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Commercial sealant contractors in SO40
We cover every part of the SO40 postcode district, including Totton, Marchwood and Eling. Failed sealant is always cut out completely, with a 12-month guarantee.
Mastic and sealant across SO40
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Towns and villages in SO40
- Totton
- Marchwood
- Eling
- Hounsdown
- Ashurst
- Redbridge
- Bartley
- Cadnam
- Woodlands
- Copythorne
- Winsor
- Netley Marsh
- Ashurst Bridge
- Colbury
- Hillstreet
- Newbridge
What we do in SO40
- Construction and new-build mastic
- Industrial and floor joint sealing
- Facade and window perimeter sealing
- Commercial washroom and wet-area sealing
- Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping
- Commercial sealant contractors
- Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents
- Coloured and colour-matched sealant
- Expansion and movement joint sealing
- Every service
Let us know the job and your postcode and we’ll come back with a price: call 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
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Our commercial sealant contractors service in SO40
Mastic Doctor has been sealing joints for businesses and contractors since 2005, and the paperwork side is in order: CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, five million pounds of public liability insurance and CSCS-carded applicators. If your site needs RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, say so and we will confirm with the quote. Most enquiries involve greasy, split joints in a kitchen or tea point and hardened, chalky sealant on south-facing or exposed elevations, on window and door perimeters, kitchen worktops and splashbacks and washrooms and tea points.
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 reach us through the quote form or a site visit.
- The cause is diagnosed and the scope priced as a fixed quote.
- Work is phased around your occupiers where areas need to stay in use.
- Every failed bead is removed rather than covered.
- Each joint gets a suitable sealant, laid to depth and tooled.
- We check the work with you, and the 12-month guarantee starts.
What affects the price in SO40
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Why choose Mastic Doctor
- A range of standard colours, depending on the product
- Constructionline member
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- Colours confirmed for the specified product
Ask for a quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Local landmarks in Totton
Around Totton, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Cross Keys Public House, Hounsdown School and Abbotswood Junior School and the streets around them. Totton’s nearest station is Totton station, about 1 mile east. Other landmarks nearby include Tatchbury Mount Hospital (1.3 miles north-west) and Eling Experience (0.8 miles east). Not far away are Testwood Lakes.
Shops, offices and hotels in SO40
The commercial stock in SO40 mixes older town-centre buildings with newer offices and units, in places such as Totton, Marchwood and Eling and beyond. Each building needs the right product for its surfaces, from stone and brick to coated aluminium and laminate.
Around the motorway corridors of the South East, business parks and industrial estates are common, and SO40 is part of the area we cover. On the coastal side of SO40, sea-facing elevations normally show failed joints first, so they’re worth inspecting more often.
Totton: Refits at hotels like The Station Hotel (to the east of Totton) bring joints at vanity tops, bars and reception desks that guests see every day. For premises near Totton station, 1 mile to the east of Totton, footfall is part of the plan: work is phased so shops and offices keep trading.
Signs you need commercial sealant contractors
If sealant tears through its centre, it has failed cohesively. Usually the movement was too much for the sealant chosen because the bead was too thin, the joint over-stretched or the movement class wrong. The same product in the same joint tends to fail the same way.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Greasy, split joints in a kitchen or tea point
- Sanitary sealant that has gone black and patchy
- Frame sealant that has cracked, shrunk or pulled away
- Layers of sealant, all of them failing
Aftercare for building managers
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Report cracked or peeling sealant early
- Check joints after other trades have worked nearby
- Put external and wet-area joints on a regular inspection round
- Keep washroom and kitchen extraction working
Our workmanship on each job is backed by a 12-month guarantee. Keep the handover details with your O&M or maintenance records.
Sealant rarely fails all at once across a building. A few splits this year normally mean more next year so the whole run is worth inspecting. We will tell you which sealant joints need doing first and which can wait.
When to bring in a specialist
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class, which is what makes a joint last.
Why act early?
Patching the worst lengths can be the right call on a tight budget. If the rest of the bead is the same age and product, though, it’s normally close behind, and a second visit means paying for access and set-up again. We can price both options so you can decide on the facts.
Questions to ask before you book
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
When it isn’t the sealant
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Old mastic that tests positive for asbestos
- Leaking roofs, gutters or flat-roof membranes (those need a roofer)
- Structural cracks or movement the joints weren’t designed for
FAQs: SO40
How long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, but the work typically takes a few hours to several days on most single sites, depending on joint lengths and access. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
How do you keep disruption to occupiers down?
Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them.
Is failed sealant stripped out, or sealed over?
Removal comes first, every time. Then the joint is cleaned, primed where the maker specifies, backed to depth and resealed.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. If you need card details for site access, tell us and we will confirm them with the quote.
Can you supply RAMS and insurance details?
We’ll confirm the paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, with the quote. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with five million pounds of public liability insurance.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, when the joints are outside. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to.