Mastic man in Gillingham

Sealant jobs we do in Gillingham

Gillingham is the largest town in Medway, and it has a lot of bathrooms. Mr Mastic covers Gillingham, Rainham, Hempstead, Twydall and the streets in between from our base in Crawley, resealing baths, showers and kitchens, replacing perished window mastic and sealing the joints around frames, sills and outside walls.

A bath that has been resealed again and again is one of the most common jobs we’re asked to look at. Each new layer goes on top of the last and none of them bonds properly. We take every layer back to a clean surface and reseal once, properly; our bath resealing page shows how we do it.

A dockyard town that grew fast

New Brompton, which became the heart of modern Gillingham, grew up to house workers at Chatham Dockyard. The population rose from about 9,000 in 1851 to more than 42,000 by 1901, and much of the town’s older housing dates from those decades: long streets of terraced houses, many now with a ground-floor bathroom at the back or a loft conversion with a shower. Bathrooms added in this way often sit in a single-skin extension or under a sloping ceiling, where condensation is high and sealant goes mouldy quickly. Good ventilation and an anti-fungal silicone both help.

Later growth spread east and south. Rainham, governed with Gillingham since 1928, and areas such as Twydall and Hempstead have a wide mix of twentieth-century semis, bungalows and estate housing. In these homes, original windows have mostly been replaced with uPVC, and the mastic around those frames is now 20 or 30 years old. It hardens, cracks and lets rain behind the frame, which shows up as damp patches inside.

We cut out the old mastic, clean the frame and brickwork, and apply a flexible, weatherproof sealant in white, brown, grey or another colour to suit.

Sealant services across Gillingham

• 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: Hardened, gappy mastic around frames, sills and French or patio doors cut out and renewed to keep draughts and rain out.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Leaks and lifting beads from earlier sealant jobs put right, starting with finding out why they failed.
• Fire-rated sealant: Gaps in fire-separating walls and floors sealed with fire-rated products, following the tested details for each one.
• 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: Gaps under skirting boards, tile movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with a product that suits the traffic.
• Regrouting: Shower and splashback grout replaced where it has cracked or stained, with silicone in the movement joints.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glazing joints on conservatories, roof lanterns and screens renewed with a sealant suited to glass and frames.
• 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.

Why choose Mr Mastic in Gillingham

We’d sum up our approach in Gillingham as do it once, do it right. That means taking every bit of old sealant out and choosing Arbo or Everbuild products to suit the joint. Mr Mastic has 20+ years in the trade, is fully insured and is an ARBOMaster approved applicator. Our record runs to 2,847+ projects and a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews. A clear quote comes first, and a one-year guarantee covers the finished work.

Around Gillingham

For trains, Gillingham (Kent) station is closest to the centre. Local landmarks include Pentagon Shopping Centre (2.3 miles west), Six Poor Travellers House (3.3 miles west) and Upnor Castle (3.2 miles north-west). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near Featherby Junior School, The Robert Napier School, The Robert Napier School and Holy Trinity Church. Nearby green spaces include Bishop Saltings and Blue Bell Hill.