Mastic man in Margate

Resealing and mastic work across Margate

Margate has been welcoming visitors to its sands for well over two centuries, and a lot of its housing still reflects that: tall terraces built as boarding houses, villas turned into flats, and a growing number of holiday lets. Mr Mastic is based in Crawley and covers Margate and the rest of Thanet, resealing baths, showers, basins and kitchens, and replacing tired mastic around windows, doors and external joints.

If your bath seal has turned black, or there’s a gap opening up between the shower tray and the tiles, the fix is the same wherever you live. The old bead is cut out and every trace of it removed, the joint is cleaned and dried, and a new bead of anti-fungal sanitary silicone goes in. Our anti-mould resealing page explains how we deal with joints that keep going black.

Boarding-house terraces, Cliftonville squares and seafront flats

Cliftonville, on the cliffs east of the old town, was laid out as a planned extension of Margate in the mid-to-late 19th century. Around Dalby Square you’ll find yellow stock brick, stucco fronts, timber sash windows and full-height canted bays, and directories of the time list several boarding houses on the square alone. Many of these big houses have since been divided into flats and bedsits, which means bathrooms fitted into spare rooms, stacked one above another.

That layout makes a failed seal more serious. A shower tray that leaks in a second-floor flat soon shows on the ceiling below, and timber floors in older buildings flex as people walk across them, which tears a stiff, ageing bead. We use flexible sanitary silicone, fill baths before sealing so the joint is set at full load, and check tray corners and screen edges where water usually gets through.

Outside, the council’s own appraisal notes how many original sashes have been swapped for uPVC. Those replacement frames are now old enough that their perimeter mastic has hardened and shrunk. Where timber sashes survive, the joint between frame and brick or render needs a sealant that suits both. Our guide to mastic for sash windows covers the options.

Sealant services across Margate

• 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: 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: Messy, layered or wrong-product sealant cut out and replaced with the right sealant, laid the right way.
• 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: 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: 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: 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 Margate

Thanet is a fair drive from our Crawley base, so we plan Margate visits properly and arrive with the right products for the job. 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 have earned us a 4.9-star Google rating from 180+ five-star reviews. You’ll have a clear quote before any old sealant comes out, and the finished work is covered by our one-year guarantee.

Landmarks near Margate

For trains, Margate station is closest to the centre. Well-known places nearby include Westwood Cross (1.6 miles south) and Public Library & Museum (Camborne) (0.5 miles north). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near Salmestone Primary School, Hartsdown Academy, Parish Church of St John the Baptist and Secret Spices pub. For open space, Sandwich and Pegwell Bay is close by.