Mastic man in East Tilbury

Resealing and mastic work across East Tilbury

East Tilbury owes most of its housing to one company. In the 1930s the Bata shoe firm built a factory here, and around it a village for its workers, with flat-roofed modernist houses quite unlike anything else in Thurrock. Later estates and new homes have grown alongside. Mr Mastic covers East Tilbury from our base in Crawley, resealing baths, showers and kitchens, and replacing mastic around windows and doors.

On houses like these, the outside joints matter as much as the bathroom. Rendered walls, concrete and metal or replacement frames all move at different rates, and the mastic between them is what keeps rain out. Our window mastic guide explains why it fails and what a good joint looks like.

Bata Avenue, the company estate and later homes

Historic England’s appraisal of the area records that the first company houses went up on Bata Avenue in 1933–34, and that most of the estate followed in phases between 1936 and 1955, with the last in 1966. By then there were about 362 company houses, built to a small number of standard designs with a simple modernist look. Early homes followed Czech designs from Zlín; 2 Bata Avenue has concrete front walls and a flat roof and is Grade II listed. Most of the estate is brick, usually rendered or painted, and the 1950s phase has pitched roofs and mixed red and yellow brick.

The Bata settlement was made a conservation area in 1993. When the company sold its houses in 1980, owners began changing doors and windows piece by piece, so today there is a mix of original-style and replacement frames set into render. Each of those openings has a perimeter joint, and many are now cracked or pulling away.

In the 1970s land was sold for a large private estate, and later streets such as Kensington Gardens and Alexandra Way followed. In 2024 permission was granted on appeal for up to 1,000 more homes off Muckingford Road, so new-build sealant will be a growing part of the work.

Sealant services across East Tilbury

• 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: 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: Early-failing sealant in new homes fixed properly, plus mastic packages and snagging for developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Floor and skirting joints in homes, shops and warehouses sealed neatly and to the right depth.
• Regrouting: Tired or mouldy grout raked out and renewed, and the internal corners finished in flexible silicone.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Leaking conservatory and rooflight joints, glass panels and shower screens resealed with silicone made for glass.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Leaking gutter joints, end caps, fascia and soffit joints resealed with exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Sash and case window surrounds in stone and brick re-pointed with traditional sand mastic.

Choosing a mastic man in East Tilbury

Unusual houses need someone who will look closely before reaching for the gun. Mr Mastic has two decades of sealant work behind it, is fully insured, and is an ARBOMaster approved applicator using Arbo and Everbuild sealants. Across more than 2,847 projects we have built a 4.9-star Google rating from 180+ five-star reviews. In East Tilbury, as anywhere, we give a clear quote before starting, and every job is backed by our one-year guarantee.

Landmarks near East Tilbury

From the centre, the nearest railway station is East Tilbury station. Places most people will know nearby are Walton Hall Museum (0.9 miles north). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around East Tilbury Primary School, St Clere's School, St Francis and Grove House Wood. For open space, Thurrock Thameside Nature Park and Sawyers Lake are close by.