Mastic man in Liss

Your local mastic man for Liss

Liss is a village in the South Downs National Park, about three miles north-east of Petersfield, split by the River Rother into the old centre at West Liss and the newer village around the railway station. Its homes range from Victorian streets to post-war and 1960s estates and small modern developments. Mr Mastic covers Liss from our base in Crawley, including West Liss, East Liss and Liss Forest, as well as Petersfield and Liphook.

Whatever the age of the house, our approach is the same. We cut out the old sealant, deal with any mould, dry the joint, and lay a new bead in a product chosen for the job. That applies to a bath, a shower, a kitchen worktop or the mastic around a front door. If you have been wondering what a visit involves, our article on choosing a mastic man sets it out.

A village that moved east with the railway

The railway reached East Liss in 1859, and over the following decades the village shifted towards it. After an 1864 inclosure act, Station Road, St Mary’s Road and the shopping area were laid out on newly enclosed land, and St Mary’s Church followed in 1892 to 1894. Houses from that period often have bathrooms fitted into rooms never planned for them, sometimes on timber floors that move when the bath is filled, so a flexible bead matters. Where original timber windows survive, the joint between frame and brick may need a sealant that can be painted.

After the war, local authority housing went up in East Liss, and from the mid-1960s several large estates extended the village. Homes of that era have usually had a couple of bathroom refits and replacement windows, and we often find layers of sealant, split bath joints and hardened mastic around uPVC frames. Suburbs later spread towards Liss Forest.

More recently, smaller brownfield developments have added newer homes, where the common issue is builder sealant cracking as houses settle in their first year or two.

What we do in Liss

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Baths, showers, basins, wet rooms, worktops and sinks: old sealant cut out, mould treated and a new bead of anti-fungal silicone laid.
• Window & door mastic: Cracked or shrunken mastic around window and door frames, sills and patio doors replaced with a weatherproof sealant.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Sealant programmes for offices, hotels, care settings and schools, with early or late working where it helps.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Leaks and lifting beads from earlier sealant jobs put right, starting with finding out why they failed.
• Fire-rated sealant: Intumescent and fire-rated joints around pipes, cables and frames, installed to the manufacturer’s tested specification.
• 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: Snagging sealant for new homes and plot-by-plot mastic for builders and developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Movement joints in tiled and concrete floors, and skirting gaps, sealed so they stay tidy and keep dirt out.
• Regrouting: Shower and splashback grout replaced where it has cracked or stained, with silicone in the movement joints.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Leaking conservatory and rooflight joints, glass panels and shower screens resealed with silicone made for glass.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Dripping gutter joints and end caps, and gaps at fascias and soffits, sealed with weatherproof exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Traditional burnt sand mastic renewed around sash and case windows and doors in stone and brick.

What you get with Mr Mastic in Liss

Liss is within easy reach of Crawley across the Sussex–Hampshire border, and a village job gets the same care as any other. Expect more than two decades of hands-on experience, ARBOMaster approved applicator status, full insurance and Arbo and Everbuild sealants. We have 2,847+ projects behind us and a 4.9-star Google rating from over 180 five-star reviews. The quote is clear before we begin, and the work is covered by our one-year guarantee.

Places we pass in Liss

For trains, Liss station is closest to the centre. Well-known places nearby include Bear Museum (3.5 miles south-west). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to Liss Infant School, Church of St Mary and Whistle Stop pub. Nearby green spaces include Liss Riverside Railway Walk South and Wheatham Hill.