Canongate construction mastic
Sealant work in Canongate for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: mastic packages for new-build and refurbishment projects, quoted at a fixed price.
- Existing joints on a refurb that need cutting out and resealing
- Oversized or tapered gaps around new frames
- Mastic snags holding up handover
Construction mastic for businesses in Canongate
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Construction mastic in Canongate
Perimeter sealing outside needs a dry joint and the right temperature. Each sealant has a temperature range, and damp, frost or condensation on frames stops work, so we plan elevations with the forecast and the programme in mind. Internal sealing often fills those days. The enquiries we see most involve cracks opening in caulked internal joints and perimeter gaps outside the sealant’s range, across internal decorators’ caulk, window and door perimeters and sanitary and kitchen joints. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Canongate? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005.
Sandstone and, in Aberdeen, granite buildings need care when new windows or panels are sealed against them: the right primer, a neutral-cure sealant and a colour that blends. That holds on a tenement as much as on a city-centre office.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, wherever the site is. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Location
- Canongate (EH1, EH8, EH7)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Why act early in Canongate
Clearing snags piecemeal is tempting when handover is close. But one planned snagging pass through each area usually clears more for less disruption, and avoids repeated visits. We can run snagging as its own phase before handover. Getting access arranged for a building in Canongate takes time, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
Why us?
- Matching to RAL references, product permitting
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- A range of standard colours, depending on the product
- Colour agreed before work starts
Read our cost guide or how we’re accredited.
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Canongate: questions and answers
Can you work on a hospital site such as Astley Ainslie Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Our building in Canongate is near the coast: does that change the sealant?
It can. Coastal exposure works external joints harder than inland weather. Product choice and preparation matter more, and sea-facing elevations are worth inspecting more often.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
What guarantee comes with a mastic package?
It carries a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. We carry five million pounds of public liability insurance.
Do you do fire-rated sealing on new builds?
Fire-rated sealant can be included where it’s specified, installed to the product’s tested detail. Fire-stopping design and sign-off sit with the designer and building control.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it.
What does a mastic package normally include?
External and internal frame perimeters, caulking where it’s specified, sanitary silicone, kitchen joints and snagging before handover. We price to the specification and drawings.
What affects the price in Canongate
We price every job individually. The main factors are:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Phasing around occupants
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Joint width, depth and condition
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Sending details for a quote
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Your programme or deadline
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over with what you know.
What sealant work can’t fix
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We’ll tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Approving fire stopping as compliant
- Frame gaps too wide for sealant, which the installer needs to correct
- Specifying the product where the designer hasn’t
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Brick and block movement joints
- Cladding and panel joints
- Floor and skirting junctions
- Internal decorators’ caulk
- Window and door perimeters
- Sanitary and kitchen joints
For managing agents and facilities managers
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
Our process
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. 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. For premises in Canongate, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- We walk the site or review drawings to understand the package.
- You receive a fixed quote covering scope, products and sequence.
- Paperwork is agreed and applicators are inducted on site.
- We seal plot by plot or floor by floor in line with the programme.
- Any frame gaps or issues outside our scope are flagged to the site team.
- The package is closed out, snags cleared and backed by our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Get a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Related advice
Common problems we fix in Canongate
Frames installed with uneven gaps make perimeter sealing harder. Every product has limits on how wide a joint it can bridge, so gaps outside that range need sorting by the installer first. We flag them early rather than filling them with sealant that won’t last.
Look out for the following:
- Failed sealant in an existing building being refurbished
- Mastic snags holding up handover
- Missed perimeter joints on a new elevation
- Cracks opening in caulked internal joints
When units on a site such as Meadowbank Shopping Park, 0.7 miles north-east of Canongate, are refurbished or reclad, the panel joints and window perimeters are part of the mastic package.
Before you book anyone
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
Facades, frames and programmes in Canongate
The sea is no more than about 2 miles from Canongate. Schemes this close to the sea see their facade joints tested by wind and rain from the day they’re sealed, so we check the specified product suits the exposure before the first bead. The area within 2 miles of Canongate holds a good number of hotels. Hotel refurbishments often run to tight programmes between busy periods, and perimeter and sanitary sealant has to keep up.
For a contractor at a hotel such as Edinburgh Marriott Holyrood Hotel, less than half a mile south-east of Canongate, the mastic often has to be finished before a reopening date. Projects at colleges like Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh, 0.8 miles to the west of Canongate, tend to run to term dates, so the mastic is planned tightly.
Canongate is about 1 mile north-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Looking for construction mastic in Canongate? We can help. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including Canongate.
Work on mastic packages is covered throughout EH1, EH8 and EH7, whatever the building. Among the streets we cover are High Street, Calton Road and Hutton Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Nearby places we also cover include Holyrood (1 mile south-west), Dumbiedykes (1 mile south), Greenside (1 mile north-west), Buccleuch (1 mile south) and Abbeyhill (1 mile north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Queensferry (9 miles west), Southhouse (4 miles south), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Muirhouse (3 miles north-west), Slateford (3 miles south-west) and Gracemount (3 miles south).
Landmarks near Canongate
In Canongate, that means premises near Scottish Poetry Library, The World's End pub and St Cuthbert's Church, among other places. You will also find London Street Primary School (0.6 miles north-west) and Holyrood Park (under half a mile east). There’s a railway station in Canongate itself: Edinburgh Waverley station. Other landmarks nearby include Edinburgh Castle (0.9 miles west) and St. James Centre (less than half a mile north-west). Not far away are Salisbury Crags and The New Leaf Co-op.