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External & façade joints in Great Easton, Essex
Sealing brickwork movement joints, render, cladding and façade joints for homes and businesses in Great Easton and across Essex. Fully insured, ARBOMaster approved and guaranteed for a year.
- Movement joints filled with mortar instead of sealant
- Old sealant gone brittle and cracked
- Joints where the bead has come unstuck
Surface by surface
Cladding and façade panels
Panel systems often rely on sealant between and around the panels. Each joint gets a sealant that suits the panel and its movement.
Render joints
Cracks along render joints let water in behind the coat. Resealing the joints early keeps water out and protects the render itself.
External mastic for homes and businesses in Great Easton
We are ARBOMaster approved applicators, and each external joint gets a sealant suited to it. Some surfaces need a primer before sealing, and we don’t skip that step. Common call-outs are for joints pointed up with cement by mistake and weeds or debris growing in open joints, on render & cladding joints, brickwork movement joints and joints between brick and frames.
Somewhere as small as Great Easton, 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 our one-year guarantee, wherever you are in Essex.
- Where
- Great Easton (CM6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Cover
- 12 months on all our work
- Quote
- A clear quote up front
- Telephone
- 0345 464 0079
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Do you need external mastic in Great Easton?
Every building moves. Brickwork grows a little over the years, blockwork and concrete shrink, and all of it moves with heat and moisture. All of that ends up in the joint sealant.
If you can see any of these, it’s time to have the joints looked at:
- Rain getting behind render or cladding at a joint
- Old sealant gone brittle and cracked
- Movement joints with cracked, split or missing sealant
- Failed sealant between panels on a façade
Letting a property close to Stansted Airport station? Then failed wall and movement joints let damp in, so they’re worth checking between tenancies.
What your quote should include
- Is the old sealant removed completely?
- Which colour the sealant will be
- Which sealant they’ll use, and why
- Are they insured?
Great Easton buildings and the weather
Historic houses like Horham Hall (about 2.7 miles north-west) are a reminder that the area around Great Easton 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, yet outdoor joints still have to be sealed dry, so jobs are booked with the weather in mind.
If you look after a building such as Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre, its movement joints, gutters and trims need looking after like any other building’s. Homes close to Church of St John and St Giles include some older properties, and older walls, gutters and the joints where extensions meet them need a flexible sealant.
Great Easton is about 8 miles east of Bishop's Stortford, in Essex. Our applicators cover external mastic for homeowners, landlords and businesses in Great Easton and the surrounding area, as part of our work across Essex. Great Easton is one of 644 places in Essex where we work for external mastic. Our Chelmsford page covers work nearby.
Jobs for external mastic in CM6 is quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover properties on The Endway, Rebecca Meade and Brocks Mead and the roads around them. With the B184 close by, Great Easton is simple for us to get to for external mastic. We also cover the places around Great Easton: Tilty (1 mile north-west), Duton Hill (1 mile north), Chickney (2 miles north-west), Sibley's Green (2 miles north) and Monk Street (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Chelmsford (13 miles south-east), Braintree (10 miles east), Harlow (13 miles south-west), Witham (15 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (9 miles north-west) and Halstead (13 miles east).
What’s near Great Easton
Typical jobs here are in homes near The Bell pub. The nearest railway station is Stansted Airport station, about 3.3 miles west. Nearby you will also find Little Easton Moat (1.2 miles south). Not far away are West Wood.
Great Easton questions
Do you cover Great Easton for external mastic?
Yes. Our work covers London and the South East, and Great Easton is part of that. You can ring 0345 464 0079 or email us and tell us what needs doing, and we’ll send you a clear quote.
Do you work for landlords with property near Stansted Airport station?
Yes. We work for landlords and agents as well as homeowners. Just phone 0345 464 0079 or send us an email with the address and what needs doing, and we will give you a clear price.
How long does external mastic last?
It varies from wall to wall: joints on exposed walls or with a lot of movement age sooner. Check them each year and reseal when they split or harden. Every job carries our one-year guarantee.
Do you hold any approvals?
Yes. Mr Mastic is an ARBOMaster approved applicator and we’re fully insured too.
Why do you put foam in the joint first?
That is backing rod, a closed-cell foam. It keeps the sealant at the right depth and bonded to the sides only, which would stop it stretching.
Why is there a gap in my brick wall?
Brickwork, render and cladding all move a little, and planned joints take up that movement. The gap is sealed with a flexible sealant over backing rod.
How do I get a quote for external mastic in Great Easton?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how much there is, what’s there now, how we reach it and what it needs. You’ll get a clear quote before we start.
Can a movement joint be filled with mortar?
No. Cement or mortar cannot stretch. If it has already been filled, we can normally cut it out and reseal it.
For landlords and businesses
For anyone letting property in or around Great Easton, jobs at different addresses can go on one quote. Send us the addresses and the work at each.
Hotels need rooms back in use, so the work can be planned room by room. We have worked in hotels as well as homes and businesses.
Quotes for external mastic in Great Easton
You will get a clear quote before any work starts. It takes into account:
- Mould in or behind the old joints
- The amount of work
- Whether the work is at height
- How many areas need sealing
Commercial jobs are quoted on the same basis as homes: how much there is to do, how we reach it and what it needs. Ask us for a quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What to tell us for a quote
What to tell us when you ask for a quote:
- Whether it has been sealed before
- How we’d reach the joints
- The type of property
- How many joints, rooms or windows are involved
There’s no standard price list, because every job is different. Instead, we send you a clear quote for your job. To get started, call 0345 464 0079 or email us.
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it makes a real difference:
- Wash walls gently around the sealant
- Look over the joints every year, ideally after winter
- Clear growth from the base of walls and joints
- Get split or bare joints resealed while the damage is small
Do not paint over the new sealant unless we have said the product is paintable. Many exterior sealants aren’t designed to be painted, and paint can crack as the joint moves.
Once a joint can’t move, the wall finds another way, often as cracks near the joint. Resealing it early helps prevent that.
How it works
Once we’re on site, we check the joints match what you told us. If we find something unexpected, we talk it through with you first. Most jobs then take a few hours for a handful of joints, longer for a whole elevation. In a small place like Great Easton, access is generally the main thing to plan. If the job is outside, mention outbuildings, exposed walls and how to reach them.
- Each joint is checked and the colour of the new sealant agreed.
- We take out the old sealant until the faces are sound.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- On commercial sites, let us know about site rules
- Tell us if parking is tricky
- Tell us about any water getting in
Ask for a quote
Need a quote? Please phone 0345 464 0079 or send us an email with a few details. You will know what we plan to do, and what it will cost, before any work begins.
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DIY sealant or a professional job?
If you do try it yourself, take your time over the preparation: remove every trace of old sealant, clean and dry the joint, and follow the product’s cure time. If it fails, we can still redo it.
What a professional job adds is preparation and the right product. We take joints back to clean, dry surfaces, and the sealant is chosen for how the joint moves and where it is, and the work is guaranteed for a year.