Commercial sealant contractors in New Town, Edinburgh
Work needed on a sealant joint in New Town? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Weathered facade sealant that no longer flexes
- Earlier reseals applied straight onto the failed bead
- Messy, uneven beads from earlier work that let the building down
Commercial sealant contractors near New Town
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Commercial sealant contractors in New Town
If you look after more than one building, a single sealant contractor saves a lot of chasing. Single jobs, multi-site packages and planned programmes all come to us: details in, a fixed quote back, the sealing done, then our 12-month guarantee. To get a programme moving in New Town, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the site addresses. Site teams most often ask us about damp patches where an external joint has failed and external beads that have gone brittle and cracked, across washrooms and tea points, external facade joints and kitchen worktops and splashbacks. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in New Town, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
In New Town, as anywhere, the first joints to go are typically the ones that work hardest: south-facing perimeters, entrance thresholds and busy washrooms.
In Scotland’s cities, commercial premises are packed closely, from stone-fronted offices to shops on the ground floor of tenement blocks. Shop units under tenements can bring the property factor into the picture when the work touches shared parts.
We stand by our work: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and if something we did falls short, we return to it.
- Where
- New Town (EH3, EH1, EH2)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. City jobs in New Town usually need parking and loading planned. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- You send photos, drawings or a list of the joints and areas involved.
- The failure is diagnosed and a fixed quote issued for the work agreed.
- Before anything is cut out, we agree access, timings and sequence.
- The failed bead is removed and the joint faces cleaned until they’re sound and dry.
- The depth is set, primer is used where the maker calls for it, and the fresh bead is applied and tooled.
- We walk the completed areas with you and sign them off under the 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Quotes
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email us if you’d rather talk the job through.
Advice
Questions about New Town
Do hotels near New Town have to close for sealant work?
Rarely, if ever. We take a few rooms out at a time. We agree the order of rooms and the timings with you before we start.
Can you work at a site such as Beaverbank Business Park, by New Town?
Yes. We cover New Town and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Beaverbank Business Park. To start, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do you take on multi-site sealant work?
Yes, within the areas we cover: South East England, Greater London and Scotland. One contact and one process for every building makes a portfolio easier to manage.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Is it OK to apply fresh sealant over existing beads?
Every failed bead is cut out completely. Laying new silicone on old gives it nothing to grip, and the faces are brought back to sound, dry material before resealing.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, for external work. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Do you work for facilities managers and managing agents?
Yes. FMs, managing agents and landlords are among our regular clients. We can work to your instruction process and site rules.
Leave it or put it right?
Leaving a failed joint rarely saves money. Water past a frame perimeter or a washroom joint can reach plasterboard, insulation, floor coverings and the ceiling below. Dealing with it while the damage stops at the bead is the cheaper route. Scottish city buildings take plenty of rain, so a split or hardened joint lets water into the wall. Resealing promptly protects the stone and the interior.
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why clients in New Town choose us
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Colour agreed before work starts
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- A fixed quote before work starts
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations and insurance.
What we’re called out for in New Town
Washrooms and kitchens wear sealant out in their own way. Damp, harsh cleaning products and poor ventilation let mould take hold inside the bead; when mould is in the body of the sealant, no cleaner will shift it. Replacement with a sanitary anti-mould silicone is the lasting answer.
Things that normally lead to an enquiry:
- Shrunken sealant along kitchen worktops and splashbacks
- Layers of sealant, all of them failing
- Damp patches where an external joint has failed
- Untidy joints in a reception, shop floor or lobby
Refits at hotels like Hanover Hotel (under half a mile south-east of New Town) bring joints at vanity tops, bars and reception desks that guests see every day.
What your quote should include
- Proof of insurance
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
After the work
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Have extract fans checked so wet areas dry out
- Note dates and locations of sealant work for future planning
- On pre-2000 buildings, share the asbestos information before work starts
- Check joints after other trades have worked nearby
Later works are the usual way new joints get damaged. When fittings are moved or cabling added, the sealant nearby is easily disturbed and the joint gets left open. Where work has disturbed a joint, just call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form for a quote.
Once sealant fails in a movement joint, grit and debris get in. The joint can no longer close, so its edges crack or spall. That turns a sealant job into something bigger.
Sealant on show in New Town’s commercial buildings
New Town is within about 2 miles of the coast. Buildings near the sea put their external joints through more driven rain, with salt air nearer the beach. Sea-facing elevations are normally where failed joints show first. New Town is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Cold snaps still affect when external joints can be sealed. In winter, outside joints are timed for when surfaces are dry and within the product’s range
Units at places like Waverley Mall, less than half a mile to the south-east of New Town, are refitted as brands change, and the joints have to suit each new scheme. Shops and cafés around stations like Edinburgh Waverley station, less than half a mile south-east of New Town, trade from early, so work is timed around them.
New Town is about 1 mile north of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Commercial clients in New Town use us for work on sealant joints, as part of our coverage of Edinburgh. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, New Town among them.
Work on sealant joints is covered throughout EH3, EH1 and EH2. Streets here include York Lane, Meuse Lane and Canon Lane, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Nearby places we also cover include Bellevue (1 mile north-east), Broughton (1 mile east), Canonmills (1 mile north), Greenside (1 mile east) and Gayfield (1 mile east) for sealant joints. A short drive away, we cover Queensferry (8 miles west), South Portobello (3 miles east), Southhouse (4 miles south-east), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Slateford (3 miles south-west) and Gracemount (4 miles south-east).
Around New Town
In New Town, that means premises near Stockbridge public library, Drummond Community High School and King George V Park and the streets around them. Nearby too are St Cuthbert's Church (0.5 miles south-west) and The Standing Order pub (under half a mile south). There’s a railway station in New Town itself: Edinburgh Waverley station. Other landmarks nearby include Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh (0.6 miles south-east) and Waverley Mall (under half a mile south-east). Not far away are The New Leaf Co-op and Salisbury Crags.
Surface by surface
Washrooms and toilets
Washroom joints take water, cleaning chemicals and constant use. We cut out mouldy or split beads and reseal in anti-mould sanitary silicone, with phased work so some facilities stay open.
Facade and cladding joints
Facade joints move every day as panels warm and cool. The product has to suit the movement, and the depth has to be controlled with backing. Access, such as scaffold already up, is agreed before the price is fixed.
Also in New Town
What sealant work can’t fix
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Cracking that needs a structural engineer to look at it
- Faulty windows rather than failed perimeter sealant
- A dripping trap, valve or pipe behind a fitting
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
What we seal
- Kitchen worktops and splashbacks
- Floor and threshold joints
- Window and door perimeters
- External facade joints
- Washrooms and tea points
- Movement joints in walls and floors