Mastic man in Farnborough

Mastic and sealant work in Farnborough

Farnborough grew from a village of a few hundred people in the early 1800s into a town of more than 57,000 by 2011, and most of that growth came after the Second World War, when new residential areas, business parks and light industrial estates were laid out around the old centre. That gives the town a wide spread of house ages, and a wide spread of tired sealant. Mr Mastic covers Farnborough from our base in Crawley, resealing baths, showers, basins and worktops and renewing mastic around windows and doors.

Every job starts the same way. The old bead is cut out in full, mould spores are cleaned off, the joint is dried, and only then does new sealant go on, picked for the surface and the movement it has to cope with. If a bathroom joint keeps turning black a few months after you last cleaned it, our page on anti-mould resealing explains what we do differently.

Old villages, post-war estates and a town centre being rebuilt

Farnborough is really several places joined together. Cove, on the western side, is an old village that appears in the Domesday Book and has long since become a suburb of the town, sitting next to Southwood and Hawley. North Camp, on the Aldershot side, takes its name from the northern half of the army camp that arrived on the heath in 1854. Between and around them are the post-war streets that housed the town’s growing population, with semis, terraces and blocks of flats from several decades.

Homes of that age have usually had their bathrooms and kitchens replaced at least once, and sometimes the new suite was simply sealed over the old joint. Acrylic baths that flex under the weight of a full tub, shower trays laid on timber floors, and worktops butted against uneven tiling all crack a stiff or poorly bonded bead. Outside, replacement uPVC windows from the 1990s and 2000s often have mastic that has hardened, shrunk back from the brick and gone grey and gritty.

The town centre is changing too. Rushmoor Borough Council has a regeneration plan worth more than £100 million that brings a cinema, restaurants and new homes into the centre over the coming decade. New flats bring new-build sealant, and that first bead often splits as a building dries out and settles. Our guide to new build sealant snagging lists what to look for in your first year.

Jobs we take on in Farnborough

• 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: Sealant programmes for offices, hotels, care settings and schools, with early or late working where it helps.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Failed, botched or over-sealed joints stripped out, the cause found and the joint resealed properly.
• Fire-rated sealant: Fire-rated and intumescent sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations, to the product’s tested details.
• External & façade joints: Split or perished joints in walls and cladding replaced with exterior sealant designed to stretch with the building.
• New-build mastic & snagging: New-build bathrooms, kitchens and frames resealed where the original sealant has cracked as the house settles.
• 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: Glass-to-frame joints on conservatories, rooflights and shower screens cut out and resealed.
• 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 Farnborough

Farnborough is an easy run across from Crawley, and the standard is the same wherever we work. You get applicators with more than 20 years in the trade, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved status, using Arbo and Everbuild sealants. Over 2,847 projects and a 4.9-star Google rating from 180+ five-star reviews say more than we could. We give you a clear quote before any old sealant comes out, and each finished job carries a one-year guarantee.

Around Farnborough

The nearest station to the town centre is Farnborough Main station. Places most people will know nearby are Hart Shopping Centre (3.3 miles west) and Royal Army Dental Corps Historical Museum (1.9 miles south-east). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to Tower Hill Primary School, Cove School, Henry Tyndale School and Church of St Christopher. Nearby green spaces include Ancells Farm Nature Reserve and Ball Hill.