Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Ivy Hatch, Kent
Mastic sealing in Ivy Hatch, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- A mix of products and colours from past repairs
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Failed external movement joints
Mastic sealing across Ivy Hatch
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Mastic sealing in Ivy Hatch, done properly
Owners and agents usually inherit a building’s mastic rather than choose it, and it ages quietly: it sits round windows and doors, along external joints and through communal areas. When it hardens, splits or pulls away, water and draughts follow, and occupiers start reporting it. If you’re dealing with leaks at window and door perimeters and cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block, we can put it right, whatever the surface. For commercial sealant work in Ivy Hatch, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, whether it’s one building or several.
For buildings around smaller places like Ivy Hatch, we group work so one trip covers it. Photos of each elevation help us quote accurately.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we’re clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Place
- Ivy Hatch (TN15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Ivy Hatch: questions and answers
Is a smaller place like Ivy Hatch outside your area?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We cover Greater London and the counties of the South East. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Can you quote for a block close to Borough Green & Wrotham station?
Yes, and several blocks can go on one quote. We work to your notice and access arrangements.
Who decides which product is used?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
Is mastic sealing guaranteed?
Our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee and we hold public liability insurance.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and any queries are raised before we start.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
Yes. We survey and price each building, then work through them in order, and the programme can start with the worst.
Will residents or tenants be disturbed?
We plan around people living or working in the building. We agree the programme so you can notify occupiers and communal access is kept open.
After the work
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Share these points with them:
- Check the asbestos register before any old mastic is disturbed
- Plan resealing building by building rather than complaint by complaint
- Reduce knocks to communal area joints
- List the paperwork your organisation requires when you send details
Our workmanship is covered for 12 months, so report any failure in that time. After that, regular inspection keeps the programme on track.
Budgets are easier to plan when sealant is part of planned maintenance. We can quote buildings in priority order and work down the list.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
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 day or two for a single block, longer for an estate programme. Jobs in and around smaller places like Ivy Hatch are usually planned as a single visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- 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.
- Joint faces are cleaned, backed and resealed.
- We finish each building before moving to the next.
Getting the site ready
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Get a fixed quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Advice
When to bring in a specialist
Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Commercial clients in Ivy Hatch
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
Looking after buildings in and around Ivy Hatch
Ivy Hatch sits in one of the drier corners of the country, the South East. External mastic still waits for dry faces and the right temperature, and elevations facing the sun and the prevailing weather are normally where frame mastic ages first. Ivy Hatch is about 22 miles from central London. Commuter-belt towns tend to have plenty of managed blocks near stations and town centres.
Historic properties like Ightham Mote, 0.7 miles to the south of Ivy Hatch, show the age of some local stock, where frame mastic must suit soft brick or stone. Churches, halls and community buildings such as Ivy Hatch Church are looked after by trustees and committees like any other owner, and their frames, doors and external joints need mastic renewed in time.
Ivy Hatch is about 4 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Anywhere in TN15, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We work across 931 places in Kent. For work in that direction, see our London page (22 miles or so).
Anyone looking for mastic sealing in TN15 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Buildings on Coach Road, Ismays Road and Stone Street Road are within our area for mastic joints. Close to Ivy Hatch, our area also takes in Ightham (1 mile north-east), Stone Street (1 mile west), Sheet Hill (1 mile east), Yopps Green (1 mile east) and Oldbury (1 mile north). Further afield, our area takes in Maidstone (11 miles east), Dartford (12 miles north), Sevenoaks (4 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (9 miles south), Gravesend (12 miles north) and Tonbridge (5 miles south).
Around Ivy Hatch
We work on buildings around Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve and The Plough pub. The nearest railway station is Borough Green & Wrotham station, about 2.2 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Beechin Wood Archery Museum (2.8 miles north-east) and Sevenoaks Hospital (3.6 miles west).
What we’re called out for in Ivy Hatch
Previous repairs often sealed new mastic over old. New sealant won’t grip failed sealant, so these repairs rarely last.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
- No planned programme for sealant
Property owners at sites such as Chaucer Business Park, 2.3 miles to the north-west of Ivy Hatch, can have mastic renewed between lettings.
Before you book anyone
- How joint depth will be controlled
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
What sealant work can’t fix
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It won’t put right:
- Broken glass or failed sealed units
- Roof leaks, gutters or failed flashings that aren’t sealant joints
- Asbestos-containing sealant, which we don’t remove
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we seal
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- External wall and movement joints
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms