Southend-on-Sea · England
Mastic man in Great Wakering
Bath, shower, kitchen and window resealing for Great Wakering’s High Street cottages, Edwardian pairs and newer estates, plus Little Wakering and Barling.
- Old sealant cut out, never covered
- ARBOMaster approved
- One-year guarantee on every job
Sealant jobs we do in Great Wakering
Great Wakering sits a few miles east of Southend, in Rochford District, with the village strung along the High Street and New Road and open marsh and coast beyond. It is a place where very old and very new homes stand within a short walk of each other, and that mix shows up in the sealant. Mr Mastic covers Great Wakering from our base in Crawley, cutting out tired silicone around baths, showers, basins and worktops and renewing the mastic round windows and doors.
We don’t patch. The old bead comes out in full, the joint is scraped back, cleaned and dried, and anything that looks like a deeper problem, such as a loose tile or a bath that drops when it is filled, is pointed out before we go further. Only then do we lay a new bead matched to the job, whether that is a mould-resistant sanitary silicone in a shower or a flexible, weatherproof mastic on an outside wall. Our article on sealing over old silicone explains why a fresh bead over a failed one rarely lasts.
Stock brick cottages, sashes and the new edge of the village
The heart of the village is a conservation area, first designated in 1986, running along the High Street from St Nicholas’ Church, parts of which date from around 1100. Rochford District Council’s appraisal describes yellow stock brick from the 19th century onwards, timber-framed cottages finished in smooth render or pebbledash, featheredge weatherboarding on side walls and roofs of plain clay tile or slate. The High Street itself is lined with two-storey shops and cottages, often in rows, with carriage arches and traces of old shopfronts.
Away from the core, New Road, Common Road and Shoebury Road carry semi-detached and detached houses from the late Victorian period onwards, including Edwardian pairs and 1980s homes in the Essex Design Guide style. Traditional sashes survive in places, but many have been swapped for uPVC units. Where a new frame meets old brick or render, the gap is rarely even, and the mastic needs to be the right depth and flexibility to cope with that movement.
The village has also grown. Brick-making was the main local industry until the Star Lane works closed in 1991, and planning permission for housing on the former brickworks site was granted in 2016. Off Barrow Hall Road, Sanctuary Homes has added 120 homes. In newer houses like these, the builder’s sealant tends to shrink and split in the first couple of years as timber dries and the structure settles.
Mixing old walls with new frames
Older cottages in Great Wakering often have soft walls, uneven reveals and timber that has moved for a century or more. Hard, cement-like pointing around a frame in that kind of wall will crack quickly, so we use a low-modulus sealant that stays flexible, and backing rod where a joint is deep. On rendered or pebbledashed fronts, we take care to cut out only the old mastic and not the finish around it. Our window and door mastic page explains how we prepare each type of frame.
The village is low-lying and open to the weather coming off the estuary, which is hard on outside joints. South and east-facing frames take the worst of it, and we check those first on any window job. Inside, smaller cottage bathrooms with limited ventilation are prone to condensation, so we choose a sealant with a strong mould inhibitor there.
Village shops, rented homes and nearby work
The High Street still has a run of shops and businesses, and small premises like these usually have a staff toilet, a kitchenette or a customer washroom that needs resealing every few years. We can book it outside trading hours.
Where homes in and around the village are let, landlords and agents use us between tenancies to strip and renew bath, shower and kitchen sealant so a property looks fresh at check-in, and our landlord sealant service sets out how we fit around inventories and key handovers. We also handle snagging-style work on the newer developments, where owners want the builder’s first sealant replaced properly.
From first call to finished joint
- Call or email. Tell us what needs doing, where it is and anything about access. Photos by email help.
- Agree the price. You get a clear quote up front, and we book a date that suits you.
- Preparation first. Old sealant out completely, surfaces cleaned, mould treated and the joint left dry.
- Neat new sealant. Each joint gets the sealant that suits it, laid and smoothed to a tidy finish.
- Leave it to cure. We tell you how long to leave it before use, and the work carries our one-year guarantee.
Our services in Great Wakering
- 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: Sealant programmes for offices, hotels, care settings and schools, with early or late working where it helps.
- Remedial sealant & repairs: Messy, layered or wrong-product sealant cut out and replaced with the right sealant, laid the right way.
- 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: New-build bathrooms, kitchens and frames resealed where the original sealant has cracked as the house settles.
- Floor & skirting joints: Floor and skirting joints in homes, shops and warehouses sealed neatly and to the right depth.
- Regrouting: Cracked, stained or crumbling grout raked out and replaced, with corners resealed in silicone.
- Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glazing joints on conservatories, roof lanterns and screens renewed with a sealant suited to glass and frames.
- Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Gutter unions, outlets and fascia joints that leak in heavy rain cleaned and resealed.
- 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 Great Wakering
The trip from Crawley to the Essex coast is one we make regularly, and we treat a cottage on the High Street with the same care as a brand-new house off Barrow Hall Road. Behind that is more than twenty years of sealant work, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status, with Arbo and Everbuild products on the van. We have completed over 2,847 projects and hold a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews. You get a clear quote before anything starts and a one-year guarantee once it’s done.
Places we pass in Great Wakering
The nearest station to the town centre is Shoeburyness station. Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Great Wakering Primary Academy, Shoeburyness High School, Church of St Nicholas and The White Hart Public House. For open space, Gunners Park and Shoebury Ranges 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!”
Where we work in Great Wakering
Find your area below, or call 07833 053749 or email us with your postcode and a few details.
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Questions from Great Wakering
Do you cover all of Great Wakering?
Yes. We cover the whole village, including the High Street, New Road and Common Road, along with Little Wakering and Barling, which form part of the same built-up area.
My cottage is in the conservation area. Can you reseal round the windows?
Yes. We remove the old mastic carefully without damaging the render or brick, and use a sealant colour that suits the frame and wall.
Why does the mastic round my uPVC windows keep cracking?
Often it’s the wrong product or too thin a bead for an uneven gap. We cut it out, add backing rod where needed and lay a flexible mastic at the right depth.
I’ve bought one of the newer homes and the bath sealant has split. What now?
That’s common as a new house settles. We strip the original sealant, clean and prime the joint and reseal it so it copes with the movement.
Do you reseal kitchens as well as bathrooms?
Yes. We renew sealant along worktops, upstands and around sinks and hobs, choosing a colour to match your worktop.
Can you work in a let property while it’s empty?
Yes. We can collect keys from an agent and complete the reseal between tenants.
How long before I can use the shower again?
We’ll give you the exact time for the product used, but most sanitary silicones need around 24 hours before the shower is used.