Mastic man in Oaklands

Resealing and mastic work across Oaklands

Oaklands is a residential part of Welwyn parish, strung along the old Great North Road on the north side of Welwyn village, with Welwyn Garden City a short drive to the south. It is mostly family homes, and family homes get through bathroom sealant. Mr Mastic covers Oaklands from our base in Crawley, resealing baths, showers, basins and worktops and replacing tired window and door mastic.

We start by taking the old sealant out completely, because new silicone won’t stick properly to the remains of the old. Once the joint is clean, dry and treated for mould, we lay one smooth bead of the right product. Our shower resealing page walks through each step.

Family houses along the old Great North Road

Welwyn grew a great deal in the twentieth century, with estates built to the south, west and north of the old village, and Oaklands is part of that northern spread. Its streets are largely detached and semi-detached family houses with gardens, and many have had extensions, loft conversions or new kitchens and bathrooms added over the years. Each of those changes leaves new joints that need sealing, and older ones that were sealed in a hurry.

In family bathrooms, the bath and shower seals see the most wear. Children splash, showers run every morning, and a seal that started out white goes grey and then black in the corners. In kitchens, the joint along the back of the worktop and around the sink takes a steady soaking, and once it shrinks, water gets behind and swells the worktop edge. Our kitchen resealing service covers worktops, sinks and upstands.

Most homes here have had their original windows replaced with uPVC at some point. The mastic around those frames, often laid when the windows went in, tends to harden, crack and pull away from the brick after enough summers.

Jobs we take on in Oaklands

• 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: Hardened, gappy mastic around frames, sills and French or patio doors cut out and renewed to keep draughts and rain out.
• 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: Failed, botched or over-sealed joints stripped out, the cause found and the joint resealed properly.
• Fire-rated sealant: Gaps in fire-separating walls and floors sealed with fire-rated products, following the tested details for each one.
• 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: Failed builder sealant in new homes put right, and plot mastic for developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Gaps under skirting boards, tile movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with a product that suits the traffic.
• Regrouting: Cracked, stained or crumbling grout raked out and replaced, with corners resealed in silicone.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glass-to-frame joints on conservatories, rooflights and shower screens cut out and resealed.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Exterior joints at gutters, fascias and soffits resealed to stop drips and staining down the wall.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Traditional sand mastic for period windows and doors where a modern sealant would look out of place.

Why choose Mr Mastic in Oaklands

A family home deserves a seal that lasts, and that is what we aim for in Oaklands. Mr Mastic has over 20 years of experience, is fully insured and is an ARBOMaster approved applicator. We work with Arbo and Everbuild sealants, and we’ve now completed more than 2,847 projects. Over 180 five-star reviews give us a 4.9-star rating on Google. We’ll give you a clear quote before we start and a one-year guarantee once the job is done.

Places we pass in Oaklands

The nearest station to the town centre is Welwyn North station. Places most people will know nearby are Howard Centre (3 miles south), Datchworth Museum (1.5 miles east) and Benington Castle (4.8 miles north-east). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near Oaklands Primary School, Monk's Walk School, Church of St Michael and All Angels and The North Star pub. For open space, Mardley Heath is close by.