Mastic man in Sandwich

Sealant jobs we do in Sandwich

Few small towns in England have kept their medieval layout as completely as Sandwich. The old town sits inside its earth ramparts beside the River Stour, with narrow lanes, jettied upper storeys and the Barbican guarding the bridge, and the whole medieval town is a conservation area. Mr Mastic covers Sandwich from our base in Crawley, resealing baths, showers and kitchens and renewing mastic around windows and doors in homes of every age, from listed cottages to modern family houses on the edge of town.

Old buildings need a lighter hand than most. We cut out failed sealant without gouging soft timber or old brick, treat any mould, let the joint dry properly and then choose a sealant that suits the materials on both sides of it. Where a joint on a period frame needs painting, we say so before we start, because standard silicone can’t be painted. Our guide to window mastic explains how we pick the right product for each frame.

Timber frames, Dutch brickwork and homes outside the walls

Strand Street is thought to be the longest unbroken run of timber-framed buildings in England, and houses like these move with the seasons. Their frames were built from Wealden oak, often with lighter infill between the timbers, and a bathroom added inside one centuries later sits on floors that are rarely level or still. A rigid bead around a bath on a floor like that cracks within months. We use flexible sanitary silicone, fill the bath before sealing so the joint is laid at its heaviest, and leave a neat, even line that suits an old room.

From the 1560s, Dutch Protestant settlers came to Sandwich in large numbers, and many houses were altered with brick gable walls and decorative brickwork. Where replacement windows have gone into old brick openings, the gap between frame and wall is often uneven, and the original mastic has usually dried out and pulled away. Outside the ramparts, the town has more recent housing, and there the work is the familiar run of tired bath seals, shrunken worktop joints and uPVC windows whose mastic has hardened in the sun.

In every case the old sealant comes out in full first. A new bead laid over an old one never bonds properly, however tidy it looks on the day.

Jobs we take on in Sandwich

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Bathroom and kitchen joints taken back to a clean, dry surface and finished with fresh anti-fungal silicone that won’t lift.
• 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: Guest bathrooms, staff washrooms and kitchens in commercial buildings resealed in a planned order that keeps the site running.
• 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: Split or perished joints in walls and cladding replaced with exterior sealant designed to stretch with the building.
• New-build mastic & snagging: New-build bathrooms, kitchens and frames resealed where the original sealant has cracked as the house settles.
• Floor & skirting joints: Skirting-to-floor gaps, tiled floor movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with the right product.
• Regrouting: Tired or mouldy grout raked out and renewed, and the internal corners finished in flexible silicone.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Conservatory, rooflight, glass panel and shower screen joints resealed with glazing silicone.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Leaking gutter joints, end caps, fascia and soffit joints resealed with exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Old sand mastic around sash windows and doors raked out and renewed with traditional burnt sand mastic.

Choosing a mastic man in Sandwich

Sandwich is a fair run from Crawley, so we plan visits properly and arrive with everything we need. You get a team with more than 20 years in the trade, ARBOMaster approved applicator status and full insurance, working with Arbo and Everbuild sealants. Over 2,847 projects and a 4.9-star Google rating from 180+ five-star reviews say more than we could. We give you a clear quote first, and every job is covered by our one-year guarantee.

Getting around Sandwich

The nearest station to the town centre is Sandwich station. Places most people will know nearby are The Precinct Toy Collection (less than half a mile north) and Sandown Castle (3.7 miles south-east). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Sandwich Infant School, Sir Roger Manwood's School, Sandwich United Reformed Church and The Red Cow Public House. Nearby green spaces include Monk's Wall nature reserve.