Kent · England
Commercial sealant contractors in CT20
Sealant work for contractors, FMs and building owners across CT20, from Folkestone, Sandgate and Cheriton, with a fixed quote before we start.
Mastic and sealant across CT20
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Where we work in CT20
Our services across CT20
- Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping
- Commercial sealant contractors
- Industrial and floor joint sealing
- Expansion and movement joint sealing
- Coloured and colour-matched sealant
- Construction and new-build mastic
- Commercial washroom and wet-area sealing
- Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents
- Facade and window perimeter sealing
- All services
Tell us what needs doing and your postcode and we’ll come back with a price: call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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Across Kent
Towns and villages in Kent
Every area we cover
Commercial sealant contractors in CT20: how it works
Pricing a commercial reseal is a short process. Send photographs, drawings or a schedule of the joints through our quote form. Where the photographs don’t tell the full story, we arrange a site visit, followed by a fixed quote rather than an estimate that drifts. Site teams most often ask us about frame mastic that has hardened and come away from the wall and smeared sealant across finishes from a rushed job, across external facade joints, washrooms and tea points and floor and threshold joints.
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off.
- First, details come to us: photographs, drawings or a schedule of the areas, or we arrange a site visit.
- Next comes a diagnosis and a fixed quote.
- We plan around your site hours and access windows, phasing the work where areas have to stay in use.
- We strip the failed bead and prepare both faces of the joint.
- The depth is set, primer is used where the maker calls for it, and the fresh bead is applied and tooled.
- We walk the completed areas with you and sign them off under the 12-month guarantee.
Pricing in CT20
A quote for sealant joints depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, plus any specification you’re working to. Call for a quote.
Why clients in CT20 choose us
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Matching to RAL references, product permitting
- CHAS accredited contractor
Request a quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Near you in Folkestone
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Folkestone Academy, United Reformed Church and The Park Inn Hotel and the streets around them. Nearby too are Stella Maris Catholic Primary School (less than half a mile north-east), Lower Leas Coastal Park (0.7 miles south-east) and The Harvey Grammar School (less than half a mile west). Folkestone has its own railway station: Folkestone Central station. A little further out are Folkestone Museum (0.7 miles south-east) and Folkestone Castle (1 mile north). Open spaces near Folkestone include Sugar Loaf Hill.
Commercial sealant contractors across CT20: the area picture
Commercial buildings across CT20 range from older premises altered many times to recent units on business parks. Surfaces decide the sealant, from masonry to powder-coated frames and shop-fit panels.
London and the South East are among the drier parts of the UK, but external sealing in CT20 still needs a dry joint and the right temperature, and damp or frosty mornings can hold it up. On the coastal side of CT20, sea-facing elevations typically show failed joints first, so they’re worth inspecting more often.
Folkestone: Occupiers with premises at both Town Walk Shopping Centre and West Park Farm North Retail Park could have the sealant at each handled under one quote. Shop fits at places like Town Walk Shopping Centre, 0.6 miles to the south-east of Folkestone, leave counters, frontages and floor edges where the sealant colour is part of the finish.
What we are called out for in CT20
The wrong sealant in the wrong place is a common cause of early failure. Painters’ acrylic in a moving joint, vinegar-smelling silicone on metal or natural stone, or a high-modulus product where a low-modulus one was needed will all fail early. BS 6213 gives guidance on choosing construction sealants.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Frame mastic that has hardened and come away from the wall
- Weathered facade sealant that no longer flexes
- Shrunken sealant along kitchen worktops and splashbacks
- Wall and floor joints that have lost their seal
When it isn’t the sealant
Being straight saves everyone time. New sealant won’t cure:
- Cracking that needs a structural engineer to look at it
- A failed roof covering or waterproofing membrane
- Leaks from pipework, wastes or valves (that’s plumbing)
Building owners, agents and FMs in CT20
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we’re straightforward to vet for your supplier list. We’re fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Keeping the joints sound
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. Our advice:
- Keep abrasive pads and scrapers off resealed joints
- Add sealant to the planned maintenance inspection list
- Make sure ventilation in wet areas is switched on and working
- Deal with small splits before they become leaks
Brief your cleaning team on the joints that have been resealed. Abrasive pads, scrapers and some strong chemicals damage sealant surfaces.
Sealant rarely fails all at once across a building. A few splits this year normally mean more next year, so it makes sense to look at the wider elevation or block. We can assess the lot and suggest what to do now and later.
FAQs: CT20
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
What site paperwork can you provide?
We confirm documents at quote stage: RAMS, an insurance certificate and CSCS details are the usual requests. Every applicator holds a CSCS card.
How do you keep disruption to occupiers down?
That comes down to planning: we agree access windows, phase the work and keep enough facilities open. Tell us what has to stay open and we’ll plan the job around it.
When is resealing likely to be due?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, for external work. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Do you take on multi-site sealant work?
Yes, within the areas we cover: South East England, Greater London and Scotland. One contact and one process for every building makes a portfolio easier to manage.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.