scheduled building by building, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. For work around Hermitage, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photos and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- We inspect each building and record the joints that have failed.
- The quote is fixed and split as suits you.
- We agree the programme and dates with you.
- Old mastic is removed and the joint faces prepared.
- Joints are resealed and tooled.
- Each building is checked and signed off with the 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
Quotes
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 email the details over.
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Also in Hermitage
Different surfaces, different methods
External movement joints
Brickwork, blockwork and panel joints let a building move. Once that sealant goes, rain can reach the wall.
Commercial and mixed-use buildings
Landlords with commercial portfolios have shopfronts, office entrances and external joints to look after. We work across portfolios on a planned basis.