Mastic man in Southwater

Sealant jobs we do in Southwater

Southwater calls itself a village, but with a population of over 10,000 it is bigger than plenty of towns. It is a civil parish in Horsham District, and much of its growth came from two local industries: the brickworks and the railway, which opened in 1866. Today it is mostly a residential place, and Mr Mastic covers it from our base in Crawley, a straightforward run across the district.

We reseal baths, showers, basins and kitchens, replace window and door mastic and seal external joints on homes and commercial buildings. Sealant doesn’t last for ever, and the time it takes to fail depends a lot on where it is and how it was put in. Our article on how long silicone sealant lasts gives realistic timescales.

From brickworks village to a large modern parish

At its peak, the Southwater brickworks made 18 million bricks a year and employed 100 men. It made red engineering bricks until it closed in 1981, and its old clay pits now form the lakes of Southwater Country Park, which opened in 1985. The railway yard closed in 1966, but by then the village had been shaped by both industries, and it has kept growing since: the population rose from 10,025 in 2001 to 10,730 in 2011.

That growth means a wide spread of house ages. There are older buildings such as Great House Farmhouse, a Grade II* listed late medieval house just west of the village, and Holy Innocents Church, built in 1848 to 1849. Most homes, though, are later houses and estates, and in those the sealant jobs are predictable: baths that drop slightly when filled and tear the seal, shower trays that flex, and worktop joints that have shrunk back over the years.

In houses that have had a bathroom refit or two, we often find a fresh bead run over an old one. It never bonds properly and mould grows in the gap, so we take every layer out before resealing.

Sealant services across Southwater

• 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: Commercial washrooms, kitchens and wet areas resealed floor by floor, so only a few rooms are out of use at once.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Second opinions on sealant that keeps failing: we strip it out, check for movement or leaks and reseal it 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: Split or perished joints in walls and cladding replaced with exterior sealant designed to stretch with the building.
• 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: Tired or mouldy grout raked out and renewed, and the internal corners finished in flexible silicone.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glazing joints on conservatories, roof lanterns and screens renewed with a sealant suited to glass and frames.
• 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 burnt sand mastic renewed around sash and case windows and doors in stone and brick.

What you get with Mr Mastic in Southwater

Southwater is in the same district we drive through most weeks, and the houses here are the kind we work on all the time. You get a tradesperson with 20+ years’ experience who is fully insured and an ARBOMaster approved applicator, using Arbo and Everbuild sealants. We have more than 2,847 completed projects and a 4.9-star Google rating built on over 180 five-star reviews. The price is agreed in a clear quote at the start, and a one-year guarantee covers the work afterwards.

Landmarks near Southwater

For trains, Christs Hospital station is closest to the centre. Local landmarks include Christs Hospital School Museum (1.5 miles north-west). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Southwater Infant Academy, The Doyle School of Design and Technology, Holy Innocents Church and The Lintot pub. Green spaces within reach include Knepp Wildland.