Mastic man in Stubbington

Your local mastic man for Stubbington

At the start of the 20th century, Stubbington was a handful of cottages and farms around a green. Today it is a large village in the borough of Fareham, between Titchfield, Lee-on-the-Solent and the coast at Hill Head, with housing estates spread over the fields that once surrounded it. The green, with its war memorial, is still the centre of village life. Mr Mastic covers Stubbington from our base in Crawley, resealing bathrooms, kitchens, windows and doors throughout the area.

Most of the calls we get from homes like these are about the bathroom: a bath seal that has turned black, a shower that has started to leak at the tray, or a basin that has pulled away from the wall. Each one is fixed the same way, by cutting out the old sealant in full and laying a clean new bead. Our article on leaking shower sealant explains the warning signs to look out for.

Village green, Crofton and the growing estates

The old village of Crofton was absorbed into Stubbington in the 19th century, and its name lives on in Crofton School and Crofton Old Church. By 1939 there were small shops around the green and the population was about 2,500. Since then, new estates have taken over many of the surrounding fields, and most of the homes you will find here are post-war houses and bungalows built in phases as the village grew.

That spread of decades shows up in bathrooms and kitchens. Older bungalows often have baths fitted against outside walls, which can encourage mould behind the seal. Later family houses frequently have showers over baths, where the screen and the sealant both take a battering. Kitchens refitted over the years tend to have worktop joints that have shrunk away from the tiles, and around the sink that small gap soon collects dirt and moisture.

To the south, Hill Head was once a fishing village. It now has homes close to the shingle beach, including the beach-front houses of Swordfish Close, built in 2004. These are the properties most exposed to coastal weather.

What we do in Stubbington

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Mouldy or split sealant around baths, shower trays, basins and sinks removed completely and replaced with a neat, hygienic bead.
• 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: Failed, botched or over-sealed joints stripped out, the cause found and the joint resealed properly.
• 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: Skirting-to-floor gaps, tiled floor movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with the right product.
• Regrouting: Cracked, stained or crumbling grout raked out and replaced, with corners resealed in 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: Dripping gutter joints and end caps, and gaps at fascias and soffits, sealed with weatherproof 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.

What you get with Mr Mastic in Stubbington

We are a specialist firm, and sealant work is all we do. For Stubbington customers, that means a contractor with 20+ years’ experience, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status, using Arbo and Everbuild sealants. Our record stands at over 2,847 projects and a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews. We agree a clear quote before starting, and every finished job comes with our one-year guarantee.

Getting around Stubbington

For trains, Fareham station is closest to the centre. Local landmarks include Fareham Shopping Centre (2.7 miles north-east), Carron Row Farm Museum (2.5 miles north) and Calshot Castle (3.9 miles west). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to Crofton Anne Dale Junior School, Crofton School, Stubbington House School and Holy Rood Church. Nearby green spaces include West of the River Alver.