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External Mastic in Margaretting Tye
Specialist external mastic for Margaretting Tye: careful preparation, the right product and tidy work. Call for a quick quote.
- Joints where the bead has come unstuck
- Gaps where render, brick and frames meet
- Panel joints letting water in
Questions from Margaretting Tye
Do you work for landlords with property near Ingatestone station?
Yes, we work for landlords and letting agents. Just call 0345 464 0079 or email us and tell us about the property, and we will give you a clear price.
Is Margaretting Tye in your area for external mastic?
Yes, Margaretting Tye is within the area we cover. Our work covers London and the South East. Just call 0345 464 0079 or email us with a few details of the job, and we’ll give you a clear quote.
What colours does the sealant come in?
We aim for a joint that suits the wall rather than one that jumps out. Colour is agreed with you before we begin.
Do I have to be there?
Access is agreed with you when the job is booked. Indoors, that normally means someone at home.
How long does the job take?
Most jobs take anything from a few hours to several days, depending on the building, including preparation and clearing up. Your quote will say how long we expect yours to take.
Can you work on commercial sites?
Yes. Hotels, offices and other businesses use us, and we’re fully insured.
Do you take out the old sealant first?
Yes. All of the old material is cut out and the joint cleaned before resealing.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes: twelve months. If there’s a problem with our work in that time, tell us and we’ll put it right.
External mastic in Margaretting Tye
For buildings in Margaretting Tye, we reseal external joints of all kinds, from brick movement joints to cladding panels. Every joint gets the same careful preparation: clean joint faces and the right depth. Common call-outs are for failed seals between different materials and movement joints with cracked, split or missing sealant, on copings & trims, brickwork movement joints and render & cladding joints.
Outside joints can only be sealed when they’re dry, so work in Margaretting Tye is booked around the forecast. Let us know about access to every wall, plus any garages or outbuildings.
We guarantee the work for a year. If there’s a problem with our work within the year, let us know and we’ll sort it.
- Where
- Margaretting Tye (CM4)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Guarantee
- One year on every job
- Quote
- A clear price before any work starts
- Call
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
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What affects the cost of external mastic
Your quote is based on your job. We take into account:
- How many rooms, windows or areas are involved
- Access and height
- The amount of work
- Whether there’s mould to deal with
Combining jobs into one visit is usually more efficient than separate visits, so tell us about everything that needs sealing. You will get one clear quote for the whole job.
What to tell us for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can tell us:
- Any access issues, like height or stairs
- If someone has resealed it before
- Whether it’s a home or a business
- What the problem is, such as mould, gaps, leaks or cracking
The more we know about the job, the more useful the quote. Let us know the location, the problem and roughly how many joints, and add pictures by email if you can.
Leave it or put it right?
An open joint keeps letting water into the wall with every downpour. In cold weather, frost can damage wet brick and render around the joint, so the damage spreads beyond the joint. Where a wall is exposed, as many are in small places like Margaretting Tye, wind-driven rain gets into any failed joint, and older walls, once damp, take a long time to dry.
The cost reflects the work involved, not a rough estimate. That’s why we ask a few questions first and give you a clear quote before work begins.
Why Margaretting Tye clients choose us
- Sanitary silicone with an anti-fungal additive in wet areas
- We’re fully insured
- You choose the colour before work begins
- Experience in homes, commercial sites and hotels
Take a look at what affects the cost or our reviews.
Keeping the joints in good condition
No joint lasts for ever, but care makes a real difference. A few tips:
- Ask before painting over external sealant
- Make sure movement joints aren’t pointed over
- Avoid pressure-washing directly into sealant joints
- Tell anyone working on the walls about the movement joints
Follow the cure time we give you before the joint is knocked or disturbed. The surface skins over quickly, but full cure takes longer.
Gaps, plants or missing sealant in a joint are worth getting looked at. Earlier resealing means a smaller job and a better result.
How the visit works
Every visit runs the same way: we look at the joints together, protect the area around them, do the work and tidy away. It normally takes a few hours for a handful of joints, longer for a whole elevation. In a small place like Margaretting Tye, access is generally the main thing to plan. For outside work, also let us know about exposed walls and any outbuildings involved.
- Each joint is checked and the colour of the new sealant agreed.
- Failed sealant is removed back to clean, sound faces.
- Backing rod goes in so the sealant can stretch between the two faces.
- Primer is applied wherever the sealant needs it.
- A low-modulus exterior sealant is gunned in and tooled to a neat finish.
Before we arrive
- Tell us if parking is tricky
- Try not to wet indoor joints just before the visit
- Keep pets and children clear of the area while we work
Getting a quote
We quote each job on its own. Simply call 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and describe the job and send photos if you have them.
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For landlords and businesses
We work for landlords and agents as well as homeowners. Sealant work between tenants keeps a property looking cared for before the next move-in.
Mouldy or split sealant often shows up at the end of a tenancy, and it’s quick to put right between tenancies. We can quote for more than one property at once.
DIY versus a professional finish
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.
Overfilling a joint is a classic DIY mistake. A heavy bead looks messy and copes badly with movement, and the joint depth matters as much as the finish.
Margaretting Tye buildings and the weather
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. With historic houses such as Hylands (about 1.8 miles north) nearby, there’s older building stock in the area around Margaretting Tye as well as newer homes. In older buildings, older walls and rooflines need a sealant that moves with them and suits the material.
If you let a flat or house near Ingatestone station, failed wall and movement joints let damp in, so they’re worth checking between tenancies. Managing a site like Anglo European School? Then its movement joints, gutters and trims need looking after like any other building’s.
Margaretting Tye is about 4 miles north of Billericay, in Essex. From the centre of Margaretting Tye to the outskirts, we cover external mastic for every kind of property. 644 places in Essex are on our list, large and small.
We work across CM4 for external mastic. We also cover the places around Margaretting Tye: Margaretting (1 mile west), Stock (2 miles south), Galleywood (2 miles north-east), Ramsden Heath (4 miles south-east) and Billericay (4 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (4 miles north-east), Basildon (8 miles south), Braintree (15 miles north), Harlow (15 miles north-west), Brentwood (7 miles south-west) and Maldon (11 miles east).
Landmarks near Margaretting Tye
In Margaretting Tye, that means homes and buildings near Galleywood Common and The White Hart Inn, among other places. Margaretting Tye’s nearest station is Ingatestone station, roughly 2.5 miles south-west. A little further out are Bond Street Chelmsford (3.8 miles north-east) and Chelmsford and Essex Hospital (2.5 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Hanningfield Reservoir.
What we’re called out for in Margaretting Tye
Buildings move more than people expect. Clay bricks expand slightly over their life, concrete and block shrink, and everything moves with temperature and wet. The sealant in the movement joints takes that strain.
Most people get in touch after spotting one of these:
- Brick movement joints where the sealant has split
- Sealant that has lost its bond to the brick or render
- Gaps where render, brick and frames meet
- Weeds or debris growing in open joints
Hylands, about 1.8 miles north, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Margaretting Tye, and older homes nearby need a sealant that suits their walls.
Before you book anyone
- How long to leave it before use
- Whether they seal over old material or remove it
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the sealant suits the joint