Lydden mastic sealing
We carry out mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Lydden and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Failed external movement joints
- Communal area joints that look neglected
- Water getting in round frames after rain
Need mastic sealing in Lydden?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
What sets the cost
We price every job individually. The things that drive the figure:
- Phasing around occupants
- Travel to remote or island sites
- The size and state of each joint
- Any access equipment needed
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What to include in your enquiry
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. Please tell us:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Your programme or deadline
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with what you know.
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in Lydden
Before work starts, most agents and landlords want the documents in order. Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote. We are a Constructionline member and CHAS accredited, and we carry public liability insurance. We work on window and door perimeters on blocks, communal entrances and stairwells and external wall and movement joints, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are a mix of products and colours from past repairs and open joints in brickwork or panels. Whoever orders the work in Lydden, the brief is normally the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
In and around smaller places like Lydden, 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.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. If an installation problem shows up, phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll arrange a return visit.
- Place
- Lydden (CT15)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Common questions from Lydden clients
Is Lydden too far out for you?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. London and every South East county are within our area. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Can you work at a site such as White Cliffs Business Park, by Lydden?
Yes. We cover Lydden and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as White Cliffs Business Park. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
Does the weather affect the work?
Outside, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Inside work is seldom held up.
Do you need to see the site first?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Do you check for asbestos in old sealant?
Asbestos removal isn’t part of our work. Anything suspect is tested before we carry on, and the duty to manage asbestos sits with the dutyholder.
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 it can be arranged.
Mastic sealing in Lydden: the local picture
Central London is about 62 miles from Lydden. Around the capital’s commuter belt, managing agents look after many blocks close to stations and town centres, and window and balcony mastic on them tends to age at the same rate. Rainfall across the South East, Lydden included, is lower than in many parts of the UK. Outside work still depends on dry joints, and elevations facing the sun and the prevailing weather are usually where frame mastic ages first.
Buildings close to stations like Kearsney station (to the south-east of Lydden) are often flats over shops, with frame mastic to keep sound. For a school such as Lydden Primary School, perimeter mastic on windows and doors is a holiday job.
Lydden is about 3 miles north-west of Dover, in Kent. Commercial clients in Lydden use us for work on mastic joints, as part of our coverage of Kent. Lydden is one of 931 places in Kent on our list for mastic joints. We also cover London, around 62 miles from Lydden.
We cover the CT15 postcode districts for mastic joints. Among the streets we cover are St Marys Rise, Canterbury Road and The Close, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. If your building is just outside Lydden, we cover Coldred (1 mile north), Ewell Minnis (1 mile south-west), Temple Ewell (1 mile south-east), Halfway Street (1 mile north-west) and Wolverton (2 miles south). Nearby towns on our patch include Canterbury (11 miles north-west), Dover (3 miles south-east), Folkestone (6 miles south-west), Ramsgate (14 miles north-east), Deal (8 miles north-east) and Herne Bay (15 miles north).
What’s near Lydden
Around Lydden, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Sladden Wood and Hope Inn. The nearest railway station is Kearsney station, roughly 1.6 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Dover Transport Museum (2.3 miles south-east) and Dover Castle (4.3 miles south-east). The countryside around Lydden includes Dover Western Heights.
Leave it or put it right?
Replacing mastic before water gets in is a planned job. Once water has tracked in, the repair list grows and occupiers notice. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like Lydden, rather than one at a time. Send photographs of each area and we’ll quote for the lot.
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
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Our process
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. For work around Lydden, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- We inspect the joints, building by building, and record what has failed and why.
- We send a fixed quote that sets out the joints, the products and the programme.
- The sequence and the dates are fixed with you, giving you what you need to notify occupiers.
- We remove the old mastic completely and clean the joint faces back.
- Backing rod and primer go in as the joint requires, then the new bead is placed and tooled.
- Completed joints are inspected and carry a 12-month workmanship guarantee.
Preparing the site
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Quotes
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
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Keeping the joints sound
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. We suggest:
- Group repairs into a planned programme
- Reduce knocks to communal area joints
- Make mastic part of routine maintenance checks
- List the paperwork your organisation requires when you send details
Encourage occupiers to report water or draughts at frames. A quick report keeps a small repair small.
Leaks at window perimeters spoil finishes and can affect frames. Resealing early keeps the job small.
What the job involves on each surface
Planned maintenance
Planned resealing replaces emergency callouts and spreads the work.
Tenement and older buildings
Older mastic can contain asbestos, so we check the asbestos register or survey first. Suspect material is tested before work continues.
When to call us in Lydden
Many failed joints were sealed without backing rod so the mastic is bonded on three sides. That three-sided adhesion stops it stretching and splits as the building moves.
Most enquiries start with one or more of the following:
- A mix of products and colours from past repairs
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
If you own or manage units on a site such as White Cliffs Business Park, 2.7 miles to the east of Lydden, failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit.
Comparing quotes
- Their public liability cover
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Their approach to joint depth and backing