Mastic man in Marchwood

Your local mastic man for Marchwood

Marchwood is a village of a little over 5,500 people on the eastern edge of the New Forest, between Totton to the north and Hythe to the south, looking across the mouth of the River Test towards Southampton. It is a mix of older village streets, post-war family housing and military houses, with the A326 running past and some large industrial neighbours close by. Mr Mastic covers Marchwood from our base in Crawley, and we reseal baths, showers, kitchens and windows throughout the village.

Sealant tends to fail quietly. A thin black line in a shower corner, a gap behind the taps or a bead that has gone hard and shrunk away from a frame can all let damp in long before anything looks dramatic. If you have been wondering why your silicone keeps turning dark, our article why does sealant go mouldy explains what is going on and how to stop it.

Village houses, family estates and military homes

Marchwood was part of Eling parish until it became its own church parish in 1843, the year St John’s Church was built. For much of the early 20th century it was a small place with government magazines and a police barracks, and much of what you see today came later, as housing spread along roads such as Twiggs Lane and Staplewood Drive. That means a lot of the village’s homes are brick-built family houses and bungalows from the second half of the century, many with bathrooms and kitchens on their second or third refit.

The military connection also shows in the housing. Service family homes tend to change occupants regularly, and every change is a good moment to check the bath, shower and worktop joints, which take a lot of wear from short, busy tenancies.

Across all of these, the faults we see are familiar ones: a bath seal that cracks each time the bath is filled, a shower tray edge that has started to let water through to the floor beneath, and uPVC window mastic that has turned brittle after years facing open water and wind. Each needs the old material removed in full, not covered over.

Jobs we take on in Marchwood

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Every joint in the bathroom and kitchen, from the bath edge to the worktop, stripped back and resealed with anti-fungal silicone.
• Window & door mastic: Frame perimeters inside and out resealed with flexible, colour-matched sealant, with backing rod where the gap is deep.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Second opinions on sealant that keeps failing: we strip it out, check for movement or leaks and reseal it properly.
• Fire-rated sealant: Intumescent and fire-rated joints around pipes, cables and frames, installed to the manufacturer’s tested specification.
• 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: Early-failing sealant in new homes fixed properly, plus mastic packages and snagging 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: Leaking conservatory and rooflight joints, glass panels and shower screens resealed with silicone made for glass.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Leaking gutter joints, end caps, fascia and soffit joints resealed with exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Traditional burnt sand mastic renewed around sash and case windows and doors in stone and brick.

What you get with Mr Mastic in Marchwood

Choosing us for a Marchwood job means getting someone who has spent over two decades doing nothing but sealant work. We are fully insured, ARBOMaster approved, and we work with Arbo and Everbuild sealants because they last. With more than 2,847 projects completed and a 4.9-star rating on Google from over 180 five-star reviews, we let the record speak for itself. Expect a clear quote first and a one-year guarantee on everything we finish.

Getting around Marchwood

The nearest station to the town centre is Millbrook (Hants) station. Well-known places nearby include Westquay (2.1 miles east), Foresters Museum & Archive (1.9 miles north-east) and Netley Castle (4.1 miles east). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near Marchwood Junior School, Hounsdown School, Church of St John the Apostle and White Horse pub. Nearby green spaces include Testwood Lakes.