Mastic man in Emsworth

Resealing and mastic work across Emsworth

Emsworth sits at the north end of an arm of Chichester Harbour, in the Borough of Havant, right where Hampshire meets West Sussex. It is a small town, with 10,269 people at the 2021 Census, but it packs a lot in: old streets that run down to the quay, a station on the West Coastway Line, and a wide spread of post-war housing to the north. Mr Mastic covers Emsworth from our base in Crawley, resealing baths, showers, basins and kitchen worktops, and renewing tired mastic around windows, doors and external joints.

Most calls start the same way: a line of silicone that has turned black at the bottom, or a bead around a frame that has cracked and pulled away. We never top it up. The old sealant is cut and scraped out completely, mould is treated, the joint is cleaned and dried, and a new bead goes on that suits the surface and the movement it has to cope with. If you want to know why silicone goes black in the first place, our guide on why sealant goes mouldy explains it.

A working harbour town with bungalows behind it

Emsworth grew on shipbuilding, boat building, rope making and the tide mills that ground local grain into flour, and its oldest buildings cluster near the harbour. St Peter’s Chapel, completed in 1790, later became the town hall, and the parish church of St James dates from 1840, with later additions up to the early 1890s. The streets around them, including Queen Street and Victoria Road, hold the town’s older houses and cottages, many altered and extended over the years.

North of the town the picture changes. In the 1960s large parts of that land were built up with a mix of bungalows and terraced housing, and those homes make up a big share of the town today. Many have had two or three bathroom refits since they were built, and we often find acrylic baths that flex when they are filled, shower trays laid on timber floors, and the remains of earlier sealant under the newer bead.

Each type needs a slightly different approach. In older houses, walls are rarely straight and timber window frames move with the seasons, so joints need a sealant that stays flexible and, where the frame is painted, one that can take paint. In bungalows and terraces, a bath is filled before we seal it so the bead is laid with the bath at its lowest point, and a deep gap gets a backing rod rather than a thick plug of silicone.

Our services in Emsworth

• 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: Failed, botched or over-sealed joints stripped out, the cause found and the joint resealed properly.
• 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: 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: 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: Glass-to-frame joints on conservatories, rooflights and shower screens cut out and resealed.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Leaking gutter joints, end caps, fascia and soffit joints resealed with exterior sealant.
• 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 Emsworth

Emsworth is part of our regular run along the south coast, and the standard is exactly what we keep at home in Crawley. You get applicators with more than 20 years in the trade, full insurance, and ARBOMaster approved status, working with Arbo and Everbuild sealants. Over 2,847 projects and a 4.9-star Google rating built on 180+ five-star reviews say the rest. We agree a clear quote with you first, and the finished job carries a one-year guarantee.

Landmarks near Emsworth

For trains, Emsworth station is closest to the centre. Well-known places nearby include Emsworth Museum (less than half a mile south) and Warblington Castle (1.3 miles west). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near St James Church of England Controlled Primary School, Bourne Community College, Church of St James and The Kings Arms. Nearby green spaces include Brook Meadow (Emsworth).