Essex · England
External & façade joints in Ulting, Essex
Sealing brickwork movement joints, render, cladding and façade joints for homeowners, landlords and businesses in Ulting. ARBOMaster approved applicators, fully insured, with a one-year guarantee.
- Weeds or debris growing in open joints
- Failed seals between different materials
- Hard, crazed mastic that has stopped moving
External mastic in Ulting, done properly
Failed sealant is cut out, the depth set with closed-cell backing rod, and the joint resealed with a low-modulus sealant made for outside. We pick a colour that sits well with the wall. We work on concrete & block, brickwork movement joints and render & cladding joints, and people most often call us about rain getting behind render or cladding at a joint and weeds or debris growing in open joints.
Older homes in small places like Ulting may be stone, brick or timber-framed, often with later extensions. Where one material meets another is where water normally gets in, and they need the right sealant at the right depth.
Big or small, you get the same 12-month guarantee in Ulting and across Essex.
- Where
- Ulting (CM9)
- Region
- Essex
- Cover
- One year on every job
- Quote
- A clear quote up front
- Telephone
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
External mastic in Ulting: local notes
Historic houses like Danbury Place (about 3.5 miles south-west) are a reminder that the area around Ulting 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.
Homes close to Church of All Saints include some older properties, and an extension built onto an older house moves differently, and the joint between them takes the strain.
Ulting is about 3 miles north-west of Maldon, in Essex. Wherever you are in the CM9 postcode area, we can carry out external mastic at your property. We cover 644 towns and villages across Essex, large and small.
Jobs for external mastic in CM9 works the same way as everywhere else we cover. Other places close to Ulting include Nounsley (1 mile north), Woodham Walter (1 mile south), Curling Tye Green (2 miles south-east), Langford (2 miles east) and Woodham Mortimer (3 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (5 miles west), Basildon (14 miles south-west), Braintree (9 miles north), Maldon (3 miles south-east), Billericay (12 miles south-west) and Rayleigh (11 miles south).
What’s near Ulting
Around Ulting, our work takes us to homes and buildings near The Sportsmans Arms, among other places. The nearest railway station is Hatfield Peverel station, roughly 2.1 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Priory Hospital (5.3 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves.
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Ulting: your questions answered
Do you cover Ulting for external mastic?
Yes. Our work covers London and the South East, and Ulting is part of that. You can phone 0345 464 0079 or email us and tell us what needs doing.
Will you come out to Ulting?
Yes. Ulting is within the area we cover, which takes in towns, villages and rural addresses. We work across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
What is a movement joint?
It’s a deliberate gap that lets the wall expand and contract without cracking. It’s sealed with a flexible sealant, not mortar.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured for domestic and commercial work.
How do you reach high-level joints?
Each building is different. Send us photos and a rough idea of the height.
Is it OK to fill a movement joint with cement?
No. A mortar-filled joint cannot move, so the movement cracks the wall elsewhere. It needs a flexible sealant over backing rod.
Will the new joint stand out?
We choose a sealant colour to suit the brick, stone or render, so the joint sits quietly in the wall. There’s a wide choice of exterior colours.
Do I have to be there?
Access is agreed with you when the job is booked. For inside work, that normally means someone being in.
Work for landlords, hotels and businesses
If you manage several properties in or around Ulting, several properties can go on one quote. Just tell us the addresses and what each one needs, and pictures by email help.
Letting agents and landlords in Ulting can book us as well as homeowners. Resealing between tenancies is a simple way to keep a property in good order before the next move-in.
What happens if it’s left?
It often makes sense to reseal all the failing joints on an elevation together. Joints of the same age tend to fail together and it means sorting access once. Where a wall is exposed, as many are in small places like Ulting, wind-driven rain gets into any failed joint, and older walls, once damp, take a long time to dry.
A few things move the cost up or down: how much old sealant there is and how stubborn it is, whether mould needs treating, and whether the work is at height. We take all of that into account in your quote.
Why book with us
- Quality sealants from Arbo and Everbuild
- Neat joints and a tidy finish
- More than 20 years in sealant work
- Rated 4.9 stars on Google
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Looking after it afterwards
Joint life depends on how it’s used and looked after. Here’s what we suggest:
- Wash walls gently around the sealant
- Clear growth from the base of walls and joints
- Look over the joints every year, ideally after winter
- Leave the joints unpainted unless we’ve said otherwise
Make sure anyone working on the wall later knows where the movement joints are. They must stay as flexible joints, never rendered or pointed over.
Once a joint can’t move, the wall finds another way, normally as cracking in the brickwork or render nearby. Catch it early and you reduce the risk.
DIY sealant or a professional job?
Not every job suits DIY: work at height, external movement joints, fire-rated sealant and large areas need the right product, the right access and the right method.
If you are set on DIY, put the effort into preparation: remove every trace of old sealant, clean and dry the joint, and follow the product’s cure time. If it does not work out, we can still put it right.
How it works
There’s no need to move everything out before we come, only the area right around the joints. We protect the rest, and the work takes a few hours for a handful of joints, longer for a whole elevation for a typical job. Somewhere like Ulting needs a little journey planning: tell us about narrow lanes, gates, long drives and where we can park. We bring what the job needs, so it can be finished in one trip where possible.
- We start by checking each joint, agreeing the ones to redo and how we will reach them.
- The old mastic and anything lodged in the joint is removed.
- We clean both faces of the joint and prime them where the product calls for it.
- We push in closed-cell backing rod so the sealant is the right depth and bonds to the sides only.
- The new sealant, chosen to suit the brick or render, is applied and tooled to a neat finish.
How to prepare
- Tell us about any previous sealing or DIY attempts
- Mention any parking rules near the property
- Keep pets and children clear of the area while we work
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote is simple: let us know the job and the location, and roughly how big it is. A few photos by email make the job easier to understand, and we will come back to you with a quote.
Advice
What we’re called out for in Ulting
Sunlight, wet weather and frost wear exterior sealant down. In time it goes hard, crazes on the surface and stops stretching, so the joint eventually tears or comes away from one side.
People generally contact us when they notice one of these:
- Old sealant gone brittle and cracked
- Damp patches traced to an open external joint
- Sealant that has lost its bond to the brick or render
- Cracked joints where brick meets render or frames
Rented homes near Hatfield Peverel station change hands often, and failed wall and movement joints let damp in, so they’re worth checking between tenancies.
Comparing quotes
- Which colour the sealant will be
- Are they insured?
- The length of the guarantee
- What product goes in the joint
What sealant work can’t fix
It helps to know what we can’t do:
- Subsidence or other structural problems
- Damp from another source, such as a leaking gutter or a bridged damp-proof course
- Cracked brickwork or render that needs a builder or plasterer
If in doubt, phone 0345 464 0079 or email us and we will say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Joints between brick and frames
- Façade panels
- Render & cladding joints
- Copings & trims
- Brickwork movement joints
- Concrete & block