Mastic man in New Romney

Resealing and mastic work across New Romney

New Romney is the main town of Romney Marsh, a small, old town with a busy High Street, set on flat land more than a mile back from the sea, with Littlestone and Greatstone along the coast beside it. Around 7,000 people live here. Mr Mastic covers New Romney and the surrounding Marsh from our base in Crawley, resealing baths, showers and kitchens and renewing window and door mastic.

Down here, a good reseal has to cope with salt air on the coast and with older buildings in the town that have moved over the centuries. We remove the old sealant completely, clean and dry the joint, and choose a product for the job rather than using one tube for everything. Our guide on looking after new sealant explains how to keep it in good shape afterwards.

Medieval houses, an old town hall and coastal homes

New Romney was once a harbour town, but storms in the 13th century, including the great storm of 1287, filled the harbour with sand and silt and left the town stranded inland. That is why several old buildings have steps leading down from the pavement. The town keeps a remarkable group of old buildings: the Norman church of St Nicholas, the Town Hall of 1702, the West Street almshouses founded in 1610 and rebuilt in 1734, and houses in West Street that date from the early 14th century.

Old buildings like these are rarely square or still. Window frames sit in openings that have shifted, and bathrooms have been added into rooms never designed for them. A rigid sealant will not last; a flexible one, and on painted timber a paintable one, will. We take care not to damage old surfaces when cutting out failed mastic.

Beyond the centre, much of the housing is 20th-century, and along the coast at Littlestone and Greatstone the homes face the full sea weather. Their uPVC windows and patio doors take sun, wind and salt, and the mastic round them hardens and splits sooner than it would inland.

What we do in New Romney

• 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: 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: Commercial washrooms, kitchens and wet areas resealed floor by floor, so only a few rooms are out of use at once.
• 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 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: New-build bathrooms, kitchens and frames resealed where the original sealant has cracked as the house settles.
• 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: 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: Sash and case window surrounds in stone and brick re-pointed with traditional sand mastic.

What you get with Mr Mastic in New Romney

New Romney is one of the furthest corners of our Kent area from Crawley, so we plan each visit carefully and arrive with the right sealants for the job. Our applicators have 20+ years’ experience, are fully insured and ARBOMaster approved, and use Arbo and Everbuild products. Behind that are 2,847+ projects and a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews. You get a clear quote first and a one-year guarantee at the end.

Getting around New Romney

Local landmarks include Lydd Town Museum (3 miles south-west) and Romney 'castle' (2.1 miles west). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy, The Marsh Academy, The Marsh Academy and Church of St Nicholas. For open space, Dungeness National and Burnthouse Pen are close by.