Mastic man in Alton

Your local mastic man for Alton

Alton is a market town in East Hampshire, near the source of the northern branch of the River Wey, and had 17,880 residents at the 2021 Census. Its homes range from very old buildings in the centre to post-war semis and new apartment blocks, so the sealant jobs here are rarely all the same. Mr Mastic covers Alton from our base in Crawley, along with the villages around it.

We reseal baths, showers, sinks and worktops, replace cracked mastic around windows and doors, and seal external joints where brick, render and frames meet. Where you want the new sealant to blend in with tiles, stone or a coloured worktop, we can match it; our colour-matched resealing page shows how. Whatever the job, the old sealant is removed in full first.

Market Square, old brewery streets and new apartments

The centre has the town’s oldest buildings, from the Town Hall in Market Square to the Church of St Lawrence and a well-preserved Tudor cottage at 1 Amery Street. Brewing shaped much of the town: large brewery operations were set up in Turk Street in the 1800s, and the Alton Maltings, said to be the widest wooden-spanned building in Hampshire, was renovated in 2004 and 2005. Old buildings like these move, and their walls and window openings are rarely square, so joints need a sealant that will stay flexible.

Beyond the centre, a large share of Alton’s housing is family homes, and around 29.3% of households live in a semi-detached house. Many have been refitted more than once, and we often find shrunken sealant behind worktops, gaps under baths that have dropped, and uPVC windows whose mastic has hardened and split.

Flats are a big part of the mix too. About 27.1% of households live in a flat, maisonette or apartment, and newer schemes such as the housing and apartment blocks at Goswell Square, on the former Municipal Ground, add to that number. In a flat, a failed shower seal usually shows itself on the ceiling below before you notice it at home.

Our services in Alton

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Bathroom and kitchen joints taken back to a clean, dry surface and finished with fresh anti-fungal silicone that won’t lift.
• Window & door mastic: Window and door mastic that has dried out in the sun replaced with a weather-resistant joint that can move with the frame.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Sealant programmes for offices, hotels, care settings and schools, with early or late working where it helps.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Failed, botched or over-sealed joints stripped out, the cause found and the joint resealed properly.
• Fire-rated sealant: Fire-rated sealant for service penetrations and frame gaps where it has been specified, applied to the tested details.
• External & façade joints: Outside movement joints given new backing rod and a flexible, weatherproof sealant in a colour to match the wall.
• New-build mastic & snagging: New-build bathrooms, kitchens and frames resealed where the original sealant has cracked as the house settles.
• Floor & skirting joints: Movement joints in tiled and concrete floors, and skirting gaps, sealed so they stay tidy and keep dirt out.
• Regrouting: Cracked, stained or crumbling grout raked out and replaced, with corners resealed in silicone.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glass-to-frame joints on conservatories, rooflights and shower screens cut out and resealed.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Exterior joints at gutters, fascias and soffits resealed to stop drips and staining down the wall.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Traditional burnt sand mastic renewed around sash and case windows and doors in stone and brick.

Choosing a mastic man in Alton

Old timber, new apartments and everything in between: Alton’s homes need a careful hand. Our applicators bring 20+ years of sealant work, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status, and we use Arbo and Everbuild products throughout. With 2,847+ completed projects and a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews, we know what lasts. You agree a clear quote before we start, and the work is covered by a one-year guarantee.

Getting around Alton

For trains, Alton station is closest to the centre. Places most people will know nearby are Allen Gallery (less than half a mile east). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Amery Hill School, Treloar School and Church of St Lawrence. For open space, Holybourne Hill is close by.