Mastic man in Thatcham

Mastic and sealant work in Thatcham

Thatcham lies in the Kennet valley about three miles east of Newbury, straddling the River Kennet, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the A4 Bath Road. With around 25,000 residents it is a sizeable town, and most of its homes are family houses built in the second half of the twentieth century, many of them now on their second or third bathroom and kitchen.

Mr Mastic covers Thatcham from our base in Crawley. Most calls here start with a bath or shower that has started to look grubby, a worktop joint that has opened up, or a window frame where the mastic has cracked. We do the job properly: everything old comes out, the surface is cleaned and dried, and the new sealant is matched to the joint. For baths in particular, our bath resealing page explains why we fill the bath before sealing.

A town that grew five times over in fifty years

Thatcham’s population rose from about 5,000 in 1951 to more than 22,800 by 2001, so the bulk of the town’s housing dates from that half-century of growth. The parish also takes in the suburb of Dunstan Park and the villages of Crookham, Henwick and Colthrop. Older buildings survive in the centre, including the Grade I listed Old Bluecoat School on the A4 and St Mary’s church, largely rebuilt in 1857.

Houses from the 1950s to the 1980s tend to share the same weak spots. Acrylic baths flex when they are filled and the seal along the long side pulls away. Kitchen worktops were often fitted with a thin bead that has since shrunk and gone brittle. Replacement uPVC windows and doors, fitted in waves over the years, now have mastic that has hardened and cracked.

Newer homes in and around the town bring settling and snagging issues, where developer sealant splits within the first couple of years. In each case, the fix is the same: cut out, clean, prime where needed and reseal.

Our services in Thatcham

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Mouldy or split sealant around baths, shower trays, basins and sinks removed completely and replaced with a neat, hygienic bead.
• Window & door mastic: Hardened, gappy mastic around frames, sills and French or patio doors cut out and renewed to keep draughts and rain out.
• 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: 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: Failed builder sealant in new homes put right, and plot mastic for developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Skirting-to-floor gaps, tiled floor movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with the right product.
• 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: Gutter unions, outlets and fascia joints that leak in heavy rain cleaned and resealed.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Old sand mastic around sash windows and doors raked out and renewed with traditional burnt sand mastic.

Why Mr Mastic in Thatcham

Thatcham is a straight run along the M4 corridor for us, and nothing about the standard changes with the distance. You get a team with 20+ years in the trade, full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status, using Arbo and Everbuild products. We have completed 2,847+ projects and earned a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews. The price is agreed in a clear quote up front, and every job comes with a one-year guarantee.

Landmarks near Thatcham

The nearest station to the town centre is Thatcham station. Well-known places nearby include Old Chapel Textile Centre (2.2 miles south-west) and Donnington Castle (3.7 miles west). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to Spurcroft Primary School, Kennet School, United Reformed Church and The Old Chequers Public House. For open space, Nature Discovery Centre is close by.