Mastic man in Totton

Resealing and mastic work across Totton

Totton is a sizeable town, with 28,094 people at the 2021 Census, that has grown out of several smaller villages joined together by new housing. The parish of Totton and Eling takes in Totton, Eling, Calmore, Hounsdown, Rushington and Testwood, all in the New Forest district. Mr Mastic covers every part of it from our base in Crawley.

Most of what we do here is in family homes: baths and showers with black or split sealant, kitchens where the bead behind the worktop has shrunk, and windows whose mastic has gone hard and cracked. We take the old sealant out completely, clean and dry the joint, and lay a new bead that suits the surface. Our kitchen resealing page shows what that looks like around sinks and worktops.

Estates from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

A lot of Totton is younger than it looks. The town centre has changed little since the 1970s, but the built-up area grew a great deal in the second half of the 20th century. The Calmore estate was built in the early 1970s to the north of the town, Hounsdown expanded in the same decade, and in the late 1980s and 1990s more housing went up to the west, towards Netley Marsh and along Ringwood Road.

Houses from those decades are now old enough to be on their second or third bathroom and kitchen. That is where we find layers of sealant, earlier beads that someone has tried to cover, and gaps that have opened where a bath has settled into the floor. Fresh silicone won’t bond to old, so every layer has to come out. In 1990s homes, the original uPVC windows and doors are usually still in, and their perimeter mastic is reaching the end of its life.

Down by the water, Eling is a different place, with older buildings around the creek and the tide mill, built around 1785 and still one of only two working tide mills in the country. Older houses there have frames and walls that move, and need flexible joints.

Our services in Totton

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Every joint in the bathroom and kitchen, from the bath edge to the worktop, stripped back and resealed with anti-fungal silicone.
• 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: Guest bathrooms, staff washrooms and kitchens in commercial buildings resealed in a planned order that keeps the site running.
• 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: Fire-rated and intumescent sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations, to the product’s tested details.
• External & façade joints: Outside movement joints given new backing rod and a flexible, weatherproof sealant in a colour to match the wall.
• 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: Shower and splashback grout replaced where it has cracked or stained, with silicone in the movement joints.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glass-to-frame joints on conservatories, rooflights and shower screens cut out and resealed.
• 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.

Choosing a mastic man in Totton

Totton’s estates are reaching the age where sealant gives up, and that is exactly the work we know best. Mr Mastic has over 20 years’ experience, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status, and every bead we lay is Arbo or Everbuild. More than 2,847 projects are behind us, along with 180+ five-star Google reviews and a 4.9-star rating. There is always a clear quote up front, and a one-year guarantee once the work is done.

Places we pass in Totton

For trains, Totton station is closest to the centre. Local landmarks include Eling Experience (0.8 miles east). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to Abbotswood Junior School, Hounsdown School, Church of St Winfred and The Cross Keys Public House. For open space, Testwood Lakes is close by.