Mastic man in Canvey Island

Sealant jobs we do in Canvey Island

Canvey Island is a place of bungalows, wide roads and homes that sit low behind the sea wall, and almost every one of them has sealant that needs looking after sooner or later. Mr Mastic travels out from our base in Crawley to cover the whole island, resealing baths, showers and kitchens, cutting out tired mastic around windows and patio doors, and sealing the outside joints that take the brunt of the estuary weather.

Most calls start with something small: a grey line of mould along the bath, a shower tray that has dropped and opened up the seal, or a frame where the mastic has gone hard and cracked. We take the old sealant out completely, clean and dry the joint and put in a new bead that suits the gap and the room. If you’ve been wondering how often this should be done, our guide to how long silicone sealant lasts sets out what to expect.

Bungalows, plotland roads and post-war family homes

Canvey’s housing grew in stages. A pair of 17th-century Dutch cottages survive from the time the sea walls were first built, but the island as most people know it began around 1899, when Frederick Hester bought Leigh Beck Farm and started selling plots to Londoners as holiday and permanent homes. Many of the street names he chose still carry a Dutch flavour. In the east, Newlands grew as an estate of holiday bungalows. The biggest change came in the 1960s, when the population rose from about 15,600 in 1961 to more than 26,000 by 1971, much of it from East London. Today the island has around 16,000 homes.

That mix gives us a steady pattern of jobs. Bungalows are everywhere on Canvey, and a single-storey home often has its bathroom on an outside wall, so the room runs cool and damp and the sealant mildews quickly. Older plotland houses that have been extended or rebuilt can have frames and bathroom fittings of very different ages side by side.

The post-war semis and terraces mostly have replacement uPVC windows now, and the mastic around them tends to dry out and shrink after a decade or two of salty wind. We cut it back to clean edges and use a flexible, weatherproof sealant, with backing rod where the gap is deep.

Our services in Canvey Island

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Baths, showers, basins, wet rooms, worktops and sinks: old sealant cut out, mould treated and a new bead of anti-fungal silicone laid.
• 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: Commercial washrooms, kitchens and wet areas resealed floor by floor, so only a few rooms are out of use at once.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Second opinions on sealant that keeps failing: we strip it out, check for movement or leaks and reseal it properly.
• 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: Early-failing sealant in new homes fixed properly, plus mastic packages and snagging for developers.
• 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: Leaking conservatory and rooflight joints, glass panels and shower screens resealed with silicone made for glass.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Leaking gutter joints, end caps, fascia and soffit joints resealed with exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Old sand mastic around sash windows and doors raked out and renewed with traditional burnt sand mastic.

What you get with Mr Mastic in Canvey Island

On an island where the weather finds every weak joint, it pays to have sealant done properly once. Mr Mastic has more than 20 years’ experience, is fully insured and is an ARBOMaster approved applicator, and we choose Arbo and Everbuild products to suit each joint. Over 2,847 projects and a 4.9-star Google rating from 180+ five-star reviews say the work holds up. You’ll know the cost from a clear quote before we start, and the finished job carries a one-year guarantee.

Landmarks near Canvey Island

For trains, Benfleet station is closest to the centre. Local landmarks include Bay Museum (0.7 miles south) and Hadleigh Castle (1.9 miles north-east). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Castle View School, Furtherwick Park School and St Nicholas. Nearby green spaces include West Canvey Marshes RSPB reserve.