Mastic man in Tenterden

Resealing and mastic work across Tenterden

Tenterden’s broad, tree-lined High Street is the heart of a market town of around 7,700 people in the Weald, within Ashford Borough. The church tower of St Mildred’s, finished in the 15th century, rises above it, and the 18th-century Town Hall still houses the town council. To the north is St Michael’s, known as Boresisle until Victorian times, and to the south the road runs out to Smallhythe. Mr Mastic covers the town and its villages from our base in Crawley.

We reseal baths, showers, basins and kitchen worktops, renew window and door mastic and seal external joints. In a town full of old buildings, that means choosing the right sealant for each surface, removing failed sealant completely, and leaving a neat, even bead that suits the room rather than a thick smear across the tiles.

A large conservation area and the streets around it

Much of central Tenterden sits within a large conservation area, designated by Ashford Borough Council in 1996, and the High Street has a long run of listed buildings: shops, houses and inns of different centuries side by side. Many have been altered inside over the years, with bathrooms fitted into attics, back rooms and old service wings. Behind and around the centre, later housing fills out the town, including the family homes of St Michael’s.

In old houses the main enemy of sealant is movement. Timber floors flex under a full bath, walls settle, and joints between old plaster and new tiles open and close with the seasons. We use flexible sanitary silicone, fill the bath before sealing, and where a joint needs to be painted, we suggest a paintable sealant instead of silicone.

In newer homes, the usual faults are kitchen worktop seals that have shrunk back, uPVC windows whose mastic has gone hard, and shower trays that were never sealed well in the first place. If your shower has started to leak, our article on leaking shower sealant explains what usually causes it.

Our services in Tenterden

• 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: Leaks and lifting beads from earlier sealant jobs put right, starting with finding out why they failed.
• 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: Brickwork movement joints, render and cladding joints resealed with backing rod and flexible exterior sealant.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Snagging sealant for new homes and plot-by-plot mastic for builders and developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Movement joints in tiled and concrete floors, and skirting gaps, sealed so they stay tidy and keep dirt out.
• Regrouting: Tired or mouldy grout raked out and renewed, and the internal corners finished in flexible silicone.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Leaking conservatory and rooflight joints, glass panels and shower screens resealed with silicone made for glass.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Gutter unions, outlets and fascia joints that leak in heavy rain cleaned and resealed.
• 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 Tenterden

A town like Tenterden needs tradespeople who take their time. Mr Mastic offers 20+ years of sealant experience, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status, using Arbo and Everbuild products. Our record stands at 2,847+ projects and a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews. You’ll know the cost from a clear quote before work starts, and everything we do carries a one-year guarantee.

Around Tenterden

Local landmarks include Tenterden and District Museum (less than half a mile west). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Tenterden Infant School, Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, Parish Church of St Mildred and The Vine Inn.