Mastic man in Slough

Your local mastic man for Slough

Slough is a town of contrasts. Old villages such as Upton, Chalvey, Cippenham, Langley and Wexham have been joined together by twentieth-century housing, while the town centre has been reshaped by regeneration, with The Curve and a new bus station. Between them sits one of the largest industrial estates in Europe. All of it has bathrooms, kitchens, windows and joints that need sealing, and Mr Mastic covers the whole town from our base in Crawley.

We reseal baths, showers, basins and worktops, renew window and door mastic, and seal external and movement joints on commercial buildings. The method stays the same whatever the property: every trace of the old bead is cut out, the joint is cleaned and dried, mould is treated, and the right sealant goes on at the right depth. If you’re wondering how long a reseal should last before it needs doing again, our guide to how long silicone sealant lasts gives realistic figures.

Old village cores, post-war estates and new town-centre flats

After the Second World War, several large housing developments went up in Slough for families leaving war-damaged London, and those estates still make up a big share of the town’s homes. Britwell, in the north-west, has since been partly regenerated, with a run-down block of flats replaced by new homes. Many of these post-war houses are now on their third or fourth bathroom, and we often find a newer bath set into an older floor that flexes, so the seal tears along the back edge.

Recent decades have added a lot more. In Langley, the former Hawker and then Ford factory site was cleared after 1997 and redeveloped for housing, offices and warehousing. In Cippenham, farmland has been built over for the Windsor Meadows and Cedar Parks developments. The former Thames Valley University campus has gone for housing, and the Heart of Slough regeneration has reshaped the centre. Newer homes like these tend to have builder-grade sealant that shrinks away as the building dries out and settles.

The town also keeps some much older buildings, with 96 listed in all, including the almshouses in Langley and the old cores of Upton and Chalvey. Around older timber frames, we take care to choose a sealant that suits the material rather than simply the cheapest bead. For homes from the last few years, our new-build sealant snagging guide is worth a read.

What we do in Slough

• 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: Cracked or shrunken mastic around window and door frames, sills and patio doors replaced with a weatherproof sealant.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Leaks and lifting beads from earlier sealant jobs put right, starting with finding out why they failed.
• 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: 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: Glazing joints on conservatories, roof lanterns and screens renewed with a sealant suited to glass and frames.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Dripping gutter joints and end caps, and gaps at fascias and soffits, sealed with weatherproof exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Traditional sand mastic for period windows and doors where a modern sealant would look out of place.

Why Mr Mastic in Slough

Slough is an easy trip from Crawley up the M25 and along the M4. Each job is done by someone with more than 20 years in the trade, and we are fully insured and ARBOMaster approved. We work with Arbo and Everbuild sealants, chosen joint by joint. Over 2,847 projects and a 4.9-star Google rating, built on 180+ five-star reviews, tell you how customers have found us. You’ll have a clear quote before any old sealant comes out, and the finished work is covered by a one-year guarantee.

Landmarks near Slough

For trains, Slough station is closest to the centre. Well-known places nearby include The History On Wheels Museum (1.3 miles south-west) and Windsor Castle (2.1 miles south). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to The Godolphin Junior Academy, Herschel Grammar School, Westgate School and St Michael and All Angels. For open space, Burnham Beeches and Taplow Lake are close by.