Mastic man in Ashford, Surrey

Your local mastic man for Ashford, Surrey

This is Ashford in Spelthorne, a few miles south of Heathrow and east of Staines-upon-Thames, not its namesake in Kent. Its station on the Waterloo to Reading line is listed as Ashford (Surrey) for exactly that reason. The town has a busy Church Road high street, large residential areas such as Ashford Common, and a lot of households with ties to the airport. Mr Mastic covers Ashford from our base in Crawley.

We reseal baths, showers, basins, kitchens and windows, and the approach never changes: cut out every bit of old sealant, deal with any mould, make sure the joint is dry, then lay a neat new bead with the right Arbo or Everbuild product. If you are wondering how long a reseal should last, our guide on how long silicone sealant lasts is a good place to start.

Semis from 1885 to 1960, and a growing number of flats

Most of Ashford’s houses are detached and semi-detached homes built between 1885 and 1960, as the town grew from a village around St Matthew’s church into a commuter suburb served by the railway. Churches tell the same story: St Hilda’s was built between 1912 and 1928 to serve the growing area around the station. The 2011 Census counted about 4,400 semi-detached houses, 2,400 detached and nearly 1,700 terraced homes.

Flats are a big part of the picture too, with more than 2,600 at the last full count, and the number is rising. The former Ashford County Grammar School buildings on Church Road were bought by Inland Homes, and planning permission was granted for 357 homes on the site. New developments like this usually mean builder sealant that cracks as the building settles in its first year or two.

In the older semis, the usual finds are sealant laid over sealant from past refits, baths that have dropped and opened the joint, and replacement uPVC windows whose mastic has gone hard and grey.

What we do in Ashford, Surrey

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Mouldy or split sealant around baths, shower trays, basins and sinks removed completely and replaced with a neat, hygienic bead.
• Window & door mastic: Hardened, gappy mastic around frames, sills and French or patio doors cut out and renewed to keep draughts and rain out.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Leaks and lifting beads from earlier sealant jobs put right, starting with finding out why they failed.
• Fire-rated sealant: Gaps in fire-separating walls and floors sealed with fire-rated products, following the tested details for each one.
• External & façade joints: Brickwork movement joints, render and cladding joints resealed with backing rod and flexible exterior sealant.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Snagging sealant for new homes and plot-by-plot mastic for builders and developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Movement joints in tiled and concrete floors, and skirting gaps, sealed so they stay tidy and keep dirt out.
• Regrouting: Shower and splashback grout replaced where it has cracked or stained, with silicone in the movement joints.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Conservatory, rooflight, glass panel and shower screen joints resealed with glazing silicone.
• 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: Sash and case window surrounds in stone and brick re-pointed with traditional sand mastic.

Why choose Mr Mastic in Ashford, Surrey

Choose us for Ashford and you get more than 20 years of sealant work behind every bead. We are fully insured, ARBOMaster approved, and use only Arbo and Everbuild sealants. We have finished over 2,847 projects and hold a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews. You will always see a clear quote before we start, and each job is covered by our one-year guarantee.

Getting around Ashford, Surrey

For trains, Ashford Surrey station is closest to the centre. Local landmarks include Spelthorne Museum (2.2 miles west). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Clarendon Primary School, Thomas Knyvett College, Spelthorne College and Parish Church of St Matthew. For open space, Kempton Park Reservoirs and St Ann's Hill are close by.