Surrey · England
Mastic man in Haslemere
Shower, bath and window resealing for Haslemere’s Georgian High Street, Victorian brick houses in Shottermill and hillside homes around Hindhead.
- 20+ years’ experience
- ARBOMaster approved applicator
- One-year guarantee
Your local mastic man for Haslemere
Haslemere is a hilltop town in Surrey’s Borough of Waverley, with Blackdown to the south and Hindhead and Beacon Hill within the same parish. Mr Mastic covers the whole parish from our base in Crawley, including Shottermill, Critchmere, Grayswood and Hindhead. We reseal showers, baths and kitchens, and we replace failed mastic around windows, doors and other outside joints.
Black spots on a shower seal are not just a cleaning problem: once mould grows into silicone, it cannot be scrubbed out. The only fix that lasts is to cut the bead out, treat the joint and reseal with anti-fungal silicone. Our article on why sealant goes mouldy explains what causes it.
From Georgian town houses to Victorian railway growth
Haslemere’s centre is an inverted T where the High Street, Petworth Road and Lower Street meet. Large houses lined the High Street by the 1730s, and survivors include Town House, Tudor House and the building now home to the Georgian House Hotel. The brick Town Hall dates from 1814, and several 16th and 17th-century houses stand on Petworth Road.
The railway opened on 1 January 1859, and the town grew quickly afterwards. Houses spread along Lower Street towards Shottermill in the late 1860s and early 1870s. Shottermill itself saw little building before 1880, then its population roughly doubled in a decade, with labourers’ housing going up along Lion Lane, much of it in bricks from local brickworks. Grayswood grew from a farming community into a village with houses built in the early 1900s.
Today the parish has a varied mix: in 2011 there were around 2,900 detached homes, 1,500 semis, nearly 1,000 terraced houses and about 1,800 flats. Victorian brick terraces often have small bathrooms with timber floors that flex, while larger hillside houses have several bathrooms and plenty of external joints.
Hills, steep drives and exposed elevations
Haslemere is hilly, and many homes sit on slopes with steep drives and exposed walls facing the prevailing weather. External mastic on those faces dries out and cracks sooner, and gutters and fascias take a lot of run-off. Where a fascia or gutter joint has opened up, our gutter and fascia sealing can stop drips before they stain the wall. Around frames, we use flexible, weatherproof sealant and backing rod where the gap is deep.
In the town centre, flats above shops and converted period houses share walls and floors, so a failed shower seal soon becomes a neighbour’s problem. We can arrange access with managing agents and plan around parking on the High Street.
Hotels, independent shops and schools
The High Street’s independent shops, cafés and restaurants occupy many older buildings, and the Georgian House Hotel has guest bathrooms that see daily use. We can reseal hotel and guest rooms one at a time, and out-of-hours working can be arranged for commercial jobs.
Schools such as Woolmer Hill School and St Ives School have changing rooms, kitchens and washrooms where sealant wears quickly. Where earlier work has failed or been done badly, our remedial sealant service puts it right. We also reseal for landlords letting flats and houses around the station.
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.
- Preparation first. Old sealant out completely, surfaces cleaned, mould treated and the joint left dry.
- Neat new sealant. Each joint gets the sealant that suits it, laid and smoothed to a tidy finish.
- Cure and guarantee. We tell you when it can be used, and every job has our one-year guarantee.
Our services in Haslemere
- Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Mouldy or split sealant around baths, shower trays, basins and sinks removed completely and replaced with a neat, hygienic bead.
- Window & door mastic: Hardened, gappy mastic around frames, sills and French or patio doors cut out and renewed to keep draughts and rain out.
- Commercial & hotel sealant: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
- 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: 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: Crumbling grout in showers and wet areas raked out and refilled, so water stays out of the wall behind.
- Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glazing joints on conservatories, roof lanterns and screens renewed with a sealant suited to glass and frames.
- Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Gutter unions, outlets and fascia joints that leak in heavy rain cleaned and resealed.
- 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 Haslemere
Haslemere is at the western edge of our regular Surrey area, and we plan visits so the trip is worthwhile for you. Our applicators have 20+ years’ experience, we are fully insured and ARBOMaster approved, and we use Arbo and Everbuild sealants. Over 2,847 projects and a 4.9-star Google rating from 180+ five-star reviews show the standard you can expect. We always give a clear quote first, and each job has a one-year guarantee.
Around Haslemere
From the centre, the nearest railway station is Haslemere station. Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Shottermill Infant School, Woolmer Hill School, Royal School Haslemere and Church of St Christopher. Nearby green spaces include Lynchmere Commons and Gibbet Hill.
What customers say
Rated 4.9 on Google from 180+ five-star reviews. Read the reviews on Google.
“New build in Forge Wood — shower seal had failed after 16 months. Mr Mastic came out quickly, removed everything and did it properly. Perfect finish and no more leaks.”
“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.”
Where we work in Haslemere
Choose your part of town for local details, or call 07833 053749 or email us and tell us your postcode.
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Questions we’re asked in Haslemere
Do you cover all of Haslemere?
Yes. We cover the town centre, Shottermill, Critchmere, Grayswood, Hindhead and Beacon Hill.
Can you remove black mould from my shower seal?
Mould that has grown into silicone can’t be cleaned out. We remove the bead, treat the joint and reseal with anti-fungal silicone.
Our house is on an exposed hillside. Why does the window mastic keep cracking?
Sun, wind and rain dry out and stress external sealant. We replace it with a flexible, weatherproof product set at the right depth.
Can you reseal a bathroom in a Victorian terrace with a timber floor?
Yes. We use flexible sanitary silicone and fill the bath before sealing so the bead copes with movement.
Do you seal leaking gutter and fascia joints?
Yes, where they can be reached safely. Larger repairs may need a roofer, and we’ll tell you if so.
Can you work in a hotel or shop out of hours?
Yes. Out-of-hours working can be arranged for commercial jobs.
Can you reseal a kitchen worktop in a period house?
Yes. We cut out the old sealant along the upstand and splashback, clean and dry the joint, and use a food-safe silicone near the sink.
Our flat is above a shop on the High Street. Can you reach it?
Yes. We carry everything up by hand and can plan around parking and access with the owner or managing agent.
Do you travel as far as Haslemere?
Yes. We cover the town from our base in Crawley and group visits in the area where we can.