Mastic man in Abbots Langley

Resealing and mastic work across Abbots Langley

Abbots Langley is a village in name but a sizeable parish in practice, with 19,574 residents at the 2011 census and homes from almost every period. Getting old sealant out cleanly is half of every job here, whether it is a thick bead on a 1950s bathroom or builder’s silicone in a flat that is only a few years old.

Mr Mastic covers the whole parish from our base in Crawley, reached easily via the M25. We reseal baths, showers, basins, toilets and kitchen worktops, replace window and door mastic, and seal external joints. Our silicone removal service is often the first step, because new silicone only lasts when it goes onto clean, dry surfaces.

A medieval core, Victorian plots and a run of later estates

The Abbots Langley conservation area, designated in 1969, covers the medieval core around the Grade I listed Church of St Lawrence. After the Causeway House estate was sold in 1866, small builders filled plots along Breakspear Road, Adrian Road and Garden Road, joining the village to Kitters Green, and locally listed Victorian terraces from 1880 stand on the High Street.

The biggest change came with the 1950s, when a large post-war housing development added mostly semi-detached homes. Leavesden grew in phases: the Lemonfield estate in the 1950s, the Tudor Manor estate from the late 1980s, the former Leavesden Hospital site redeveloped as housing from the mid-1990s, and the Aerodrome Way estate this century. Hunton Bridge, with its own conservation area, has grown to the south and north in the last 40 years, and Bedmond is mainly detached and semi-detached homes.

Each era fails differently: Victorian joints crack with movement, post-war bathrooms carry layers of old sealant, and newer homes settle in their first years. Knowing which you have tells us which product and method to use before we start.

What we do in Abbots Langley

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Bathroom and kitchen joints taken back to a clean, dry surface and finished with fresh anti-fungal silicone that won’t lift.
• Window & door mastic: Window and door mastic that has dried out in the sun replaced with a weather-resistant joint that can move with the frame.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Commercial washrooms, kitchens and wet areas resealed floor by floor, so only a few rooms are out of use at once.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Leaks and lifting beads from earlier sealant jobs put right, starting with finding out why they failed.
• Fire-rated sealant: Intumescent and fire-rated joints around pipes, cables and frames, installed to the manufacturer’s tested specification.
• External & façade joints: Split or perished joints in walls and cladding replaced with exterior sealant designed to stretch with the building.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Early-failing sealant in new homes fixed properly, plus mastic packages and snagging for developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Floor and skirting joints in homes, shops and warehouses sealed neatly and to the right depth.
• Regrouting: Tired or mouldy grout raked out and renewed, and the internal corners finished in flexible silicone.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glazing joints on conservatories, roof lanterns and screens renewed with a sealant suited to glass and frames.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Leaking gutter joints, end caps, fascia and soffit joints resealed with exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Traditional burnt sand mastic renewed around sash and case windows and doors in stone and brick.

Why Mr Mastic in Abbots Langley

Our work is built on getting the preparation right. Mr Mastic has over 20 years’ experience, carries full insurance and is an ARBOMaster approved applicator, using Arbo and Everbuild sealants. That approach has taken us through 2,847+ projects to a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews. You’ll know where you stand with a clear quote before we start, and every job has a one-year guarantee.

Landmarks near Abbots Langley

For trains, Kings Langley station is closest to the centre. Local landmarks include Charter Place (3.2 miles south), Hertfordshire Fire Brigade Museum (3.7 miles south) and Hilfield Castle (4.9 miles south-east). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School, Francis Combe Academy, Church of St Lawrence the Martyr and The Unicorn Public House. Green spaces within reach include Longspring Wood and Verulamium Lake.