Mastic man in Thundersley

Mastic and sealant work in Thundersley

A lot of Thundersley homes have been added to over the years. A bungalow from the 1920s may now have a second storey, a new bathroom in the roof and a rear extension, and each of those changes leaves joints where new meets old. Those joints are where sealant tends to fail first. Mr Mastic covers Thundersley and the rest of Castle Point from our base in Crawley.

The bulk of our work here is resealing baths, showers, basins and kitchen worktops, and renewing mastic around windows, doors and conservatory frames. We never lay new silicone over old. The old bead is removed, the joint is treated, dried and checked for movement, and then sealed with a product that suits it. Our bath resealing page walks through each step.

Plotland bungalows that grew into a suburb

Much of Thundersley began as plotland. In New Thundersley, land was sold off in plots from 1897, and modest homes followed, such as the house on Manor Road built around 1925 that local historians describe as the last plotland dwelling left on that road. In the Tarpots area, Kents Hill Road was split into small plots in the 1920s, and in the 1940s and 1950s it was still lined with plotland bungalows with wooden verandas. The road was unmade as late as 1951.

Since then, many of those first bungalows have been demolished or extended into houses, and the gaps have been filled with family homes of every era. That gives Thundersley a very mixed housing stock, often on the same street: older bungalows, extended chalet homes, post-war houses and much newer rebuilds.

For sealant, the mix matters. Where an extension joins the original house, the two parts can move slightly differently, and mastic around new windows or along the junction may crack. Bathrooms fitted into lofts often sit on timber floors that flex, which tears a stiff bead. We use flexible products that allow for that movement, and where a bathroom has been moved during an extension, we check for old joints left behind under new fittings.

What we do in Thundersley

• 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: Hardened, gappy mastic around frames, sills and French or patio doors cut out and renewed to keep draughts and rain out.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Messy, layered or wrong-product sealant cut out and replaced with the right sealant, laid the right way.
• Fire-rated sealant: Intumescent and fire-rated joints around pipes, cables and frames, installed to the manufacturer’s tested specification.
• 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: Gaps under skirting boards, tile movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with a product that suits the traffic.
• Regrouting: Crumbling grout in showers and wet areas raked out and refilled, so water stays out of the wall behind.
• 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: Sash and case window surrounds in stone and brick re-pointed with traditional sand mastic.

Why choose Mr Mastic in Thundersley

Thundersley homes come in all shapes, and you need someone who has seen most of them. Mr Mastic has been doing this work for 20+ years, with 2,847+ projects completed. We are fully insured, ARBOMaster approved and use Arbo and Everbuild sealants. A 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews speaks for the finish. We agree a clear quote up front, and a one-year guarantee covers every job.

Getting around Thundersley

For trains, Rayleigh station is closest to the centre. Well-known places nearby include Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum (3.8 miles north) and Rayleigh Castle (1.7 miles north-east). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Thundersley Primary School, The Deanes School and Church of St Peter. Green spaces within reach include Little Haven Nature Reserve.