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Commercial sealant contractors in SE2
We cover every part of the SE2 postcode district, including Abbey Wood, Crossness and Thamesmead. Every joint is properly prepared, with a 12-month guarantee.
Need sealant work in SE2?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Places in SE2
What we do in SE2
- Industrial and floor joint sealing
- Construction and new-build mastic
- Commercial washroom and wet-area sealing
- Expansion and movement joint sealing
- Commercial sealant contractors
- Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping
- Facade and window perimeter sealing
- Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents
- Coloured and colour-matched sealant
- All services
Let us know the job and your postcode for a fixed quote: call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Our commercial sealant contractors service in SE2
Getting a price for commercial sealant contractors in SE2 doesn’t need to be drawn out. Our quote form takes photos, drawings or a schedule of the areas and you can also call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over to talk it through. If the joints need seeing in person, a site visit comes first. Most enquiries involve frame mastic that has hardened and come away from the wall and earlier reseals applied straight onto the failed bead, on floor and threshold joints, external facade joints and movement joints in walls and floors.
Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. With the paperwork done, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it.
- Site photos, drawings or a visit tell us what’s there and how it has failed.
- A fixed quote follows, with removal and preparation included.
- Sequence, access and working times are settled before the first joint is touched.
- Each joint is stripped, cleaned back to sound faces and primed where the maker specifies.
- 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 SE2
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a quote once you have the details.
Why choose Mastic Doctor
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- A range of standard colours, depending on the product
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
Request a quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, phone 01277 525 020 or email us.
Near you in Abbey Wood
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Alexander McLeod Primary School, Saint Michael and All Angels and St Paul's Academy. Other local landmarks include The Plume Of Feathers Public House (0.5 miles west) and Abbey Wood Park (0.6 miles north). For rail, the closest station is Abbey Wood station, about 0.5 miles north-east. A little further out are Bexley Hospital (2.2 miles south-east) and Greenwich Borough Museum (less than half a mile west). Not far away are Crossness Nature Reserve.
Commercial sealant contractors across SE2: the area picture
In SE2, much commercial sealant work follows refits in shops, offices and hotels in places such as Thamesmead, East Wickham and Abbey Wood. Visible joints call for a matched colour and a clean tooled finish.
All of Greater London is inside the ULEZ, and much of the South East is within easy reach of the capital, and every job in SE2 starts with access, parking and site rules.
Abbey Wood: If you run an office at a site such as Gateway Business Centre (1.3 miles west of Abbey Wood), the sealant at reception desks, tea points and frames ages with each fit-out. Offices and shops close to stations such as Abbey Wood station, 0.5 miles north-east of Abbey Wood, tend to be busy all day, so sealant work is planned around opening hours.
Doing it in-house
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
What happens if it’s left?
Spot repairs have their place. Where the remaining sealant is just as old, it tends to fail soon after, so access and set-up end up being paid for twice. Where it helps, we quote a patch and a full reseal side by side.
Comparing quotes
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
What sets the cost
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It takes account of:
- Working within restricted access windows
- The size and state of each joint
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The product specified
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote.
Before you send an enquiry
There’s no need for a formal survey. These details are enough to start:
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Specification clauses that apply
- What the building is and how it’s used
- The site address and postcode
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
How the job changes by surface
Movement joints in walls and floors
A trafficked floor joint needs a different product from a wall joint. The choice comes down to how much the joint moves and what runs over it.
Commercial kitchens and tea points
Gaps and ragged beads trap dirt that cleaning can’t reach, which matters when environmental health officers look at a kitchen. Work is timed around the hours you give us so the kitchen isn’t out of use longer than needed.
For managing agents and facilities managers
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
FAQs: SE2
Is it OK to apply fresh sealant over existing beads?
Every scrap of failed sealant is removed before the new bead goes on. A bead laid on old silicone peels away.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and any queries are raised before we start.
Are you CHAS accredited?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
What about asbestos in old mastic?
It’s possible in older buildings, especially those built before 2000. We ask to see the asbestos register or survey before disturbing old sealant, and if something is suspected, work stops until it’s tested.
Can one contractor look after sealant on all our buildings?
Yes, we can. Give us the sites and the scope at each, and we will put together a fixed quote and a sensible order of work.
Can you take on work for an FM or managing agent?
Yes. You can send details through our quote form, and we will confirm any paperwork you need with the quote.
What site paperwork can you provide?
Let us know your requirements when you ask for a price, and we’ll confirm the RAMS, insurance and CSCS details with the quote. From you, we’ll need the asbestos information for older buildings and any site rules.