Mastic man in Braintree

Resealing and mastic work across Braintree

If you’re looking for a mastic man in Braintree, Mr Mastic covers the town, Bocking and the villages around them from our base in Crawley. We reseal baths, showers, basins and kitchen worktops, replace tired mastic around windows and doors, and look after businesses and rented homes across the district.

Most sealant problems we see have one of three causes: the old bead has simply reached the end of its life, it was laid over older sealant, or the joint was never cleaned properly before sealing. Black spots that keep coming back are usually mould growing behind or under the bead, and wiping it only helps for a while. Our anti-mould resealing service removes the lot and replaces it with an anti-fungal silicone that is much better at resisting it.

From Bradford Street to Great Notley

Braintree is an old market and textile town. The Braintree Town Centre and Bradford Street conservation area holds more than 130 listed buildings, from timber and plastered town houses to Bradford Mill, and Bocking Church Street has its own conservation area. Older homes here often have uneven walls and floors, so the gap between a bath and the tiles is rarely the same width along its length. We fill deep gaps properly rather than bridging them with a thin bead that will split in weeks.

Through the 20th century the town spread out into estates on both sides of the old centre, and from the 1990s Great Notley Garden Village was built to the south west, mostly by Countryside Properties. Homes from that period are now 25 to 30 years old, and many still have their first bathroom and kitchen sealant, which by now has usually shrunk, yellowed or come away at the corners.

Braintree is also where the Crittall window business began in 1849. A few miles away, the company built Silver End as a model village from 1926, with white, flat-roofed modernist houses. Steel window frames expand and contract more than timber, so they need a flexible, well-bonded sealant at the joints. Rigid fillers and cheap caulk crack away from steel within a season or two, so we never use them there.

Jobs we take on in Braintree

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Every joint in the bathroom and kitchen, from the bath edge to the worktop, stripped back and resealed with anti-fungal silicone.
• Window & door mastic: Cracked or shrunken mastic around window and door frames, sills and patio doors replaced with a weatherproof sealant.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Commercial washrooms, kitchens and wet areas resealed floor by floor, so only a few rooms are out of use at once.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Leaks and lifting beads from earlier sealant jobs put right, starting with finding out why they failed.
• Fire-rated sealant: Fire-rated and intumescent sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations, to the product’s tested details.
• External & façade joints: Expansion joints in brick, render and cladding cut out and renewed at the right depth so they can move without splitting.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Failed builder sealant in new homes put right, and plot mastic for developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Skirting-to-floor gaps, tiled floor movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with the right product.
• Regrouting: Cracked, stained or crumbling grout raked out and replaced, with corners resealed in silicone.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Leaking conservatory and rooflight joints, glass panels and shower screens resealed with silicone made for glass.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Dripping gutter joints and end caps, and gaps at fascias and soffits, sealed with weatherproof exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Sash and case window surrounds in stone and brick re-pointed with traditional sand mastic.

Choosing a mastic man in Braintree

What you can expect from us in Braintree is simple. An insured team with 20+ years in the trade, ARBOMaster approved applicator status and a steady record of 2,847+ completed projects. We work with Arbo and Everbuild products and choose a sealant for each joint, not one tube for everything. Customers have given us a 4.9-star Google rating across 180+ five-star reviews. The price is agreed in a clear quote first, and the finished work comes with a one-year guarantee.

Landmarks near Braintree

The nearest station to the town centre is Braintree station. Places most people will know nearby are Tudor House Museum (Braintree) (less than half a mile north-west). Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School, Alec Hunter Academy, Edith Borthwick School and Congregational Church. For open space, Belcher's and Broadfield Woods is close by.