Mastic man in Brentwood

Resealing and mastic work across Brentwood

Brentwood mixes a busy high street with leafy commuter roads, and its houses range from Victorian villas near the station to post-war semis in Hutton and converted hospital buildings in Warley. Whatever the age of your home, the sealant around the bath, shower, kitchen worktop and windows eventually hardens, shrinks or turns black. Mr Mastic is based in Crawley and covers Brentwood and the surrounding borough, coming round the M25 to you.

Every job follows the same steps. We take out all of the old sealant, clean and dry the joint, then lay a single, even bead of the right product for the job: anti-fungal silicone in bathrooms, food-safe sealant by the sink and flexible mastic outside. If you are comparing firms, our guide to choosing a mastic man lists the questions worth asking before anyone starts cutting out sealant in your home.

Station villas, Hutton estates and converted asylum blocks

Brentwood grew quickly once the railway arrived in 1840, and Shenfield and Hutton were brought into the town in 1934. The older core is protected by the Brentwood Town Centre conservation area, and the council also looks after conservation areas at Hutton Village, Great Warley, South Weald, Ingatestone High Street and Station Lane in Ingatestone. In period houses like these, bathrooms have usually been refitted several times, floors have moved, and we often find a bath that has dropped away from the tiles. A deeper joint, packed out where needed, holds far better than a thin smear of silicone.

From the 1950s, housing estates spread west of Hutton’s old village along Rayleigh Road, while Hutton Mount is a more spacious area of larger houses. Many of these homes now have uPVC windows and patio doors that were fitted decades ago, and the mastic around them has gone hard and cracked. We cut it out and seal again in a colour that suits the frame.

Warley has some of the borough’s most unusual homes. After Warley Hospital closed in 2001, its main buildings were converted into homes known as The Galleries, with new houses at Clements Park and Mascalls Park around them. Conversions often have bathrooms set into old walls that still move a little, so flexible, well-tooled joints matter.

Jobs we take on in Brentwood

• 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: Cracked or shrunken mastic around window and door frames, sills and patio doors replaced with a weatherproof sealant.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Sealant programmes for offices, hotels, care settings and schools, with early or late working where it helps.
• 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: Split or perished joints in walls and cladding replaced with exterior sealant designed to stretch with the building.
• 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: Shower and splashback grout replaced where it has cracked or stained, with silicone in the movement joints.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Conservatory, rooflight, glass panel and shower screen joints resealed with glazing silicone.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Dripping gutter joints and end caps, and gaps at fascias and soffits, sealed with weatherproof exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Sash and case window surrounds in stone and brick re-pointed with traditional sand mastic.

Why choose Mr Mastic in Brentwood

Brentwood homeowners get the same standard we bring to every job. Behind it are more than 20 years’ experience, full insurance and approval as an ARBOMaster applicator. We use Arbo and Everbuild sealants, chosen for each joint, and we’ve finished 2,847+ projects. Our 4.9-star Google rating comes from over 180 five-star reviews. Before any work begins you’ll have a clear quote, and every job we finish carries a one-year guarantee.

Places we pass in Brentwood

From the centre, the nearest railway station is Brentwood station. Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around St Helen's Catholic Junior School, Becket Keys Church of England School, Sawyers Hall College and Church of St Thomas of Canterbury. For open space, Thorndon Park is close by.