Mastic man in Clacton

Sealant jobs we do in Clacton

Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town in Tendring, and its homes range from tall Victorian villas near the front to bungalows, retirement flats and modern estates on the edge of town. Mr Mastic covers Clacton from our base in Crawley, resealing baths, showers and kitchens, renewing the mastic around windows and doors and sealing the joints that keep the coastal weather out.

Our approach doesn’t change from one house to the next. We cut away every bit of the old sealant, clean and dry the joint, and choose a product to suit it: anti-fungal silicone in a bathroom, a flexible weatherproof sealant on a sea-facing frame. Once we’ve finished, our notes on looking after new sealant will help it stay clean and white for longer.

A Victorian resort that kept on growing

The resort was laid out from 1871 by the railway engineer Peter Bruff on farmland by the sea, and the streets nearest the pier still have many of the large Victorian and Edwardian houses built for visitors and guest houses. A good part of that area is now the Clacton Seafront Conservation Area. Great Clacton, the old village about a mile inland, has its own older core, and Holland-on-Sea was taken into the town in 1934. West of the pier, Jaywick grew from self-built and kit homes of the 1920s and 1930s.

After the war, retired Londoners moved to the town in large numbers, and bungalows and flats spread out along the coast and inland. Clacton grew again in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, with estates on the rural edges, and the site of the old holiday camp in West Clacton is now housing.

Each type brings its own work. Big period houses split into flats have bathrooms tucked into odd corners and shared walls, so a failed shower seal can soon become a neighbour’s problem. Bungalows often have walk-in showers or level-access bathrooms fitted for later life, and those seals need to be watertight and easy to keep clean. Newer homes tend to need their builder’s sealant replaced in the first few years.

Our services in Clacton

• 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: Frame perimeters inside and out resealed with flexible, colour-matched sealant, with backing rod where the gap is deep.
• 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: Fire-rated and intumescent sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations, to the product’s tested details.
• External & façade joints: Expansion joints in brick, render and cladding cut out and renewed at the right depth so they can move without splitting.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Snagging sealant for new homes and plot-by-plot mastic for builders and developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Gaps under skirting boards, tile movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with a product that suits the traffic.
• Regrouting: Tired or mouldy grout raked out and renewed, and the internal corners finished in flexible 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: Old sand mastic around sash windows and doors raked out and renewed with traditional burnt sand mastic.

Why choose Mr Mastic in Clacton

Coastal sealant has a harder life than most, so it needs to be done with care. Mr Mastic is fully insured, has over 20 years in the trade and is an ARBOMaster approved applicator working with Arbo and Everbuild products. We’ve completed more than 2,847 projects and hold a 4.9-star rating on Google from 180+ five-star reviews. Before we lift a knife you’ll have a clear quote, and every job is backed by our one-year guarantee.

Places we pass in Clacton

For trains, Clacton-On-Sea station is closest to the centre. Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to White Hall Academy, Clacton County High School, Bishops Park College and Church of St John the Baptist. For open space, Great Holland Pits is close by.