Old Tree mastic sealing
Sealant work in Old Tree for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations, quoted at a fixed price.
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
Mastic sealing for businesses in Old Tree
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in Old Tree
Across Old Tree and the rest of Kent, we work the same way: you send details, we return a fixed quote, the joints are resealed and the 12-month guarantee follows. Addresses, photos of typical joints and a rough idea of quantities let us give a quick quote, and site visits can be arranged. If you are dealing with damp patches beside frames and repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings, we can help, on communal entrances and stairwells, shopfronts below residential blocks and balcony and threshold joints alike. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Old Tree, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Owners and agents with buildings around smaller places such as Old Tree tend to manage small terraces of association properties, converted barns and commercial units. Frame and wall-joint mastic on all of them ages and hardens.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll come back to it.
- Where
- Old Tree (CT3)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Cost factors for mastic joints
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It takes account of:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Travel to remote or island sites
- How accessible the joints are
- The total length or number of joints
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
What to include in your enquiry
We can often quote from photos and a few details. It helps to include:
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Any dates the work must fit around
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Also near Old Tree
Other services in Old Tree
Do you need mastic sealing in Old Tree?
In communal areas, joints take knocks from bins, bikes, buggies and deliveries, and low-level joints get damaged. Cleaning products add to the wear.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
- No planned programme for sealant
For a school such as Hoath Primary School, perimeter mastic on windows and doors is a holiday job.
What to look for in a quote
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Their public liability cover
Old Tree: questions and answers
Can being near the sea in Old Tree affect the sealant we need?
It can. Coastal exposure works external joints harder than inland weather. We choose the product for the exposure, prime where the manufacturer requires it and size the joint for its movement.
Do you work for managing agents with blocks near Herne Bay station?
Yes. Blocks of any size are within what we do. Give us the building’s details and say how residents are notified, and we’ll quote and plan to suit.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
We can. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn, and the programme can start with the worst.
What if the old mastic contains asbestos?
In older buildings, old mastic can contain asbestos. We ask for the asbestos register or survey before work starts and suspect material is tested first.
What guarantee do you give on resealing?
There is a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship and we hold public liability insurance.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.
Mastic sealing in Old Tree: the local picture
The sea is no more than about 3 miles from Old Tree. Sea-facing elevations take driven rain and salt, and their mastic shows it before the sheltered sides do, and they deserve more regular inspection. The South East is one of the drier parts of the UK. Even so, frame mastic only goes on in dry, workable conditions, and elevations facing the sun and the prevailing weather are typically where frame mastic ages first.
For agents with blocks near Herne Bay station, 2.9 miles to the north-west of Old Tree, a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go. Landlords with units on estates such as Chislet Business Park (1.1 miles south of Old Tree) can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme.
Old Tree is about 3 miles south-east of Herne Bay, in Kent. Anywhere in CT3, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Across Kent, 931 places are covered, including Old Tree. We also cover London, around 56 miles from Old Tree.
Business premises anywhere in CT3 are within our area. Nearby places we also cover include Maypole (1 mile west), Hoath (1 mile south-west), Millbank (1 mile north-west), Knave's Ash (1 mile south-west) and Hollow Street (1 mile south-east) for mastic joints. A short drive away, we cover Canterbury (6 miles south-west), Margate (10 miles east), Dover (15 miles south), Ramsgate (10 miles east), Broadstairs (11 miles east) and Whitstable (6 miles west).
What’s near Old Tree
We work on buildings around Curtis Wood and Spires Academy and the streets around them. The closest station to Old Tree is Herne Bay station, roughly 2.9 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include St Martins Hospital (5.1 miles south-west). Open spaces near Old Tree include West Blean and Thornden Woods.
General trades versus a specialist
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class, which is what makes a joint last.
Some joints are best left to specialists: 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.
Commercial clients in Old Tree
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
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.
What happens if it’s left?
Looking at mastic during planned maintenance costs little. Waiting until leaks appear means working under pressure and less choice about when. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like Old Tree, rather than one at a time. Send photos of each area and we will quote for the lot.
Pricing mastic joints depends on quantities, condition and access. Call for a quote.
What you get with us
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Public liability insurance in place
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- A range of standard colours, depending on the product
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
On site: what to expect
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. Smaller jobs around Old Tree can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. You will have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We inspect each building and record the joints that have failed.
- The quote is fixed and split as suits you.
- Dates and areas are agreed so occupiers can be told.
- Old mastic is removed and the joint faces prepared.
- New sealant goes in with backing rod and primer where needed.
- Each building is checked and signed off with the 12-month guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Request a quote
Every quote starts with the facts: 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.