Mastic man in Tiptree

Sealant jobs we do in Tiptree

With more than 9,600 people in the 2021 census, Tiptree is one of the largest villages in Essex, about ten miles south-west of Colchester. It has grown in waves, and each wave left behind its own kind of house, from 19th-century cottages to 1960s estates and homes still being built. Mr Mastic covers Tiptree from our base in Crawley, resealing bathrooms and kitchens and renewing the mastic around windows and doors.

Sealant does not last forever. In a busy family bathroom it may look tired within five years; around a well-ventilated window it might go twenty. Our guide on how long silicone sealant lasts explains what speeds up failure. When it is time, we strip the old bead out completely, clean and dry the joint, and lay a fresh one with a product chosen for the room.

A village that kept growing

Tiptree’s Neighbourhood Plan records around 300 houses built between 1800 and 1850, followed by growth around Church Road, now the main shopping street, after the jam factory and railway arrived. In the 1960s the village took London overspill, and numerous estates were built. The 1990s brought an estate west of Grove Road, and houses and flats on surplus land from the former Hutchinson site opposite Tesco.

More recently, 200 homes at Barbrook Lane and 130 on Kelvedon Road were allowed on appeal, and the plan allocates at least 200 more at Highland Nursery and 200 at Elms Farm. That means a lot of Tiptree households are in homes less than a decade old, alongside a large stock of 1960s and 1970s houses where bathrooms are on their second or third refit.

The plan notes that most homes have three or four bedrooms, with demand for smaller homes and bungalows from older residents. Bungalow bathrooms often have walk-in showers or low-level trays, and the seals around those take daily wear. In the newer estates, the builder’s sealant often shrinks and cracks as the house dries out, which our page on new build mastic covers.

Jobs we take on in Tiptree

• 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: Frame perimeters inside and out resealed with flexible, colour-matched sealant, with backing rod where the gap is deep.
• 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: Messy, layered or wrong-product sealant cut out and replaced with the right sealant, laid the right way.
• Fire-rated sealant: Fire-rated and intumescent sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations, to the product’s 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: Snagging sealant for new homes and plot-by-plot mastic for builders and 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: Conservatory, rooflight, glass panel and shower screen joints resealed with glazing silicone.
• 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.

Why Mr Mastic in Tiptree

We bring the same habits to every Tiptree job: protect the room, strip the old sealant completely, prepare the joint and leave a clean finish. More than 20 years’ experience sits behind that, along with full insurance and ARBOMaster approved applicator status. We use Arbo and Everbuild sealants, have completed 2,847+ projects and hold a 4.9-star Google rating from over 180 five-star reviews. The price is agreed through a clear quote before we start, and our one-year guarantee covers the work.

Around Tiptree

From the centre, the nearest railway station is Kelvedon station. Places most people will know nearby are Anchor Press Museum (less than half a mile east) and Birch Castle (3.7 miles north-east). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School, Thurstable School, Church of St Luke and The Anchor Public House. For open space, Tiptree Heath Nature Reserve is close by.