Mastic man in Broxbourne

Mastic and sealant work in Broxbourne

Broxbourne is a small place with a big name. It sits between Hoddesdon to the north and Cheshunt to the south, with the River Lea forming the boundary with Essex, and since 1974 it has given its name to the whole borough. The town itself is mostly residential, with a long run of listed buildings along the High Road and Victorian streets that grew up once the railway arrived in 1840.

Mr Mastic covers Broxbourne from our base in Crawley. We reseal baths, showers, basins and kitchens, cut out and renew mastic around bay windows and doors, and treat mould along tired joints. Our silicone removal step is the part most people never see, but taking the old bead out completely is what makes the new one last.

Churchfields villas, St Catherine’s Road and the High Road

Much of the older town lies in the Broxbourne Conservation Area, designated in 1977 and running from Spitalbrook to Mill Lane. It grew in phases: villas and semi-detached houses on Churchfields from the 1840s, then houses on St Catherine’s Road in the 1880s and 1890s for people commuting by the new railway, five of them by the architect Reginald Blomfield. The High Road holds late seventeenth-century houses, early nineteenth-century terraces and almshouses from 1728, with timber framing, red brick and roughcast among the materials.

The twentieth-century houses around them have imitation half-timbering, gables and plenty of oriel and bay windows. A bay can have half a dozen frame joints plus a sill and a roof junction, and when the mastic fails at any one of them, rain finds its way in. We cut out every failed joint, use backing rod where gaps are deep and finish with a flexible, weatherproof sealant in a colour to suit the frame.

Inside, bathrooms in older villas are often in rooms with solid walls and little ventilation, so black mould is a common complaint. Our anti-mould resealing treats the joint before a fungicidal silicone goes on.

Jobs we take on in Broxbourne

• 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: Hardened, gappy mastic around frames, sills and French or patio doors cut out and renewed to keep draughts and rain out.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Guest bathrooms, staff washrooms and kitchens in commercial buildings resealed in a planned order that keeps the site running.
• 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 sealant for service penetrations and frame gaps where it has been specified, applied to the tested details.
• External & façade joints: Brickwork movement joints, render and cladding joints resealed with backing rod and flexible exterior sealant.
• New-build mastic & snagging: New-build bathrooms, kitchens and frames resealed where the original sealant has cracked as the house settles.
• Floor & skirting joints: Skirting-to-floor gaps, tiled floor movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with the right product.
• Regrouting: Shower and splashback grout replaced where it has cracked or stained, with silicone in the movement joints.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glass-to-frame joints on conservatories, rooflights and shower screens cut out and resealed.
• 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: Traditional sand mastic for period windows and doors where a modern sealant would look out of place.

Choosing a mastic man in Broxbourne

Broxbourne’s older homes and listed fronts call for neat, careful work rather than a quick smear of silicone. That’s what Mr Mastic offers, with 20+ years in the trade, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status, using Arbo and Everbuild sealants. We’ve completed over 2,847 projects and earned a 4.9-star Google rating from 180+ five-star reviews. You’ll have a clear quote before we start, and a one-year guarantee on the finished job.

Landmarks near Broxbourne

The nearest station to the town centre is Broxbourne station. Places most people will know nearby are Lowewood Museum (0.5 miles north-east) and Barrowfield (3.7 miles north). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to Sheredes Primary School, Sheredes School, Church of St Augustine and The Golden Lion Inn. Nearby green spaces include Danemead and Cheshunt Lake.