Kent · England
External & façade joints in Elham, Kent
Problem with your movement joints in Elham? We cut out the old, prepare the joints and apply the right sealant.
- Failed sealant between panels on a façade
- Sealant that has lost its bond to the brick or render
- Movement joints filled with mortar instead of sealant
Landlords, agents and businesses in Elham
Hotels need rooms back in use, so the work can be planned room by room around your bookings where we can. We’ve worked in hotels as well as homes and businesses.
We regularly work with letting and managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and the access arrangements.
How we handle external mastic in Elham
As ARBOMaster approved applicators, we choose exterior sealants to suit the joint and the surfaces. Porous or awkward surfaces are primed where the sealant needs it. If you’re dealing with sealant pulling away from one side of the joint and weathered mastic that no longer stretches, we can put it right, whatever the surface.
Somewhere as small as Elham, homes and farm buildings often face open ground, where walls and rooflines take the weather head on. Joints on those walls need a sealant that moves with the building and stays in place.
Every job is covered by a 12-month guarantee.
- Place
- Elham (CT4)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on all our work
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 0345 464 0079
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
What we cannot put right
It helps to know what we cannot do:
- Walls that need new movement joints cut into them
- Cracking across the wall rather than at a joint
- Subsidence or other structural problems
If in doubt, call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Surfaces we seal
- Copings & trims
- Façade panels
- Brickwork movement joints
- Joints between brick and frames
- Render & cladding joints
- Concrete & block
Questions from Elham
Will you come out to Elham?
Yes, Elham is covered. We work across London and the South East, from towns to the smallest places. Longer journeys are simply planned in advance.
I let a flat near Sandling station. Can you help?
Yes. We work for letting agents and landlords as well as homeowners, and several properties can go on one quote. You can call 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email with the details for a clear quote.
Do you remove the old sealant?
Yes. Sealing over the old bead is the commonest cause of early failure, and it’s something we never do.
Is there any odour?
Possibly a little. It fades as the sealant cures, and ventilation helps.
Are you an approved applicator?
Yes. We are an ARBOMaster approved applicator, the approved applicator scheme for Arbo sealants.
Do you seal joints where cladding meets other materials?
Yes. Where different materials meet is one of the most common joints we seal. The sealant is chosen to bond to both sides, primed where needed.
Do you work at height?
It depends on the height and the site. Ground-floor joints are simple; for higher work, tell us about the building and we’ll confirm what’s needed.
When will the joints need doing again?
It varies from wall to wall: sunny, exposed elevations and busy joints wear faster. Check them each year and reseal when they split or harden. Our work comes with a 12-month guarantee.
Surface by surface
Joints between dissimilar materials
Each side of the joint may need its own preparation. Both surfaces are cleaned and primed as the product requires.
Brickwork movement joints
Brick moves with heat and moisture, and grows a little over time. The movement joint takes that up, so the sealant in it must stay soft and stretchy.
Walls and rooflines in Elham
Historic houses like Acrise Place (about 1.4 miles south-east) are a reminder that the area around Elham has older buildings as well as new. Where a home is older, older walls and rooflines need a sealant that moves with them and suits the material. Rainfall in the South East is lower than in much of the UK, though outdoor sealant still has to go onto a dry joint, so the forecast decides the day.
Homes close to Church of St Mary the Virgin include some older properties, and older walls, gutters and the joints where extensions meet them need a flexible sealant. Schools such as Elham Church of England Primary School are buildings too, and its movement joints, gutters and trims need looking after like any other building’s. Rented homes near Sandling station change hands often, and outside joints that have cracked can let damp into a rental, so check them between lets.
Elham is about 5 miles north-west of Folkestone, in Kent. Jobs in Elham get the same care as everywhere else we work: old sealant removed completely, careful preparation and a 12-month guarantee. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, large and small. Chelmsford is on our list too, about 49 miles from Elham.
Postcode districts we cover here for external mastic: CT4. If you need external mastic at a property on High Street, Pound Lane and Vicarage Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out external mastic in Swingfield Minnis (2 miles east), Densole (3 miles south-east), Selsted (3 miles east), Breach (3 miles north-east) and Lodge Lees (3 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (11 miles west), Canterbury (9 miles north), Dover (8 miles east), Folkestone (5 miles south-east), Whitstable (14 miles north) and Deal (13 miles east).
Near you in Elham
We work in homes and buildings around The King's Arms. For rail, the closest station is Sandling station, roughly 4.7 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Royal Victoria Hospital (5.3 miles south-east) and Elham Valley Countryside Centre And Railway Museum (3.7 miles south). Not far away are Cheriton Hill.
Leave it or put it right?
The longer a joint stays open, the more water the wall takes in. In cold weather, frost can damage wet brick and render, so the problem grows beyond the joint itself. Where a wall is exposed, as many are in small places like Elham, wind-driven rain gets into any failed joint, and damp in older walls is slow to dry out.
Commercial jobs are quoted on the same basis as homes: the amount of work, how we reach it and what it needs. Ask us for a quote and we will go through it with you.
Why us?
- One-year guarantee on every job
- Old sealant always removed completely
- Arbo and Everbuild products
- We agree the colour with you first
See our cost guide and what customers say.
DIY versus a professional finish
A DIY attempt does not rule out a professional job. We cut it out and start again, so just mention it when you contact us.
Some jobs are best left to a professional: work at height, external movement joints, fire-rated sealant and large areas need the right product, the right access and the right method.
What affects the quote in Elham
Your quote is based on your job. We look at:
- The old material and how stubborn it is
- Mould in or behind the old joints
- Which sealant suits the joint
- Working hours on commercial sites
Combining jobs into one visit is normally more efficient than separate visits. You will get one clear quote for the whole job.
Helping us quote
What to tell us when you ask for a quote:
- Any previous sealing or DIY work
- The address or postcode of the job
- Roughly how big the job is
- Pictures of the joints, sent by email
Call for a quick quote, or send an email if you’d rather. Describe what needs sealing and we will talk you through the work.
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The process
Once we are on site, we compare the joints with what we discussed. If anything is different, we explain it before carrying on. After that, the work takes a few hours for a handful of joints, longer for a whole elevation. Somewhere like Elham needs a little journey planning: let us know about lanes, gates and parking. We bring what the job needs, so it can be finished in one trip where possible.
- Each joint is checked and the colour of the new sealant agreed.
- Failed sealant is removed back to clean, sound faces.
- Closed-cell backing rod is pushed in so the sealant bonds to two sides only.
- We prime the faces where required.
- We gun in low-modulus sealant and tool it neatly.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the joints
- Where the joints are inside, avoid wetting them before we arrive
- Plan for the work area to be out of bounds to pets and children
Getting a quote
Quotes start with a quick conversation. Describe the problem, the location and the size of the job, and we’ll explain how we’d tackle it. Whenever you’re ready, call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email.