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Commercial sealant contractors in CT16
Our applicators cover all of the CT16 postcode district, including Whitfield, Charlton-in-Dover and Kearsney. Failed sealant is always cut out completely, with a 12-month guarantee.
Sealant contractors for CT16
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Places in CT16
Services in CT16
- Commercial washroom and wet-area sealing
- Coloured and colour-matched sealant
- Expansion and movement joint sealing
- Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping
- Facade and window perimeter sealing
- Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents
- Industrial and floor joint sealing
- Construction and new-build mastic
- Commercial sealant contractors
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Let us know the job and your postcode and we’ll come back with a price: ring 01277 525 020 or email us.
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About commercial sealant contractors in CT16
Most commercial buildings carry hundreds of metres of sealant that nobody thinks about until it fails, and in an occupied building failure usually announces itself as a stained ceiling or an unhappy tenant. We’re commercial sealant applicators for FMs, managing agents, landlords and contractors with sites in CT16. We find out why the sealant joints failed, take them out and seal again using a sealant that suits the joint. Most enquiries involve black mould through washroom sealant that won’t clean off and layers of sealant, all of them failing, across floor and threshold joints, washrooms and tea points and movement joints in walls and floors.
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. While we are working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area.
- We start with the evidence: photographs, drawings or a look on site.
- A fixed quote follows, with removal and preparation included.
- We agree the order of work, access windows and site hours with you.
- The failed sealant comes out and the faces are prepared, with primer where required.
- Backing goes in, the new sealant is laid and tooled, and the area is left neat.
- We hand back each area with its cure time and our 12-month guarantee.
Pricing in CT16
We don’t publish prices, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
Why choose Mastic Doctor
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
Getting a fixed quote
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
Landmarks near Whitfield
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to St Edmund's Catholic School, Whitfield Aspen School and Church of St Peter, among other places. The nearest railway station is Kearsney station, roughly 1.2 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Buckland Hospital (1.9 miles south) and Dover Transport Museum (0.7 miles south). Not far away are Dover Western Heights.
Shops, offices and hotels in CT16
Commercial buildings across CT16 range from older premises altered many times to recent units on business parks. Each building needs the right product for its surfaces, from stone and brick to coated aluminium and laminate.
The South East has large numbers of business parks and industrial estates, especially around the motorway corridors, and we cover CT16 along with the rest of the region. Along the coast in CT16, hospitality buildings tend to be busiest in the summer months, so work is often best planned for quieter months.
Whitfield: Offices at parks like White Cliffs Business Park (to the south-east of Whitfield) have receptions, kitchens and glazed partitions where a tidy joint matters. For premises near Kearsney station, which lies south-west of Whitfield, footfall is part of the plan: work is phased so shops and offices keep trading.
Why it fails
Outside, sunlight and rain wear sealant down year after year. Sunny elevations dry the surface out and exposed ones take driving rain. A hardened bead can’t follow the building any more.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Greasy, split joints in a kitchen or tea point
- Mouldy silicone around WCs, urinals and vanity tops
- Window and door perimeter joints that have cracked open
- Layers of sealant, all of them failing
What happens if it’s left?
A failed seal around a window, worktop or panel doesn’t mean the element itself has to go. Often the fitting is sound and the joint is the only thing letting it down. A careful reseal is a far smaller undertaking than replacement.
Comparing quotes
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- Who will actually carry out the work
When it isn’t the sealant
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we are upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Cracking that needs a structural engineer to look at it
- A dripping trap, valve or pipe behind a fitting
- Roof leaks that only look like a joint problem
Aftercare for building managers
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Ask fit-out and M&E contractors to report any sealant they disturb
- Report cracked or peeling sealant early
- Ask cleaners to use a soft cloth and mild cleaner on sealant
- Make sure ventilation in wet areas is switched on and working
Put sealant on the planned maintenance checklist. Regular checks pick up small failures before they become leaks, especially on exposed elevations and in washrooms. Should something look amiss, you can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and send a picture.
Sealant rarely fails all at once across a building. The first failures are often a warning about the rest. We can assess the lot and suggest what to do now and later.
Doing it in-house
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong typically costs more in the end than doing them right.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Questions about CT16
What guarantee do you give on resealing?
Our workmanship on each job is backed by a 12-month guarantee. Public liability insurance is in place too.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.
How many days will you need on site?
That varies with the scale of the job, but the work normally takes as long as the agreed scope needs, from a single visit to a programme spread over several weeks. For bigger or phased jobs, we will set out a timescale with the quote.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we’ll price the work to it.
What do you need from us to quote?
Send photographs, drawings or a list of locations through our quote form. If a visit is needed we’ll book one, and a fixed quote follows.
Will the building have to shut during the work?
Most of the buildings we work in stay occupied. We agree the order of areas, protect what’s nearby and close off only the section we are sealing.
Who decides which product is used?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.