Essex · England
Mastic man in Great Notley
Sealant snagging and resealing for Great Notley Garden Village, across Notley Green, Oaklands Manor and Panners Farm, just across the A120 from Braintree.
- Fully insured
- Arbo and Everbuild sealants
- Clear quote before we start
Your local mastic man for Great Notley
Great Notley is one of the newer places on the Essex map. The name was coined in the 1990s for the garden village built on the edge of Braintree, the first school opened in 1999 and the civil parish was created in 2000. Today about 6,600 people live there. Mr Mastic covers Great Notley from our base in Crawley, resealing bathrooms, en suites and kitchens and renewing mastic around windows and doors.
Many homes here are now 20 to 30 years old, which is just about the age when original sealant gives up and first-generation bathrooms and kitchens are being replaced. Whether you are dealing with tired silicone from the original build or a newly fitted bathroom that needs finishing, we strip the joint back fully and lay a fresh bead with the right product. Our article on new build sealant snagging covers what to check in a modern home.
Three hamlets and a spine road
Most of the garden village was built by Countryside Properties, planned as three hamlets linked by a spine road: Notley Green to the south, Oaklands Manor centred on a new manor house, and Panners Farm to the north. The western part of the parish was once part of Black Notley. Family homes make up most of the village, with a 40-hectare country park known locally as the Discovery Centre at its heart.
Homes of this age share a few common faults. Original plastic shower trays and acrylic baths have flexed for decades, so the seal along the wall opens up. En suites, often small and without a window, collect condensation and grow mould along the bead. Kitchen worktop sealant behind the sink has usually been cleaned so often that it has worn thin.
Outside, the mastic around uPVC windows and doors fitted when the houses were built has been in the sun and rain for a long time, and it is often hard, shrunken or coming away from the brick.
Bathroom refits and en suites
A lot of Great Notley households are now refitting their first bathroom or kitchen. If you have a fitter booked, we can come in at the end to do the sealant, or reseal a new suite that has been badly finished. In bedrooms with en suites, we pay attention to the joint where the shower tray meets the wall, because a leak there tends to show up as a stain in the room below.
In two-storey homes, upstairs bathrooms usually sit above a kitchen or living room, so a sound seal matters. For external frames, we cut out old mastic and use a flexible sealant that can cope with the movement in uPVC. Our page on shower resealing explains what we do in more detail.
Skyline120, Horizon 120 and local services
The parish has its own business park, Skyline120, and Braintree District Council has set out plans for Horizon 120, a business park of about 20 hectares next to the A131 on the edge of the village. Offices, workshops and light industrial units like these have staff toilets, kitchens and showers that need resealing from time to time, and we can work outside office hours.
Schools in the area, including Notley Green and White Court primaries, and landlords with let homes in the village also use sealant services between terms or tenancies.
How it works
- Call or email. Tell us what needs doing, where it is and anything about access. Photos by email help.
- Get a clear quote. We give you a clear price before any work starts, and agree a date with you.
- Cut out and prepare. All the old sealant comes out, and the joints are cleaned, treated and dried.
- Lay the new bead. We apply the right product for each joint and tool it to a clean, even line.
- Guaranteed work. You’ll know the cure time before we leave, and every job comes with a one-year guarantee.
Our services in Great Notley
- 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: 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: Snagging sealant for new homes and plot-by-plot mastic for builders and 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: Leaking conservatory and rooflight joints, glass panels and shower screens resealed with silicone made for glass.
- 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 Great Notley
Great Notley homes deserve a tidy, careful finish, and that is what we aim for every time. Mr Mastic has more than 20 years of experience, is fully insured and is an ARBOMaster approved applicator, using Arbo and Everbuild sealants. We have completed 2,847+ projects and hold a 4.9-star Google rating from 180+ five-star reviews. There will be a clear quote before we start, and our one-year guarantee comes with every job.
Getting around Great Notley
From the centre, the nearest railway station is Braintree station. Places most people will know nearby are Tudor House Museum (Braintree) (2.2 miles north-east). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to White Court School, Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form, The Church in Great Notley and The Essex Cricketers pub. For open space, Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve is close by.
What customers say
Rated 4.9 on Google from 180+ five-star reviews. Read the reviews on Google.
“Harper Drive in Maidenbower — kitchen worktop had been leaking behind for a while. Came out the next day, sorted it properly. Really tidy job.”
“Called for a bathroom reseal and the mastic man showed up on time with all the right equipment. Brilliant attention to detail. The sealant looks perfect and they kept everything tidy.”
“We had old mastic that needed replacing throughout our kitchen and bathrooms. The mastic man professional was knowledgeable, quoted fairly, and delivered excellent quality work. Highly recommend!”
Parts of Great Notley we work in
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Your questions about mastic work in Great Notley
Do you cover all of Great Notley?
Yes. We cover Notley Green, Oaklands Manor and Panners Farm, as well as Black Notley and Braintree across the A120.
My en suite has no window and the seal keeps going black. Can you help?
Yes. We strip the old bead, treat the mould and reseal with a strongly mould-resistant silicone, and we’ll suggest ways to reduce condensation.
We’re having a new bathroom fitted. Can you just do the sealant?
Yes. Many fitters are happy for us to finish the sealant, and we can book in once the suite is in.
The mastic around my uPVC windows is from when the house was built. Should it be replaced?
If it’s hard, cracked or pulling away, yes. We cut it out and fit a flexible, weatherproof mastic.
Do you reseal kitchen worktops?
Yes. We renew sealant along worktops, upstands and around sinks and hobs, in a colour to match.
Can you work at a business unit out of hours?
Yes. We can work early, late or at weekends so staff facilities aren’t out of use.
How soon can I use my shower after resealing?
We’ll tell you the cure time for the product used, but it’s usually around 24 hours.