Mastic man in Ditton

Your local mastic man for Ditton

Ditton is a large village in the Medway Valley, in Tonbridge and Malling borough, about four and a half miles west of Maidstone and a couple of miles east of West Malling. The A20 and the M20 both cross the parish, and it joins on to Larkfield, Aylesford and Barming, with Leybourne and East Malling close by. Mr Mastic covers Ditton from our base in Crawley.

We reseal baths, showers, basins and kitchen worktops, replace tired mastic around windows and doors, and seal external joints. Old sealant is always removed completely before we start, because silicone doesn’t bond to silicone. If you’re thinking of doing a reseal yourself first, our article on looking after new sealant is worth reading once the job is done.

Old manors turned into housing estates

Ditton is an old village, recorded in the Domesday Book, and its church of St Peter ad Vincula dates from the 12th century. The church and the village ford sit in a small conservation area. Most of today’s homes, though, came much later: the village grew with overspill housing from Maidstone, and many estates now stand on former manor and industrial land.

Ditton Court was demolished in 1972 and replaced by a housing development that keeps its name. Ditton Place, a late 16th-century mansion, was lost to fire in 1987, and Troutbeck House now stands on its site within a modern estate. A street called Brampton Field recalls the manor that probably stood near today’s New Road Industrial Estate, and the former Ditton Laboratory site was also cleared for housing.

That makes much of Ditton a village of modern estate houses. Here, the usual jobs are refitted bathrooms with failed seals, kitchen worktop joints that have shrunk back, and uPVC windows and doors whose mastic has gone hard and cracked. In newer homes, developer sealant often splits in the first couple of years as the house settles.

Our services in Ditton

• 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: Cracked or shrunken mastic around window and door frames, sills and patio doors replaced with a weatherproof sealant.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
• 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: Intumescent and fire-rated joints around pipes, cables and frames, installed to the manufacturer’s tested specification.
• 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: Floor and skirting joints in homes, shops and warehouses sealed neatly and to the right depth.
• Regrouting: Crumbling grout in showers and wet areas raked out and refilled, so water stays out of the wall behind.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Conservatory, rooflight, glass panel and shower screen joints resealed with glazing silicone.
• 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 burnt sand mastic renewed around sash and case windows and doors in stone and brick.

Choosing a mastic man in Ditton

Ditton is an easy run along the M20 corridor for us, and every visit is done properly. Mr Mastic brings 20+ years’ experience, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status, and we use Arbo and Everbuild sealants. We’ve completed more than 2,847 projects and hold a 4.9-star rating on Google from 180+ five-star reviews. You’ll get a clear quote before we start and our one-year guarantee once we’ve finished.

Landmarks near Ditton

From the centre, the nearest railway station is Aylesford station. Well-known places nearby include Fremlin Walk (3.1 miles south-east), Medway megaliths (2.4 miles north-east) and Leybourne Castle (1.6 miles north-west). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near Ditton Infant School, Aylesford School, The Malling School and St Peter's Church. Green spaces within reach include Burham Down and Blue Bell Hill.