Mastic Sealing in Shippon
Work needed on a mastic joint in Shippon? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
- No planned programme for sealant
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
Mastic sealing in Shippon
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
From enquiry to sign-off
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. With the paperwork done, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact. Jobs in and around smaller places like Shippon are normally planned as a single visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. That way the right products come on the day.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- You get a fixed quote, per block or for the whole programme.
- Dates and areas are agreed so occupiers can be told.
- Old mastic is removed and the joint faces prepared.
- Joints are resealed and tooled.
- We check the finished work and confirm the guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Quotes
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
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Mastic sealing in Shippon, done properly
There isn’t one mastic for every joint on a building. Window perimeters and external joints often take a low-modulus neutral-cure silicone, while hybrid polymer sealants grip many materials and are often paintable. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product. We work on balcony and threshold joints, external wall and movement joints and communal entrances and stairwells, and what we’re called in for most is mastic failing across several blocks on an estate and patchy repairs in mismatched sealant. Most enquiries from Shippon start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: 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 Shippon 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.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Place
- Shippon (OX13)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
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What happens if it’s left?
Dealing with failed joints one report at a time is slow and scattered. A planned programme treats each building once, under a single quote and a single programme. For buildings around smaller places like Shippon, water damage can go unnoticed for longer, especially where a building isn’t used daily, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Renewing joints in good time avoids the problem.
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Why clients in Shippon choose us
- Colours confirmed for the specified product
- One contact handling all your sites
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
FAQs: Shippon
Is Abingdon Business Park, near Shippon, within your area?
Yes. We cover Shippon and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Abingdon Business Park. To start, just ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is Shippon too far out for you?
No. Places such as Shippon are covered as much as the big towns. Our area covers London and the South East counties. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
How do we ask for a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Internal work is far less affected.
What if the old mastic contains asbestos?
We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials. Anything suspect is tested before we carry on in line with the dutyholder’s asbestos management.
How soon can the area be used again?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Do you guarantee the mastic work?
Our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee, backed by public liability insurance.
What affects the price in Shippon
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It takes account of:
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The total length or number of joints
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Access and working height
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote once you have the details.
What to include in your enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Send us:
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- The product your specification calls for
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we’ll put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to ring 01277 525 020 or email us.
Common problems we fix in Shippon
Previous repairs often sealed new mastic over old. New silicone has nothing to grip on old silicone, so these repairs rarely last.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Movement joints with sealant missing
Site managers at schools like Larkmead School can fit frame mastic into the summer works.
What your quote should include
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Their public liability cover
Mastic sealing around Shippon: what changes locally
Rainfall across the South East, Shippon included, is lower than in many parts of the UK. Outside work still depends on dry joints, and the sunniest, most exposed sides of a building typically need attention first. Central London is about 53 miles from Shippon. 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.
Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Radley station, 2.8 miles to the east of Shippon, and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building. For owners of several units at places like Abingdon Business Park, which lies south of Shippon, one programme can deal with frame and external mastic across the lot.
Shippon is about 1 mile west of Abingdon-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire. Commercial clients in Shippon can call on us for mastic joints, as part of our coverage of Oxfordshire. 423 places across Oxfordshire fall within our area, Shippon among them. Oxford is covered too, some 6 miles away.
Commercial sites across OX13 are covered. Streets here include Chestnut Tree Close, Willow Tree Close and Whitehouse Close. Close to Shippon, our area also takes in Cothill (1 mile north-west), Dry Sandford (2 miles north-west), Marcham (2 miles south-west), Sutton Wick (2 miles south) and Frilford Heath (2 miles west). A short drive away, we cover Oxford (6 miles north-east), Didcot (6 miles south-east), Witney (11 miles north-west), Carterton (14 miles north-west), Thame (15 miles east) and Wantage (8 miles south-west).
Near you in Shippon
Recent enquiries here include premises near St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Prince Of Wales pub and Albert Park, among other places. Shippon’s nearest station is Radley station, roughly 2.8 miles east. Nearby you will also find Abingdon Community Hospital (0.8 miles south) and FitzHarris Castle (1 mile south-east). Not far away are Cumnor Hill and Dry Sandford Pit.
Looking after the joints
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Group repairs into a planned programme
- Look at the sunniest and most exposed elevations first
- Have the asbestos survey to hand for older buildings
- Check sealant joints during planned building inspections
If a joint we sealed fails within 12 months, tell us and we’ll look at it. After that, regular inspection keeps the programme on track.
The longer failed joints are left, the more likely the substrate edges break up. Then the edges may need repairing first and the job grows.
Surface by surface
Window and door perimeters on blocks
Perimeter joints on blocks are best done elevation by elevation or block by block. How each joint is reached is agreed at quote stage.
External movement joints
External movement joints take up expansion and contraction. Once that sealant goes, rain can reach the wall.