Mastic man in Eastbourne

Your local mastic man for Eastbourne

A grey, cracked bead round the bath or a seaside window frame that rattles with every gust is usually the moment people start looking for a mastic man in Eastbourne. Mr Mastic is based in Crawley and covers Eastbourne as part of our regular East Sussex round. We reseal baths, showers, basins and kitchen worktops, cut out and renew mastic around windows and doors, and seal the outside joints that keep wind-driven rain off the brickwork and render.

The method never changes, whatever the property. Every trace of the old sealant comes out first, because fresh silicone will not grip old silicone. The joint is cleaned, treated where mould has taken hold and left dry before a single, even bead goes on. It takes a little longer than smearing new sealant over the old, but it is the difference between a joint that lasts years and one that lets you down within weeks.

Victorian seafront, post-war estates and a modern marina

Eastbourne’s character comes from the Victorian resort laid out for the 7th Duke of Devonshire, with architect Henry Currey planning much of the new town from 1859. The seafront is lined with Victorian hotels and tall stucco and brick buildings, and the Town Centre and Seafront and Meads conservation areas protect a great deal of that period stock. Many of the big houses are now flats. Tall sash and bay windows, deep sills and stucco joints all depend on mastic that can move as old timber and masonry shift through the year.

Inland, the picture changes. The Old Town grew from the medieval village of Bourne, and after the Second World War housing estates were built at Hampden Park, Willingdon Trees and Langney. Bathrooms in these homes have often been refitted several times, so we regularly find two or three generations of sealant stacked on top of one another, or a bath that has dropped slightly and torn its seal.

At the eastern edge, Sovereign Harbour was built on the old Crumbles shingle bank from the 1990s and now has more than 3,000 homes around its marina. Houses and flats here are newer, but their sealant is reaching the age where it splits, discolours and lets water behind shower trays and around balcony doors. Our guide to how long silicone sealant lasts explains what to look for.

Jobs we take on in Eastbourne

• 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: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
• 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 sealant for service penetrations and frame gaps where it has been specified, applied to the tested details.
• External & façade joints: Outside movement joints given new backing rod and a flexible, weatherproof sealant in a colour to match the wall.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Early-failing sealant in new homes fixed properly, plus mastic packages and snagging for developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Gaps under skirting boards, tile movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with a product that suits the traffic.
• 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: 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.

Choosing a mastic man in Eastbourne

Mr Mastic has more than 20 years in the trade, carries full insurance and is an ARBOMaster approved applicator, working with Arbo and Everbuild sealants. Over 2,847 projects and 180+ five-star Google reviews, giving a 4.9-star rating, tell you how we work. We agree a clear quote with you before any old sealant comes out, and every job is backed by our one-year guarantee.

Landmarks near Eastbourne

From the centre, the nearest railway station is Hampden Park station. Local landmarks include Royal Sussex Regimental Museum (1 mile south-east) and Pevensey Castle (3 miles north-east). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near Stafford Junior School, Ratton School, WMG Academy for Young Engineers and St Andrew. Green spaces within reach include Combe Hill.