Mastic man in Witham

Your local mastic man for Witham

Witham grew up in two places. The Saxon settlement centred on Chipping Hill, about half a mile north of the Roman road, and Newland Street is now the main street of the town centre. Since the late 1960s, large estates have been added on three sides, and the town is still growing. Mr Mastic covers all of it from our base in Crawley.

Kitchens are a big part of our work in a town of family homes. Worktop and sink joints take daily splashing and wiping, and once the sealant lifts, water gets into the chipboard below and the worktop swells. We cut out the old bead, clean and dry the joint and reseal, with a food-safe product near the sink. Our kitchen resealing page has the details.

Georgian fronts, overspill estates and Maltings Lane

Newland Street looks Georgian, but many of its buildings are older timber-framed houses refaced in brick. Highway Cottage, number 118, is a late 14th-century hall house. Warm red brick and gault brick fronts sit alongside timber frames finished in pale render, and painted timber sliding sashes are the usual window. The council’s appraisal for the conservation area prefers lime render to hard cement render.

That has a direct effect on sealant. Lime render and old brick are soft and breathe, so the joint around a sash should use a product that suits them, and hardened mastic needs careful removal. Many of these frames will be painted, so a paintable sealant is often the right choice rather than silicone.

In the late 1960s and 1970s the Greater London Council built three large council estates on the west and north sides of Witham and a smaller one to the south, to house families moving out of London. The Forest Road estate, home to the Rickstones neighbourhood centre, dates from the 1970s. To the south, the Maltings Lane estate was started in 2002 and 2003, and Witham has kept growing since. Bathrooms in the older estates have often been refitted more than once; in the newer homes, builder sealant often needs replacing early.

Jobs we take on in Witham

• 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: Commercial washrooms, kitchens and wet areas resealed floor by floor, so only a few rooms are out of use at once.
• 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: Intumescent and fire-rated joints around pipes, cables and frames, installed to the manufacturer’s tested specification.
• External & façade joints: Brickwork movement joints, render and cladding joints resealed with backing rod and flexible exterior sealant.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Failed builder sealant in new homes put right, and plot mastic 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: 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: 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.

Why choose Mr Mastic in Witham

From a hall house on Newland Street to a 1970s semi, we treat every Witham job on its own terms. Mr Mastic has 20+ years of sealant experience and 2,847+ projects to show for it. We’re fully insured and work as an ARBOMaster approved applicator, using Arbo and Everbuild sealants. More than 180 five-star reviews have given us a 4.9-star Google rating. A clear quote comes first, and a one-year guarantee comes with the finished work.

Places we pass in Witham

The nearest station to the town centre is Witham station. Local landmarks include Cressing Temple (2.7 miles north-west). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near Powers Hall Academy, Maltings Academy, Witham United Reformed Church and The Crown Inn. For open space, Shut Heath Wood is close by.