Commercial sealant contractors in SL1

How commercial sealant contractors works in SL1

Sealant joints are easy to overlook until one lets water in, and on a working site that typically surfaces as a leak, a stain or a complaint from occupiers. Mastic Doctor works as a commercial sealant contractor for facilities managers, managing agents and main contractors. Our job is to diagnose the failure, remove the old bead and seal again using a product chosen for the movement and exposure. We work on window and door perimeters, kitchen worktops and splashbacks and external facade joints, and what we are called in for most is external beads that have gone brittle and cracked and layers of sealant, all of them failing.

A typical day starts with protection: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work usually takes a few hours to several days on most single sites, depending on joint lengths and access, and we clear our waste as we work.

1. Send details through our quote form, or ask for a site visit.
2. The cause is diagnosed and the scope priced as a fixed quote.
3. Work is phased around your occupiers where areas need to stay in use.
4. Every failed bead is removed rather than covered.
5. Each joint gets a suitable sealant, laid to depth and tooled.
6. We check the work with you, and the 12-month guarantee starts.

How we quote

Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.

What you get with us

• Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
• Over 20 years of commercial sealing
• One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
• Public liability insurance in place

Get a fixed 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, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.

What’s near Slough

In Slough, that means premises near Herschel Grammar School, St Michael and All Angels and Westgate School and the streets around them. You’ll also find Herschel Park (1.1 miles south-east), The Godolphin Junior Academy (0.6 miles north) and The Moon and Spoon pub (0.6 miles south-east). Slough’s nearest station is Slough station, about 0.7 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Upton Hospital (0.9 miles south-east) and Windsor Castle (2.1 miles south). Not far away are Taplow Lake and Burnham Beeches.

What sets the cost

Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:

• The size and state of each joint
• Which sealant the job calls for
• Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
• Any access equipment needed

Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.

Before you send an enquiry

The more we know, the firmer the quote. When you get in touch, include:

• How the joints are reached, and at what height
• Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
• Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
• Any specification or named product

Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.

Looking after the joints

To get the most from the new sealant:

• Act on the first lifting edges rather than waiting
• Keep barriers up until the new sealant has cured
• Check sealant as part of routine building inspections
• Have extract fans checked so wet areas dry out

Let your cleaning contractor know what’s new. Scourers, blades and harsh products shorten a bead’s life.

Once sealant fails in a movement joint, grit and debris get in. With nothing soft to close against, the materials either side take the load and start to break up. At that point it’s a repair job rather than a reseal.