Mastic sealant contractors in Sholing
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Sholing and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
Need mastic sealing in Sholing?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Mastic sealing in Sholing, done properly
In buildings from before 2000, some old mastics contain asbestos. Before we disturb it, we ask to see the asbestos register or survey and if it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested. Removing asbestos-containing material isn’t something we do. If you’re dealing with estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out and a mix of products and colours from past repairs, we can help. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Sholing is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Older buildings and conversions around places like Sholing mix old masonry with newer frames. The mastic there needs to suit both surfaces.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Sholing (SO19)
- Wider area
- Southampton
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Looking after buildings in and around Sholing
Sholing is within about 2 miles of the coast. Sea-facing elevations take driven rain and salt, and their mastic shows it before the sheltered sides do, so it’s worth inspecting those sides more often. Sholing lies roughly 68 miles out from central London. Around the capital’s commuter belt, managing agents look after many blocks close to stations and town centres; their frame mastic often ages block-wide.
If you own or manage units on a site such as Bitterne Business Centre, which lies north-west of Sholing, failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit. Site managers at schools like St Monica Primary School can fit frame mastic into the summer works.
Sholing is about 2 miles south-east of Southampton, in Southampton. Looking for mastic sealing in Sholing? We can help. 30 places across Southampton fall within our area, including Sholing.
Business premises anywhere in SO19 are within our area for mastic joints. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Bay Road, Ashby Road and Loane Road. Main routes into Sholing include the A3025, useful when we plan access and materials. If your building is just outside Sholing, we cover Itchen (1 mile west), Thornhill (1 mile north-east), Bitterne (1 mile north), Peartree Green (1 mile west) and Northam (1 mile north-west). Further afield, our area takes in Shirley (4 miles north-west), Regents Park (4 miles west), Maybush (5 miles north-west), Coxford (4 miles north-west), Freemantle (3 miles west) and Lordswood (4 miles north-west). Sholing ranks among the main centres of Southampton, with offices, shops, schools and other public and commercial buildings, and we cover them all.
Around Sholing
In Sholing, that means premises near The Red Lion pub, Woolston School and Westwood Woodland Park and the streets around them. The closest station to Sholing is Sholing station, roughly 0.5 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Netley Castle (1.6 miles south) and Marlands Shopping Centre (2.3 miles west). Not far away are Netley Common.
When to call us in Sholing
In communal areas, joints take knocks from bins, bikes, buggies and deliveries, with joints near the floor and around doors suffering most. Cleaning products add to the wear.
Clients usually get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Patchy repairs in mismatched sealant
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Sholing station, 0.5 miles south-west of Sholing, and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building.
Questions to ask before you book
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- What site paperwork they can supply
Surface by surface
Tenement and older buildings
Traditional buildings have joints that need a careful approach. The material either side of the joint shapes the product choice.
Window and door perimeters on blocks
Frames vary from uPVC to aluminium and timber, and the product is matched to the frame material and the masonry. Colours are confirmed for the product used.
Common questions from Sholing clients
Does a coastal location like Sholing affect which sealant is used?
It can, yes: buildings near the sea take more wind-driven rain, and salt in the air nearer the shore. That puts more weight on product choice, primers where the manufacturer specifies them, and correct joint sizing.
Can you quote for a block close to Sholing station?
Yes. Managing agents, landlords, property factors and housing associations are who this service is for. We work to your notice and access arrangements.
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 it all comes out first.
Do you do block-wide mastic programmes?
Block-wide and estate programmes are common. The quote can be split however suits your budgeting.
What if the old mastic contains asbestos?
In older buildings, old mastic can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register or survey before disturbing it, and if it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
Can you seal joints high up on a block?
We talk through access for each building when we quote. Tell us the number of storeys and whether scaffold or other access is planned and we’ll confirm the approach in the quote.
Quoting for work in Sholing
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It takes account of:
- Phasing around occupants
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Any access equipment needed
The specified product makes a difference, and so does the preparation, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Sending details for a quote
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- When you need the work done
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- The site address and postcode
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Sholing
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm them with the quote.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
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How a job runs
At the end of each section, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. If neighbouring businesses or buildings around Sholing need work too, visits can be combined. Tell us your site hours and we will plan around them.
- First we look at the mastic on each building and note what needs replacing.
- We send a fixed quote that sets out the joints, the products and the programme.
- 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.
- Deep joints get backing rod, faces are primed if the manufacturer specifies it, then the joint is sealed and tooled.
- Each building is checked on completion and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Getting a fixed quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
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What sealant work can’t fix
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Old mastic suspected of containing asbestos, which must be tested and dealt with by a specialist first
- Substrate edges that need repairing first
- Frames that are rotten, warped or broken
If you are not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
Surfaces we seal
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Balcony and threshold joints
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Shopfronts below residential blocks