Mastic man in Winchester

Your local mastic man for Winchester

Winchester packs a lot of building history into a small city, from timber-framed houses near the Cathedral to red-brick estates and 1970s suburbs on the edges. Mr Mastic covers the whole city from our base in Crawley, working in Hyde, Fulflood, Weeke, Harestock, Stanmore, Winnall, St Cross, Badger Farm, Olivers Battery and the streets between. We reseal bathrooms and kitchens, replace window and door mastic, and seal external joints on homes, rented property and commercial buildings.

Period homes need a light touch. Where a bath sits against old plaster or a frame meets soft brick or stone, we choose a sealant that suits both surfaces, and where a joint needs painting afterwards we’ll say so before we start. On timber sashes we can use traditional sand mastic where it suits the window better than modern silicone.

Medieval centre, 1920s estates and 1970s suburbs

The historic centre has buildings from almost every century, including the mid-fifteenth-century timber-framed Cheyney Court, the Gothic Revival Guildhall of 1871 and the Victorian Corn Exchange. Around them, older streets of terraces and town houses run out through Hyde, Fulflood and St Cross. In houses like these, bathrooms are often added into old rooms with uneven walls and timber floors, so a flexible, well-tooled bead matters more than in a new build.

Stanmore is a different story. Building began on the estate in 1920 and it was officially opened in 1923, with moderately sized red-brick homes and plenty of green space. Many have been bought under Right to Buy, and the estate’s closeness to the University of Winchester means a good number are now let to students. Shared bathrooms in those houses wear sealant out quickly.

South of the city, Badger Farm was developed in the 1970s and 1980s, and homes of that age are now on their second or third bathroom. Newer areas such as Kings Barton bring the usual new-build issues: settlement cracks along baths and showers in the first year or two, which our new-build snagging guide explains.

Jobs we take on in Winchester

• 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: Cracked or shrunken mastic around window and door frames, sills and patio doors replaced with a weatherproof sealant.
• 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: Fire-rated sealant for service penetrations and frame gaps where it has been specified, applied to the 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: Early-failing sealant in new homes fixed properly, plus mastic packages and snagging for developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Floor and skirting joints in homes, shops and warehouses sealed neatly and to the right depth.
• Regrouting: Crumbling grout in showers and wet areas raked out and refilled, so water stays out of the wall behind.
• 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: Traditional sand mastic for period windows and doors where a modern sealant would look out of place.

Why Mr Mastic in Winchester

We travel to Winchester from Crawley, and the city’s older buildings get the patience they need. Our applicators bring 20+ years’ experience and are ARBOMaster approved, we are fully insured, and we use Arbo and Everbuild sealants chosen for each surface. More than 2,847 projects and 180+ five-star Google reviews, for a 4.9-star rating, sit behind that. We’ll give you a clear quote first, and the finished work carries a one-year guarantee.

Around Winchester

For trains, Winchester station is closest to the centre. Well-known places nearby include Winchester City Museum (less than half a mile north-east) and Winchester Castle (less than half a mile north-west). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to St Bede Church of England Primary School, Peter Symonds College, Leigh House Hospital and St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate Church. Nearby green spaces include Winnall Moors and Twyford Down.