Mastic man in Ringwood

Resealing and mastic work across Ringwood

Ringwood is a market town on the east bank of the River Avon, right on the western edge of the New Forest, and it has held a weekly market since the Middle Ages. Its homes range from older buildings around the Market Place to twentieth-century streets that have grown out towards Poulner. Mr Mastic covers Ringwood from our base in Crawley, resealing baths, showers and kitchens and renewing mastic on windows, doors and external joints.

Our method is simple and thorough. We take out every trace of the old sealant, clean away mould and soap residue, let the joint dry, and only then lay a new bead in a product suited to the job. The result looks neater and lasts much longer than a quick top-up. Our page on silicone removal explains why that first step matters so much.

From the Market Place out to Poulner

The historic heart of Ringwood is the Market Place and the streets around it, where older buildings sit close together and many have shops below and homes above. The Victorian town hall here dates from 1868. Older houses like these often have uneven walls and floors, and bathrooms fitted into small rooms or under the eaves, so sealant has to cope with movement and awkward angles.

Poulner, about a mile east of the centre, was once a separate settlement. Housing built on the fields and smallholdings between the two during the twentieth century has joined them up, and Poulner is now effectively a suburb of the town. Its streets are mostly family homes, where tired bath seals, shrinking kitchen joints and hardened uPVC window mastic are the usual jobs. The parish also takes in hamlets such as Hightown, Hangersley, Crow and Bisterne, where older cottages sit alongside more recent houses.

The town keeps growing slowly, with the number of households rising from about 5,700 in 2001 to around 6,300 in 2021. Newer homes bring their own problem: builder sealant that cracks in the first year or two as the house dries out. Our new build mastic page covers what we check.

Jobs we take on in Ringwood

• 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: Frame perimeters inside and out resealed with flexible, colour-matched sealant, with backing rod where the gap is deep.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Sealant programmes for offices, hotels, care settings and schools, with early or late working where it helps.
• 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: Failed builder sealant in new homes put right, and plot mastic for developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Floor and skirting joints in homes, shops and warehouses sealed neatly and to the right depth.
• Regrouting: Shower and splashback grout replaced where it has cracked or stained, with silicone in the movement joints.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Conservatory, rooflight, glass panel and shower screen joints resealed with glazing silicone.
• 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: Sash and case window surrounds in stone and brick re-pointed with traditional sand mastic.

Choosing a mastic man in Ringwood

We cover Ringwood from Crawley, and every visit comes with the same promise: a clear quote, careful work and a one-year guarantee. The team has more than two decades in the trade, is fully insured and includes an ARBOMaster approved applicator. We use Arbo and Everbuild products, have completed 2,847+ projects, and are proud of a 4.9-star Google rating built on 180+ five-star reviews.

Places we pass in Ringwood

Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Ringwood Church of England Infant School, Ringwood School, Ringwood Waldorf School and Trinity Congregational Church. Nearby green spaces include Blashford Lakes and Linbrook Lake.