Mastic man in Burnham-on-Crouch

Sealant jobs we do in Burnham-on-Crouch

Down on the Quay, wind comes straight off the River Crouch, and buildings along the waterfront feel it in their joints. Mastic around frames, sills and weatherboarding dries out, cracks and lets rain in, often long before anyone notices. Mr Mastic covers Burnham-on-Crouch from our base in Crawley, and we deal with those outside joints as well as the usual bathroom and kitchen work.

Inside the house, we reseal baths, showers, basins and worktops. Outside, we cut out tired mastic around windows and doors and replace it with flexible, weatherproof sealant. In both cases the old material comes out completely first, because new sealant never bonds properly to old. Our window and door mastic page explains the frame types we work on.

Weatherboard, Georgian fronts and newer streets

The historic core has a loose grid plan with a medieval street pattern, a wide market street and many vernacular and Georgian buildings. Materials are an eclectic mix of red brick, mostly white weatherboarding and render, under slate or tile roofs. The conservation area holds 33 listed buildings, among them the Grade II* Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, designed in 1931 by the modernist architect Joseph Emberton, and terraces such as Granville Terrace.

Each material asks something different of a sealant. Weatherboarding expands and shrinks with the weather, so the joint where boards meet a window frame needs a sealant that stays flexible. Render and old brick can be soft, so hardened mastic has to be cut out with care. On a Georgian front, the right product depends on whether the joint will be painted.

Beyond the old centre, housing came in phases through the twentieth century, and the newer areas to the north mix many styles and house types. More is on the way: the town has been allocated 450 new homes across three sites, and 90 homes were approved on land north of Marsh Road. New-build showers and baths often need resealing within a year or two once the house has settled.

Our services in Burnham-on-Crouch

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Baths, showers, basins, wet rooms, worktops and sinks: old sealant cut out, mould treated and a new bead of anti-fungal silicone laid.
• Window & door mastic: Hardened, gappy mastic around frames, sills and French or patio doors cut out and renewed to keep draughts and rain out.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Second opinions on sealant that keeps failing: we strip it out, check for movement or leaks and reseal it properly.
• Fire-rated sealant: Fire-rated sealant for service penetrations and frame gaps where it has been specified, applied to the tested details.
• External & façade joints: Brickwork movement joints, render and cladding joints resealed with backing rod and flexible exterior sealant.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Snagging sealant for new homes and plot-by-plot mastic for builders and developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Skirting-to-floor gaps, tiled floor movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with the right product.
• Regrouting: Cracked, stained or crumbling grout raked out and replaced, with corners resealed in silicone.
• 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: Traditional burnt sand mastic renewed around sash and case windows and doors in stone and brick.

Choosing a mastic man in Burnham-on-Crouch

Burnham is a fair drive from Crawley, so we arrive with everything needed to finish in one visit. Mr Mastic has over 20 years of sealant work behind it and more than 2,847 projects. We are fully insured, approved as an ARBOMaster applicator and use Arbo and Everbuild sealants. Customers have given us 180+ five-star reviews and a 4.9-star Google rating. Expect a clear quote first and a one-year guarantee at the end.

Places we pass in Burnham-on-Crouch

The nearest station to the town centre is Burnham-On-Crouch station. Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Burnham-on-Crouch Primary School, Ormiston Rivers Academy, St Mary's Church and The Star Hotel. Green spaces within reach include Lion Creek and Lower Raypits.