Commercial sealant contractors in Craigentinny, Edinburgh
Sealant work for offices, shops, hotels and other commercial buildings in Craigentinny and across Edinburgh. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Earlier reseals applied straight onto the failed bead
- Messy, uneven beads from earlier work that let the building down
- Water staining near frames, panels or ceilings
Commercial sealant contractors for businesses in Craigentinny
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Why deal with it now?
It can be tempting to hold sealant work back until the next refurbishment. For internal joints that are only cosmetic, that can make sense, but external and wet-area joints that already leak shouldn’t wait. We can seal the urgent joints now and leave the rest for the programme. In a tenement or shared city building, water from a failed joint can reach other owners’ property, which makes early repair simpler for everyone. Acting early avoids disputes and bigger repairs.
We don’t publish prices, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Why clients in Craigentinny choose us
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Specification-led, product-correct work
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
Commercial mastic work in Craigentinny
Mastic Doctor has been sealing joints for businesses and contractors since 2005, and the paperwork side is in order: we’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, our applicators hold CSCS cards, and we carry five million pounds of public liability insurance. Let us know which site documents you need and they’ll be confirmed with the quote. If you are dealing with layers of sealant, all of them failing and damp patches where an external joint has failed, we can help. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Craigentinny from the first photographs to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Occupied buildings in Craigentinny need the work phased: we agree the order with you and hand back each area with its cure time.
Craigentinny is part of one of Scotland’s big cities, where offices, shops, hotels and restaurants sit close together. Where a shop sits below tenement flats, work on the frontage or shared parts may involve the property factor.
Work we carry out in Edinburgh comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will come back to it.
- Where
- Craigentinny (EH7, EH8, EH15)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Commercial sealant contractors in Craigentinny: the local picture
The sea is no more than about 1 mile from Craigentinny. Shopfronts, frames and external joints on commercial buildings there take wind-driven rain and, closer to the shore, salt in the air. A matched colour is only half the brief on an exposed frontage. The 2 miles around Craigentinny include eight care or nursing homes. Care homes need tidy, cleanable joints in kitchens, corridors and communal rooms.
Shopping centres and retail parks such as Seaforth Retail Park (to the north-west of Craigentinny) see a steady turnover of shop fits, each leaving joints where colour and finish matter. Industrial estates such as West Telferton Industrial Park (to the south-east of Craigentinny) have offices, trade counters and welfare areas whose sealant ages like any other building’s. Shops and cafés around stations like Brunstane station, 1.7 miles to the south-east of Craigentinny, trade from early, so work is timed around them.
Craigentinny is about 2 miles south-east of Bonnington, in Edinburgh. Anywhere in EH7, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Craigentinny is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list for sealant joints.
If you need commercial sealant contractors in EH7, EH8 and EH15, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Streets here include Goff Avenue, King's Road and Loaning Road. Craigentinny sits on or close to the A199 and A1140, which helps when planning parking and deliveries for the job. Sites close to Craigentinny are covered too, including Mountcastle (1 mile south), Piershill (1 mile south-west), Northfield (1 mile south), Restalrig (1 mile west) and Jock's Lodge (1 mile west). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (3 miles west), Silvermills (3 miles west), West End (3 miles west), Stockbridge (3 miles west), Canonmills (3 miles west) and West Coates (4 miles west).
Around Craigentinny
Around Craigentinny, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Portobello Library, Public House and Mannafields Christian School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Brunstane station, about 1.7 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Hibernian Football Club Museum (1.3 miles west) and St. James Centre (2.2 miles west). Open spaces near Craigentinny include Whinny Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Questions about Craigentinny
Does a coastal location like Craigentinny affect which sealant is used?
It can. Coastal exposure works external joints harder than inland weather. We choose the product for the exposure, prime where the manufacturer requires it and size the joint for its movement.
Must a hotel around Craigentinny close while you work?
Rarely. Rooms or floors are done in turn, so the rest of the hotel keeps trading. The plan is built around your bookings.
What guarantee do you give on resealing?
It’s backed by our 12-month guarantee. Should anything we did fail within that period, let us know.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. If you need card details for site access, let us know and we will send them with the quote.
Is it OK to apply fresh sealant over existing beads?
Every failed bead is cut out completely. New sealant can’t grip the old bead, so laying over it never lasts, and the faces are brought back to sound, dry material before resealing.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong usually costs more in the end than doing them right.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
From enquiry to sign-off
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we will work to them.
- First, details come to us: photographs, drawings or a schedule of the areas, and a site visit is booked where it helps.
- The failure is diagnosed and a fixed quote issued for the work agreed.
- We plan around your site hours and access windows, phasing the work where areas have to stay in use.
- We strip the failed bead and prepare both faces of the joint.
- The depth is set, primer is used where the maker calls for it, and the fresh bead is applied and tooled.
- Each area is inspected, signed off and backed by our 12-month guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Request a quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. If you have questions first, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Advice
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Work for main contractors and building owners
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Craigentinny can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative.
When something else is needed
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Removing asbestos-containing materials (a licensed or specialist contractor’s job)
- A failed roof covering or waterproofing membrane
- Leaks from pipework, wastes or valves (that’s plumbing)
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll say what we think.
What we seal
- Kitchen worktops and splashbacks
- Washrooms and tea points
- Window and door perimeters
- External facade joints
- Floor and threshold joints
- Movement joints in walls and floors
What affects the price in Craigentinny
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The total length or number of joints
- Phasing around occupants
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote when you’re ready.
Sending details for a quote
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, the same details help:
- Any dates the work must fit around
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- The site address and postcode
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.