Mastic man in Redbridge

Sealant jobs we do in Redbridge

The London Borough of Redbridge brings together Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford with Seven Kings, Goodmayes, Gants Hill, Barkingside, Newbury Park, Hainault and Snaresbrook. Mr Mastic works across all of it from our base in Crawley, resealing bathrooms, kitchens and showers and renewing the mastic around windows and doors.

Plenty of Redbridge homes are busy family houses, and their kitchens and bathrooms work hard. That shows in the sealant: black mould along the bath, a gap behind the hob, a worktop joint that has come away near the sink. We take the old bead out completely, clean and dry the joint, and apply new sealant suited to the room. For kitchens, our kitchen resealing page explains what is involved.

Corbett’s terraces, Edwardian Aldersbrook and interwar suburbs

Much of Ilford’s housing went up quickly around 1900. Developer Cameron Corbett laid out Seven Kings north of the High Road in 1898–99 for clerks and civil servants, then added the Mayfield estate to the south and Downshall to the north. Terraced houses are still the most common type in wards such as Mayfield and Clementswood. In homes of that age, bathrooms are often in a rear extension or a converted bedroom on a timber floor, and sealant there has to cope with plenty of movement.

Wanstead’s Aldersbrook Estate was laid out in the Edwardian years and became a conservation area in 2002, and Woodford has a mix of large Victorian and Edwardian houses and interwar estates. Redbridge has 16 conservation areas, including Wanstead Village, Snaresbrook, South Woodford, Woodford Broadway, Woodford Green and Woodford Wells, and the 1920s–30s Bungalow Estate in Seven Kings. Period sash and casement windows are common in these streets.

Ilford town centre has the borough’s tallest homes, from the 1960s Raphael House and Lynton House to the more recent Pioneer Point towers, and flats make up about half the housing in Valentines ward.

Jobs we take on in Redbridge

• 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: Leaks and lifting beads from earlier sealant jobs put right, starting with finding out why they failed.
• 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: 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: Conservatory, rooflight, glass panel and shower screen joints resealed with glazing silicone.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Leaking gutter joints, end caps, fascia and soffit joints resealed with exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Sash and case window surrounds in stone and brick re-pointed with traditional sand mastic.

Why choose Mr Mastic in Redbridge

What matters most on a resealing job is the preparation nobody sees, and that is where our experience counts. Mr Mastic has been doing this for more than 20 years, is fully insured and is an ARBOMaster approved applicator using Arbo and Everbuild sealants. We have 2,847+ projects behind us and a 4.9-star Google rating built on 180+ five-star reviews. Expect a clear quote up front and a one-year guarantee on the work.

Landmarks near Redbridge

For trains, Ilford station is closest to the centre. Well-known places nearby include Stratford Centre (3.3 miles south-west) and Redbridge Museum (1.6 miles south-east). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near Redbridge Primary School, Valentines High School, Church of St Andrew and Valentines Park. Green spaces within reach include Ainslie Wood and Pole Hill.