Mastic man in Gravesend

Resealing and mastic work across Gravesend

Gravesend looks out across the Thames to Tilbury, and its homes range from early nineteenth-century townhouses to estates built over the last hundred years. Mr Mastic covers the town, along with Northfleet and the rest of Gravesham, from our base in Crawley. We reseal showers and baths, renew mastic around windows and doors, and seal joints on the outside of buildings that face the weather off the river.

A leaking shower is the call we get most. Water that gets past a failed seal soaks into the floor or wall behind, and by the time it shows downstairs the damage has been going on for a while. Our shower resealing service removes the old sealant, checks the tray and screen and puts on a fresh, flexible bead.

Stucco terraces, Victorian suburbs and interwar estates

Gravesham Borough Council has several conservation areas in the town. Harmer Street was laid out between about 1836 and 1840 as a planned row of four-storey townhouses in yellow stock brick, much of it rendered or stuccoed, with small-paned sash windows and iron balconies. The Darnley Road conservation area is a Victorian and Edwardian suburb of paired villas and short terraces, again with timber sashes, canted bays and stucco detailing. On houses like these, the joint where a frame meets render or brick needs a sealant that suits both, and often one that can be painted to match the joinery.

Gravesend grew outwards after both world wars. King’s Farm was built mostly in the 1920s, and Riverview Park in the 1960s on a former RAF airfield. In homes of this age, bathrooms have usually been refitted more than once, and we find bath panels that have dropped, gaps behind basins and replacement windows whose mastic has hardened and split.

Christianfields was rebuilt between 2007 and 2013, and there are newer flats near the river and the town centre. Newer homes settle, so shower and bath seals are often the first things to fail.

Jobs we take on in Gravesend

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Bathroom and kitchen joints taken back to a clean, dry surface and finished with fresh anti-fungal silicone that won’t lift.
• 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: Messy, layered or wrong-product sealant cut out and replaced with the right sealant, laid the right way.
• 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: Outside movement joints given new backing rod and a flexible, weatherproof sealant in a colour to match the wall.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Failed builder sealant in new homes put right, and plot mastic 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: 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: 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.

Choosing a mastic man in Gravesend

Gravesend homes face a lot of weather off the Thames, so a sealant job has to be done with care. Mr Mastic is fully insured, has worked in the trade for over 20 years and is an ARBOMaster approved applicator, using Arbo and Everbuild sealants matched to each surface. We’ve now completed more than 2,847 projects, and 180+ five-star reviews give us a 4.9-star rating on Google. We agree a clear quote with you first and stand behind the finished job with a one-year guarantee.

Landmarks near Gravesend

The nearest station to the town centre is Gravesend station. Well-known places nearby include Gravesham Museum (0.9 miles north-west) and Stone Castle (4.5 miles west). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to Whitehill Primary School, St John's Catholic Comprehensive, St John's Catholic Comprehensive and Christ Church Milton. Nearby green spaces include Rede Common and Gad's Hill.