Mastic man in Woking

Mastic and sealant work in Woking

Woking is changing faster than most Surrey towns, with tall new apartment blocks in the centre and established estates all around it. Mr Mastic is based in Crawley and covers Woking, Horsell, Knaphill, St John’s, Goldsworth Park, Sheerwater and Old Woking, resealing bathrooms and kitchens and renewing mastic around windows, doors and external joints.

Most of what we see is simple wear: a bath seal gone black, a shower tray that’s started to leak, worktop sealant that’s shrunk away from the wall. We remove all of the old material, clean and dry the joint, and lay a fresh bead suited to the room. In kitchens that means food-safe silicone around the sink and hob areas; our kitchen resealing page has the details.

A railway town, a planned estate and a new skyline

The railway reached Woking in 1838, when the station stood on open heath well away from the original village at Old Woking. The modern town grew north of the line from the 1860s, after land near the station was sold off, and large detached houses went up at Hook Heath. Most of the Victorian centre has since been rebuilt, but older houses survive in the surrounding streets, many with replacement windows whose mastic is now decades old.

Between the wars the council built hundreds of homes, and after 1945 the London County Council built more than 1,200 houses at Sheerwater, which is now being regenerated with new homes. Goldsworth Park was approved in 1973, its first house was finished in 1974, and by 1988 there were around 3,000 homes, with the last completed in the 1990s. Many of those bathrooms are on their second or third refit, and settled baths and tired shower seals are common jobs.

Since 2012, high-density flats have reshaped the town centre, including the towers at Victoria Square. New flats need their sealant checked in the first year or two, and in apartment buildings some service penetrations call for fire-rated sealant rather than ordinary silicone.

What we do in Woking

• 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: 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: 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: Brickwork movement joints, render and cladding joints resealed with backing rod and flexible exterior sealant.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Early-failing sealant in new homes fixed properly, plus mastic packages and snagging for developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Gaps under skirting boards, tile movement joints and concrete floor joints sealed with a product that suits the traffic.
• Regrouting: Shower and splashback grout replaced where it has cracked or stained, with silicone in the movement joints.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glass-to-frame joints on conservatories, rooflights and shower screens cut out and resealed.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Exterior joints at gutters, fascias and soffits resealed to stop drips and staining down the wall.
• 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 Woking

We think a mastic job should be done once and done properly. That’s why Woking customers get the full method: old sealant out, joint prepared, quality Arbo or Everbuild sealant in. Mr Mastic is an ARBOMaster approved applicator with 20+ years in the trade, full insurance and more than 2,847 projects behind us, plus a 4.9-star Google rating from 180+ five-star reviews. You’ll see a clear quote first, and a one-year guarantee covers the finished work.

Around Woking

The nearest station to the town centre is Woking station. Local landmarks include The Peacocks (0.6 miles east) and The Hockey Museum (0.7 miles east). Closer in, we work on homes, rented flats and businesses near Goldsworth Primary School, Woking High School, Hoe Valley School and Church of St Mary of Bethany. For open space, Brookwood Lye is close by.