Sealant specialists in West Craigs
We carry out sealant work for offices, shops, hotels and other commercial buildings in West Craigs. Send details for a fixed quote.
- External beads that have gone brittle and cracked
- Messy, uneven beads from earlier work that let the building down
- Earlier reseals applied straight onto the failed bead
Commercial sealant contractors across West Craigs
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Commercial sealant contractors for commercial buildings in West Craigs
We have applied sealant on commercial sites for over 20 years: 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. The enquiries we see most involve a top-up bead over failed sealant, now lifting and window and door perimeter joints that have cracked open, on floor and threshold joints, window and door perimeters and movement joints in walls and floors. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in West Craigs is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
We price commercial jobs in West Craigs from photos, drawings or a site visit, and the scope is set out in writing.
City-centre premises in Scotland often come with tight access, shared closes and loading restrictions. Give us your access times and any building rules and we will fit the work around them.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Where
- West Craigs (EH12)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Different surfaces, different methods
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.
Window and door perimeters
Internally, window boards and frame edges often have decorators’ caulk or silicone that has cracked. The product depends on whether the joint will be painted.
Common problems we fix in West Craigs
If sealant tears through its centre, it has failed cohesively. That usually means the joint stretched further than the product could cope with: a bead laid too thin, an over-stretched joint or the wrong movement class. Replacing it like for like rarely holds, which is why we look at the joint design as well.
Look out for the following:
- Messy, uneven beads from earlier work that let the building down
- Leaks that seem to come through a sealant line
- Hardened, chalky sealant on south-facing or exposed elevations
- Gaps behind commercial kitchen worktops and sinks
Refits at hotels like Corstorphine Lodge Hotel, 1 mile to the east of West Craigs, bring joints at vanity tops, bars and reception desks that guests see every day.
Before you book anyone
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- How they’ll work around occupants
Doing it in-house
Some joints are best left to specialists: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Sealant on show in West Craigs’s commercial buildings
West Craigs sits close to the coast, within about 3 miles. For shops, hotels and offices, that means frontage and frame joints that weather faster than they would inland. A matched colour is only half the brief on an exposed frontage. Being in the east of Scotland, West Craigs gets less rain than the west coast. Cold, frosty mornings and condensation on steel and glass can still delay outside work. We plan external frontages and frames around that
A unit on an estate like West Craigs Industrial Estate, under half a mile north-west of West Craigs, typically has an office front, a trade counter and staff facilities with joints of their own. Sites a few miles apart, such as West Craigs Industrial Estate and Gyle Shopping Centre, can share one programme and one point of contact.
West Craigs is about 4 miles west of West End, in Edinburgh. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in West Craigs can call on us for sealant joints, as part of our coverage of Edinburgh. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, West Craigs among them.
If you need commercial sealant contractors in EH12, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. If your site is on Niven Road, Windle Road and Gyle Avenue or close by, we can quote for sealant joints. We also cover Maybury (1 mile south-east), East Craigs (1 mile north-east), Gogar (1 mile south-west), Bughtlin (1 mile north-east) and Cammo (1 mile north). Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (4 miles east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (6 miles east), Greenside (5 miles east), Broughton (5 miles east) and Bellevue (5 miles east).
What’s near West Craigs
There’s a railway station in West Craigs itself: Edinburgh Gateway station. Well-known places in the area include The Gyle Shopping Centre (under half a mile south) and Craigcrook Castle (2.1 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s The New Leaf Co-op and Corstorphine Hill.
From enquiry to sign-off
On arrival, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, with the work itself usually taking anything from part of a day on a short run of joints to several weeks on a large phased package. Work on a big city site in Scotland normally involves inductions and permits. Tell us the rules and we’ll work to them.
- First, details reach us through the quote form or a site visit.
- The cause is diagnosed and the scope priced as a fixed quote.
- Where parts of the building must stay open, the work is phased.
- Old sealant is cut out completely, never sealed over.
- A suitable product for each joint goes in at the right depth and is tooled.
- We check the work with you, and the 12-month guarantee starts.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
Commercial clients in West Craigs
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We’re fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in West Craigs can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Edinburgh.
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What sets the cost
We price every job individually. The things that drive the figure:
- The size and state of each joint
- Access and working height
- The total length or number of joints
- Removal of failed or old sealant
We don’t publish prices, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
What to include in your enquiry
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Your programme or deadline
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- The product your specification calls for
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Common questions from West Craigs clients
Does your area include sites such as West Craigs Industrial Estate, near West Craigs?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around West Craigs, West Craigs Industrial Estate among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Must a hotel around West Craigs close while you work?
Rarely. Rooms or floors are done in turn, so the rest of the hotel keeps trading. We agree the order of rooms and the timings with you before we start.
Will the building have to shut during the work?
We phase the work so parts of the building stay open. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them.
Do you check for asbestos before removing sealant?
It can, on some older buildings. That’s why we ask for the asbestos information first, and stop if a material is suspect until it’s tested. HSE guidance on asbestos is a useful reference.
When is resealing likely to be due?
There isn’t a single answer, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
Do you take on multi-site sealant work?
Yes. Send a list of addresses and what’s needed at each, and we will put together a fixed quote and a sensible order of work.