Mastic man in Banstead

Your local mastic man for Banstead

Banstead sits high on the North Downs in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, with the open slopes of Banstead Downs to the north and Banstead Heath and Burgh Heath to the south. Its housing is mostly low density and set among a lot of green space, and the town is largely made up of family homes that have been lived in, improved and refitted for decades. Mr Mastic covers Banstead from our base in Crawley, a short drive up the A217, and we reseal baths, showers, basins and worktops, and renew the mastic around windows and doors.

A good reseal starts with taking the old bead out completely. We cut and scrape away every trace of the failed sealant, treat any mould that has crept underneath, let the joint dry, and only then run a fresh bead with a product suited to the job. If your bathroom sealant keeps turning black within a year, our article on why sealant goes mouldy explains what is usually behind it.

Interwar estates, detached houses and High Street flats

Banstead stayed a small downland village until the late nineteenth century, when better roads and the railway brought gradual growth. The big change came between the wars. Nork, on the west side of the A217 around Banstead station, was a newly built estate by the mid-1920s, when its first residents formed an association to press for made-up roads and street lighting. Further building followed around Banstead Village in the early 1930s, and the middle of the century added some low-density council housing.

The result is a town of mainly detached and semi-detached houses. At the 2011 Census, Nork ward had more than 1,600 detached homes and fewer than 200 terraced ones, while Banstead Village ward had a far larger share of flats, over 900 of them. Some of those flats are new: the old Council House was partly demolished in 2002 and rebuilt as the Holmewood House apartments, keeping its original frontage.

In the older family houses, bathrooms and kitchens have usually been replaced two or three times, and we often find sealant laid over sealant, baths that have dropped slightly on their feet, and worktop joints that have opened up. Replacement uPVC windows from the 1990s and 2000s are now reaching the age where the external mastic is hard, cracked and pulling away from the brick.

Jobs we take on in Banstead

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Every joint in the bathroom and kitchen, from the bath edge to the worktop, stripped back and resealed with anti-fungal silicone.
• 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: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Failed, botched or over-sealed joints stripped out, the cause found and the joint resealed properly.
• Fire-rated sealant: Gaps in fire-separating walls and floors sealed with fire-rated products, following the tested details for each one.
• External & façade joints: Outside movement joints given new backing rod and a flexible, weatherproof sealant in a colour to match the wall.
• New-build mastic & snagging: New-build bathrooms, kitchens and frames resealed where the original sealant has cracked as the house settles.
• Floor & skirting joints: Gaps under skirting boards, tile movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with a product that suits the traffic.
• Regrouting: Crumbling grout in showers and wet areas raked out and refilled, so water stays out of the wall behind.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Leaking conservatory and rooflight joints, glass panels and shower screens resealed with silicone made for glass.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Exterior joints at gutters, fascias and soffits resealed to stop drips and staining down the wall.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Old sand mastic around sash windows and doors raked out and renewed with traditional burnt sand mastic.

What you get with Mr Mastic in Banstead

Banstead is close enough to Crawley that we can usually fit you in quickly. Behind every job is more than 20 years in the sealant trade, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status. We use Arbo and Everbuild products, chosen for each joint rather than one tube for everything. With over 2,847 projects done and a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews, we are happy to be judged on the finish. You will get a clear quote first, and a one-year guarantee once the work is done.

Landmarks near Banstead

The nearest station to the town centre is Banstead station. Local landmarks include The Ashley Centre (3 miles west), Honeywood Museum (3.2 miles north-east) and Walton on the Hill (3.6 miles south-west). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around St Anne's Catholic Primary School, The Beacon School, Priory Preparatory School and Church of All Saints. Nearby green spaces include Cuddington Meadows and Colley Hill.