Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Tortington, West Sussex
Mastic sealing for Tortington, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- Communal area joints that look neglected
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
Need mastic sealing in Tortington?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in Tortington
Blocks are lived in, so access and disruption have to be thought through. The sequence, the areas and the dates are settled with you so you can let residents know what is happening. Communal entrances and stairs stay usable throughout. Site teams most often ask us about window mastic that has split and shrunk and worn sealant at communal door frames, across communal entrances and stairwells, shopfronts below residential blocks and external wall and movement joints. Most enquiries from Tortington start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Around smaller places like Tortington, older walls fitted with newer windows are a familiar sight. The mastic needs to suit an irregular masonry face and the look of the building.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Place
- Tortington (BN18)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What sets the cost
Before we quote, we look at:
- The product specified
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- How much there is to seal
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Sending details for a quote
However big the job, the same details help:
- The type of building and who uses it
- Your programme or deadline
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
On site: what to expect
A typical day starts with protection: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work usually takes a day or two for a single block, longer for an estate programme, and we clear our waste as we work. Smaller jobs around Tortington can be grouped with others nearby. You will have a fixed quote before work starts.
- Each block or building is walked and the failed joints recorded with the likely cause.
- A fixed quote follows, split by block or building if that suits you.
- Dates, areas and access are agreed so residents or tenants can be told in advance.
- Failed mastic is removed and the faces taken back to sound, dry material.
- Backing rod and primer go in as the joint requires, then the new bead is placed and tooled.
- Finished joints are looked over and the 12-month guarantee confirmed.
Before we start on site
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Request a quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, phone 01277 525 020 or email us.
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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. Converted and older buildings near places like Tortington tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
A quote for mastic joints depends on how many there are, their condition and the access. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Constructionline member
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
Read what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.
Block-wide mastic in Tortington
Tortington sits close to the coast, within about 3 miles. On buildings near the shore, the side facing the weather usually needs its mastic renewed first; plan inspections around that. The South East is one of the drier parts of the UK. Even so, frame mastic only goes on in dry, workable conditions, while the elevations that take the most sun tend to show hardened mastic first.
Older community buildings, St Mary Magdalene's Church among them, often have frames of mixed ages whose mastic varies. If you own or manage units on a site such as Ford Airfield Industrial Estate (1.4 miles south-west of Tortington), failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit.
Tortington is about 3 miles north-west of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Tortington can call on us for mastic joints. Tortington is one of 373 places in West Sussex on our list for mastic joints. Our Brighton page has more on work in that area (19 miles or so).
Business premises anywhere in BN18 are within our area. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Ford Road and Gaugemaster Way and the roads nearby. We also cover Ford (1 mile south), Lyminster (1 mile east), Arundel (1 mile north-east), Wick (2 miles south-east) and Climping (2 miles south). A short drive away, we cover Worthing (8 miles east), Bognor Regis (6 miles south-west), Chichester (9 miles west), Selsey (12 miles south-west), Littlehampton (3 miles south-east) and Shoreham-by-Sea (13 miles east).
Near you in Tortington
Around Tortington, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Arundel Arms Public House At Ford Station and The Littlehampton Academy and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Tortington itself: Ford station. A little further out are Arundel Castle (1.8 miles north-east) and Arundel and District Hospital (1.4 miles north). Open spaces near Tortington include WWT Arundel.
What we can’t put right
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Glazing that needs replacing
- Masonry that has broken away beside the joint
- Water coming in from the roof or rainwater goods
Not sure which it is? You can phone 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Tortington
- External wall and movement joints
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Balcony and threshold joints
Questions we are asked in Tortington
Is Tortington off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. London and every South East county are within our area. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Will you work in a care home in Tortington without moving residents out?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
When can the area be used after sealing?
That comes down to the sealant and the temperature. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Is asbestos a concern with old mastic?
Asbestos removal isn’t part of our work. If old sealant is suspected, work stops until it’s tested in line with the dutyholder’s asbestos management.
Can you seal joints high up on a block?
Access is discussed and agreed before the quote is fixed. Tell us the building height and any access already in place, and we’ll tell you how we’d approach it.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
Block-wide and estate programmes are common. You get a fixed quote per building or for the whole job.
Nearby places to Tortington
What else we do in Tortington
Signs you need mastic sealing in Tortington
Previous repairs often sealed new mastic over old. New sealant won’t grip failed sealant and the repair soon fails.
Look out for the following:
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
- Communal area joints that look neglected
- Failed external movement joints
For agents with blocks near Ford station, under half a mile to the south of Tortington, a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go.
Questions to ask before you book
- What site paperwork they can supply
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
Owners, agents and contractors
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Tortington can sit alongside others in a wider programme across West Sussex.
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.