Mastic man in Chipping Ongar

Your local mastic man for Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar is a small town, and green belt policy has kept it that way since the war. That means fewer big estates than many Essex towns and a high share of older houses, from 16th-century buildings on the High Street to Victorian cottages and commuter homes on the edges. Mr Mastic covers Ongar and the parishes around it from our base in Crawley.

We reseal showers, baths, basins and kitchens, renew window and door mastic, and take care over older surfaces. Everything starts with removing the old sealant completely, because a new bead over an old one simply peels away. If your shower has started to leak at the tray, our shower resealing page explains how we find and fix the weak points.

A listed High Street and old Essex materials

The central High Street is a widened main street of the kind found in many old English towns, with over 70 listed buildings protected by the Chipping Ongar Conservation Area. Most buildings are two storeys, built in soft Essex red brick, render or weatherboarding, under plain clay tiles or Welsh slate. Castle House and the White House both date from the 16th century, Budworth Hall from 1886, and the Victorian cottages of Bushey Lea, reached from the High Street, have sliding sash windows.

Older materials need a gentle approach. Soft brick and old render are easily damaged when hardened mastic is cut away, so we remove it by hand with care. Timber sashes and weatherboarding move with the weather, and the joint between them and the wall needs a flexible sealant, sometimes a paintable one rather than silicone.

Since the war, local planning has focused increasingly on homes for people commuting out of the town. Many houses in Shelley to the north and Marden Ash to the south are 20th-century family homes, where bathrooms and kitchens have often been refitted more than once. Layers of old sealant and dropped baths are common finds.

Sealant services across Chipping Ongar

• 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: Sealant programmes for offices, hotels, care settings and schools, with early or late working where it helps.
• 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: 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: 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: Conservatory, rooflight, glass panel and shower screen joints resealed with glazing silicone.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Gutter unions, outlets and fascia joints that leak in heavy rain cleaned and resealed.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Traditional burnt sand mastic renewed around sash and case windows and doors in stone and brick.

Why choose Mr Mastic in Chipping Ongar

Period houses and tight High Street access call for a steady pair of hands. Mr Mastic has over two decades in the trade and more than 2,847 projects completed. We carry full insurance, hold ARBOMaster approved applicator status and use Arbo and Everbuild sealants. With 180+ five-star reviews behind a 4.9-star Google rating, our customers know what to expect: a clear quote before we begin and a one-year guarantee when we finish.

Getting around Chipping Ongar

Well-known places nearby include Willingale Doe (4.5 miles north-east). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Chipping Ongar Primary School, The Ongar Academy, United Reformed Church and The Royal Oak pub. For open space, Gernon Bushes is close by.