Selmeston mastic sealing
Mastic sealing for Selmeston, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Failed external movement joints
Mastic sealing near Selmeston
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
How we handle mastic sealing in Selmeston
Our clients include managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios. A planned, building-by-building programme often works better than reacting to each complaint and we quote and schedule each building in turn. If you are dealing with failed external movement joints and cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block, we can help, whatever the surface. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Selmeston first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Owners and agents with buildings around smaller places such as Selmeston 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.
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.
- Place
- Selmeston (BN26)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Keeping the joints sound
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Group repairs into a planned programme
- Start inspections with the most exposed faces
- Check sealant joints during planned building inspections
- Make it easy for occupiers to report draughts
Protect entrance and corridor joints from knocks where possible. Knocks cause many early failures in communal areas.
One failed perimeter normally means others on the same building are close, so it pays to look at the whole elevation. A planned reseal saves repeated visits.
Also in Selmeston
What happens if it’s left?
Mixed repairs by different contractors leave a patchwork of products and colours. A block-wide reseal gives one product, one colour and one guarantee and one 12-month guarantee. For buildings around smaller places like Selmeston, water damage can go unnoticed for longer, especially where a building isn’t used daily, which gives a failed joint time to do damage. Resealing early avoids that.
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
What you get with us
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Standard and matched colours in many product ranges
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.
Selmeston: questions and answers
Do you cover business parks and estates near Selmeston, such as Berwick Court Farm Business Park?
Yes, sites like Berwick Court Farm Business Park are within our area, along with the rest of Selmeston. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Is a smaller place like Selmeston outside your area?
Not at all. Selmeston is within our area. London and every South East county are within our area. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Can you seal joints high up on a block?
It depends on the building. How upper joints are reached is agreed before work is booked so there are no surprises.
What if the old mastic contains asbestos?
We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials. If old sealant is suspected, work stops until it’s tested, and the duty to manage asbestos sits with the dutyholder.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we’ll price the work to it.
What guarantee do you give on resealing?
Every building we reseal has a 12-month guarantee. It applies to our workmanship rather than damage or problems with the frames.
Does the weather affect the work?
Outside, 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.
Quoting for work in Selmeston
These are the things that shape the price:
- How accessible the joints are
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Travel to remote or island sites
- The size and state of each joint
The specified product makes a difference, and so does the preparation. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Details that help us quote
We can often quote from photos and a few details. It helps to include:
- Any specification or named product
- What the building is and how it’s used
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Any dates the work must fit around
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Looking after buildings in and around Selmeston
Selmeston is in the South East, one of the UK’s drier regions. Even so, frame mastic only goes on in dry, workable conditions, and south- and west-facing elevations, which take the most sun and rain, often age first. At about 47 miles from central London, Selmeston is within reach of the capital. Commuter-belt towns tend to have plenty of managed blocks near stations and town centres.
For agents with blocks near Berwick (Sussex) station, 1 mile east of Selmeston, a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go. Student accommodation around universities such as University of Brighton, 4.1 miles to the south-west of Selmeston, is typically managed block by block, which suits a planned mastic programme. Landlords with units on estates such as Berwick Court Farm Business Park (to the south-east of Selmeston) can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme.
Selmeston is about 5 miles north of Seaford, in East Sussex. Anywhere in BN26, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. We work across 308 places in East Sussex. Our Brighton page has more on work in that area.
If you need mastic sealing in BN26, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on The Street and Lewes Road or nearby, we can quote for mastic joints. We also cover Alciston (1 mile south), Berwick (1 mile east), Ripe (2 miles north), Winton (2 miles south) and Wickstreet (2 miles north-east) for mastic joints. A short drive away, we cover Eastbourne (7 miles south-east), Bexhill-on-Sea (14 miles east), Seaford (5 miles south), Lewes (6 miles west), Hailsham (5 miles east) and Crowborough (14 miles north).
Landmarks near Selmeston
In Selmeston, that means premises near The Barley Mow pub, among other places. Selmeston’s nearest station is Berwick (Sussex) station, roughly 1 mile east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Drusillas Museum (1.8 miles south-east) and Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital (5.3 miles south-west). The countryside around Selmeston includes Firle Beacon.
Different surfaces, different methods
Tenement and older buildings
Some old mastics in pre-2000 buildings contain asbestos and the register is checked before anything is disturbed. Suspect material is tested before work continues.
Window and door perimeters on blocks
We typically work through a block’s windows in a planned order. How each joint is reached is agreed at quote stage.
General trades versus a specialist
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
From enquiry to sign-off
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. Jobs in and around smaller places like Selmeston are typically planned as a single visit, so we ask for photos and rough sizes first. That way the right products come on the day.
- Each block or building is walked and the failed joints recorded with the likely cause.
- You get a fixed quote, priced per building where that helps your budgeting.
- Dates, areas and access are agreed so residents or tenants can be told in advance.
- 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.
- Each building is checked on completion and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Getting a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.