Wokingham · England
Mastic man in Earley
Everyday resealing for Earley’s homes, from the Lower Earley estates built from 1977 to older streets near Whiteknights and Maiden Erlegh.
- Old sealant cut out, never covered
- ARBOMaster approved
- One-year guarantee on every job
Sealant jobs we do in Earley
Earley is a town in the Borough of Wokingham, lying about three miles south and east of Reading centre, with Woodley to the north-east, Winnersh to the east and Shinfield to the south. Part of the University of Reading’s Whiteknights campus is within its boundary, and the River Loddon runs along its eastern edge. Mr Mastic covers Earley from our base in Crawley.
Most of the work here is in busy family homes and student or rented lets: baths, showers, basins and kitchens where the seal has gone black or started to peel. We always cut out the old bead completely and treat any mould before resealing. If you keep cleaning the same black line, our article on why sealant goes mouldy explains why it keeps coming back.
Lower Earley and the older town
The biggest single change to Earley was Lower Earley. From 1977 a large private housing estate was built at the southern end of the town, on low-lying land between the old Maiden Erlegh estate and the Loddon, and it almost doubled Earley’s population. It is a mainly lower-density area of houses with its own district centre; a supermarket complex opened in 1979, followed by the Maiden Place shopping area in 1988.
Homes from that period are now well over 30 years old. Many still have showers and kitchens that have been resealed by the owner more than once, often over the top of the old sealant, which never bonds properly. Baths have dropped, tiles have moved and the gaps have grown. We strip it all back and start again from a clean, dry joint.
Earley has older buildings too. St Peter’s Church on Church Road dates from about 1844, and Alfred Waterhouse designed four villas on the Whiteknights estate, including Foxhill House of 1868, now Grade II* listed and used by the university. In older homes around the town, windows and door frames often need fresh external mastic as much as the bathroom needs attention.
Student lets, family homes and lakeside air
With the university on the doorstep, a lot of Earley houses are let to students or young professionals. Bathrooms in shared houses see several showers a day, often with poor ventilation, so sealant fails faster. Landlords tend to call us between tenancies, when the joints can be replaced and left to cure properly before the next occupants arrive.
Homes near Maiden Erlegh Lakes, a local nature reserve, and the Loddon valley sit in damper air, and external seals on their exposed sides harden and split sooner. In kitchens, our kitchen resealing covers worktops, upstands and sinks, using a food-safe product where needed.
Thames Valley Park, shops and schools
Thames Valley Park, beside the Thames east of the A329(M), is home to offices for a number of companies, and office kitchens, shower rooms and washrooms all need resealing as part of routine maintenance. We can work early or late to keep facilities open, and we can tackle a whole floor of washrooms in stages so staff always have somewhere to use.
Earley also has six primary schools and Maiden Erlegh School, along with the shops at Maiden Place and the Lower Earley district centre. Toilets, changing rooms and food areas in these buildings are good candidates for holiday or out-of-hours resealing.
From first call to finished joint
- Get in touch. Call or email with the job, your postcode and a few photos if you have them.
- Get a clear quote. We give you a clear price before any work starts, and agree a date with you.
- Strip back the old joint. Every bit of old sealant is removed and the joint is cleaned, treated for mould and dried.
- Seal and finish. The right sealant for each joint is applied and tooled to a neat, even finish.
- Leave it to cure. We tell you how long to leave it before use, and the work carries our one-year guarantee.
Jobs we take on in Earley
- 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: 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: Brickwork movement joints, render and cladding joints resealed with backing rod and flexible exterior sealant.
- New-build mastic & snagging: Early-failing sealant in new homes fixed properly, plus mastic packages and snagging for developers.
- Floor & skirting joints: Movement joints in tiled and concrete floors, and skirting gaps, sealed so they stay tidy and keep dirt out.
- Regrouting: Crumbling grout in showers and wet areas raked out and refilled, so water stays out of the wall behind.
- Glazing & conservatory sealant: Conservatory, rooflight, glass panel and shower screen joints resealed with glazing silicone.
- 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.
Choosing a mastic man in Earley
Earley has a lot of homes of the same age, and we have seen most of the problems they throw up. We work with over 20 years’ experience, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status, using Arbo and Everbuild sealants. With 2,847+ projects completed and a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews, you are in safe hands. A clear quote comes first and a one-year guarantee follows. Our guide to choosing a mastic man lists what to ask any firm.
Places we pass in Earley
The nearest station to the town centre is Earley station. Local landmarks include The Oracle (2.2 miles north-west), Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Museum (1.7 miles north-west) and Beaumys Castle (4.4 miles south-west). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near Radstock Primary School, Maiden Erlegh School, Leighton Park School and Trinity Church. For open space, Fobney Island Wetland Reserve and Sonning Hill are close by.
What customers say
Rated 4.9 on Google from 180+ five-star reviews. Read the reviews on Google.
“Harper Drive in Maidenbower — kitchen worktop had been leaking behind for a while. Came out the next day, sorted it properly. Really tidy job.”
“Called for a bathroom reseal and the mastic man showed up on time with all the right equipment. Brilliant attention to detail. The sealant looks perfect and they kept everything tidy.”
“We had old mastic that needed replacing throughout our kitchen and bathrooms. The mastic man professional was knowledgeable, quoted fairly, and delivered excellent quality work. Highly recommend!”
Where we work in Earley
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Your questions about mastic work in Earley
Do you cover all of Earley?
Yes. We cover Lower Earley, Maiden Erlegh, Hillside, Whiteknights and the rest of the town, plus Woodley, Winnersh and Shinfield.
My Lower Earley shower has been resealed over and over. Can you fix it properly?
Yes. We remove every layer, treat any mould and reseal from a clean joint so the new bead can bond.
I rent to students near the university. Can you reseal between tenancies?
Yes. We can work to your changeover dates and reseal baths, showers and kitchens in one visit.
Do you work at Thames Valley Park offices?
Yes. We reseal office kitchens, shower rooms and washrooms and can arrange early or late working.
The grout around my bath is cracking as well. Can you help?
Yes. Where grout has failed next to the sealant, we can renew it too; see our regrouting service.
Is Earley station near you?
We travel by van, so it does not matter which part of Earley you are in; Lower Earley, Hillside and the streets near the station are all straightforward.
How long should new sealant last?
With good ventilation and regular wiping, a well-applied silicone joint should last many years.
Can you get to Earley easily?
Yes. Earley is well connected by road, and we schedule Reading-area jobs together.