Mastic man in Theale

Your local mastic man for Theale

Theale is a compact West Berkshire village about five miles south-west of Reading, held in by the Kennet & Avon Canal to the south, the M4 to the east and the A340 to the west. Inside those edges sit around 1,250 homes, a High Street with buildings going back to the 17th century, and a cluster of business parks beside the railway station. Mr Mastic covers Theale from our base in Crawley, and Junction 12 of the M4 puts the village within easy reach.

We reseal baths, showers, basins and kitchen worktops, replace hardened mastic around windows and doors, and renew the movement joints on the outside of buildings. Every job starts the same way: the old bead is cut out completely and the joint cleaned before new sealant goes in. If you are wondering whether yours is due, our guide to how long silicone sealant lasts gives a fair idea of what to expect.

From timber-framed High Street houses to 1970s closes

The oldest part of Theale runs along the High Street, where several listed buildings date from the 17th century, including timber-framed houses at Nos. 29, 33, 35 and 52. The Old Lamb on Church Street, a former coaching inn, is the only thatched building in the village. Three conservation areas were designated here in 1971: High Street and Blossom Lane, Holy Trinity, and The Lamb. In older houses like these, frames and walls move with the seasons, so a soft, flexible sealant matters more than a hard one.

Lambfields, built in the 1920s, was Theale’s first estate, a run of tile-hung semi-detached houses. Blossom Avenue and The Crescent followed between the wars, and Woodfield Way and Meadow Way came after 1971, along with closes such as Cavalier Close and Roundhead Road. Many of these homes are now on their second or third bathroom, and we often find layers of old silicone, bath seals that split when the tub is filled, and kitchen joints that have shrunk back from the tiles.

Newer flats have appeared too. Angel Court replaced a former Congregational chapel in 2007, and compact flats like these tend to have shower trays and enclosures where the original sealant was never going to last.

Sealant services across Theale

• 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: 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: 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: Early-failing sealant in new homes fixed properly, plus mastic packages and snagging for 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: Exterior joints at gutters, fascias and soffits resealed to stop drips and staining down the wall.
• 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 Theale

A business park office and a 1920s semi need the same care at the joint, and that is how we treat them. We have been sealing for more than 20 years, carry full insurance, and are an ARBOMaster approved applicator working with Arbo and Everbuild products. Over 2,847 projects are behind us, along with a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews. You get a clear quote before we start, and every job carries a one-year guarantee.

Places we pass in Theale

From the centre, the nearest railway station is Theale station. Local landmarks include Thames Valley Police Museum (1.2 miles south). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Theale C.E. Primary School, Theale Green Community School, Theale Green Community School and Church of the Holy Trinity. Green spaces within reach include Moor Copse Nature Reserve and Hosehill Lake.