Mastic man in Wraysbury

Mastic and sealant work in Wraysbury

Wraysbury sits on the east bank of the Thames, roughly midway between Windsor and Staines-upon-Thames. It was part of Buckinghamshire until 1974, when it moved into Berkshire, and today it is in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, with gravel pits, lakes and reservoirs around it and Heathrow’s western approach overhead. Mr Mastic covers Wraysbury from our base in Crawley.

Life by the river shapes the work here. Alongside the usual bathroom and kitchen resealing, many homes need attention to the joints that keep the weather out: around windows, doors and thresholds on houses that face the river or sit on low ground. When a previous repair has failed, our remedial sealant work puts it right.

Riverside homes, islands and a village on higher ground

Wraysbury has several distinct parts. Hythe End, nearest Staines, is mostly a line of homes along Staines Road close to Bell Weir Lock, with several riverside houses on The Island. Friary Island is a low-lying residential island about 400 metres long, reached by two bridges. To the west, Sunnymeads grew as a spot where Londoners built modest riverside shacks during and after the Second World War, many of which have since been replaced by larger houses. The main village, with St Andrew’s Church and the Baptist Chapel of 1862, sits behind.

That mix gives a wide range of sealant jobs. Rebuilt riverside homes often have big glazed openings and patio doors facing the river. Older cottages and houses have frames and walls that move. Everywhere, bathrooms and kitchens need the usual attention as the original sealant ages and mould takes hold.

On replacement houses, the problem is often that the first sealant was rushed. On older ones, it is joints that have been patched again and again. Either way, we cut back to a clean joint and start afresh. Where old silicone has smeared across tiles or frames, careful silicone removal comes first, so the new bead bonds to a clean surface rather than to a film of the old one.

Jobs we take on in Wraysbury

• 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: Commercial washrooms, kitchens and wet areas resealed floor by floor, so only a few rooms are out of use at once.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Leaks and lifting beads from earlier sealant jobs put right, starting with finding out why they failed.
• Fire-rated sealant: Gaps in fire-separating walls and floors sealed with fire-rated products, following the tested details for each one.
• External & façade joints: Split or perished joints in walls and cladding replaced with exterior sealant designed to stretch with the building.
• New-build mastic & snagging: Snagging sealant for new homes and plot-by-plot mastic for builders and developers.
• Floor & skirting joints: Movement joints in tiled and concrete floors, and skirting gaps, sealed so they stay tidy and keep dirt out.
• Regrouting: Cracked, stained or crumbling grout raked out and replaced, with corners resealed in silicone.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Glass-to-frame joints on conservatories, rooflights and shower screens cut out and resealed.
• 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.

Choosing a mastic man in Wraysbury

Riverside houses are hard on sealant, so the materials and the method both count. We have spent over 20 years sealing homes and businesses, we are fully insured, and as an ARBOMaster approved applicator we use Arbo and Everbuild products. More than 2,847 projects completed and a 4.9-star Google rating from over 180 five-star reviews tell the story. Every job starts with a clear quote and ends with a one-year guarantee.

Places we pass in Wraysbury

The nearest station to the town centre is Sunnymeads station. Well-known places nearby include Berkshire Yeomanry Museum (2.3 miles west) and Windsor Castle (2.5 miles north-west). Around the centre, our work takes us to homes, rentals and businesses close to Wraysbury Primary School, Churchmead School, St John's Beaumont School and Church of St Andrew. Nearby green spaces include St Ann's Hill and Staines Reservoirs.