Construction and new-build mastic in Edinburgh
Mastic packages for new-build and refurbishment projects throughout Edinburgh and nearby, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Existing joints on a refurb that need cutting out and resealing
- Different trades sealing to different standards
- New external sealant already peeling away
Construction mastic near Edinburgh
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
FAQs: Edinburgh
Would you work within a site like Astley Ainslie Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Who arranges mastic work on a tenement in Edinburgh?
In most tenements, the owners agree shared repairs, and many use a property factor to arrange them. One quote can cover a close or the whole block.
How soon can the area be used again?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so we’ll ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
Do you guarantee new-build sealant work?
Our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee from sign-off. Damage by others after we have finished isn’t covered.
Can fire-rated sealing at service penetrations be included?
It can be part of the package where specified. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote.
Construction mastic in Edinburgh, done properly
Since 2005 we’ve worked alongside main contractors, developers and fit-out firms. Quantities come off the drawings, the sequence is agreed with the site manager and the work follows the trades. For construction mastic on a scheme in Edinburgh, send drawings through our quote form, or phone or email us to talk it through. We work on internal decorators’ caulk, cladding and panel joints and sanitary and kitchen joints, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are window and door perimeters that won’t pass inspection and new external sealant already peeling away. Whoever orders the work in Edinburgh, the brief is usually the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Around Edinburgh, city construction ranges from new offices, student housing and flats to the refurbishment of traditional stone buildings. Work comes under Scotland’s own building standards, and our job is to seal to the specification.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we’re upfront about that.
General trades versus a specialist
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Nearby places to Edinburgh
Other services in Edinburgh
Honest limits
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Oversized gaps that need packing or adjustment by others
- Approving fire stopping as compliant
- Faulty frames rather than failed sealant
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Window and door perimeters
- Brick and block movement joints
- Floor and skirting junctions
- Cladding and panel joints
- Sanitary and kitchen joints
- Internal decorators’ caulk
Maintenance after handover
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Get the mastic subcontractor involved early in the programme
- Keep product details for future maintenance
- Put any product change through the designer first
- Brief following trades on areas that have been sealed
The package carries our 12-month guarantee for workmanship. Damage by others isn’t a workmanship fault, so protecting sealed areas matters.
Sanitary joints that fail early become defects soon after occupation. Leaks behind showers and basins damage finishes and floors, and the repair falls into the defects period. Proper preparation, with the right silicone first time, keeps it off the defects list.
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, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. Work on a big city site in Scotland typically involves inductions and permits. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- First we take quantities off the drawings and read through the specification.
- You receive a fixed quote listing scope, products and phasing.
- Any site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) is confirmed with the quote.
- We seal each plot or floor as it’s released to us.
- Each joint is prepared, backed to depth and sealed in the product the specification names.
- Snags are cleared before handover and completed areas carry our 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Getting a fixed quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Related advice
Facades, frames and programmes in Edinburgh
Edinburgh sits close to the coast, within about 2 miles. Facades and window perimeters on coastal schemes take more wind-driven rain, and salt air nearer the shore, so we check the specified product suits the exposure before the first bead. Projects in Edinburgh follow Scotland’s building regulations, with the local authority acting as verifier. The mastic package follows the approved specification.
When a college such as Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh (0.8 miles north of Edinburgh) builds or refurbishes, the mastic package typically has to fit around students and staff. Work at a hotel such as DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Edinburgh City Centre, less than half a mile to the north-east of Edinburgh, tends to be programmed around bookings, mastic included.
Edinburgh is in Scotland. We cover Edinburgh, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, large and small.
Work on mastic packages is covered throughout EH4, EH14, EH12 and EH6, whatever the building. If your site is on Fountainbridge Square, Conference Square and Mcewan Square or close by, we can quote for mastic packages. Access to Edinburgh is via the A1 and A7. If your building is just outside Edinburgh, we cover West End (1 mile north-west), Bruntsfield (1 mile south), Merchiston (1 mile south), Dalry (1 mile west) and Greenhill (1 mile south). Bigger towns within reach include Leith (3 miles north-east), Queensferry (8 miles west), Timber Bush (3 miles north-east), South Portobello (3 miles east), Southhouse (4 miles south-east) and Newhaven (3 miles north).
Landmarks near Edinburgh
Recent enquiries here include premises near Signet Library, Bruntsfield Links and Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the streets around them. Also close by are Boroughmuir High School (under half a mile south) and Bennets Bar (less than half a mile south-east). The nearest railway station is Haymarket station, roughly 0.5 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Museum of Fire (less than half a mile north-east) and Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion (under half a mile east). The countryside around Edinburgh includes Salisbury Crags and Dunsapie Loch.
Why act early in Edinburgh
On a refurbishment, there’s a choice between resealing existing frames and replacing them. Sound frames often need only a new perimeter seal and that’s a far smaller job. If the frame is life-expired, we’ll tell you. In a Scottish city, access often needs scaffold, permits or factor approval, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
Why appoint us
- One contact handling all your sites
- Fully insured
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Specification-led, product-correct work
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Signs you need construction mastic in Edinburgh
Frames installed with uneven gaps make perimeter sealing harder. Every product has limits on how wide a joint it can bridge. Better to raise it at the start than seal a joint that’s bound to fail.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Existing joints on a refurb that need cutting out and resealing
- Caulk cracking where joints are moving more than expected
- Perimeter gaps outside the sealant’s range
- Inconsistent sealant finishes from plot to plot
On a healthcare site such as Astley Ainslie Hospital (1.1 miles south of Edinburgh), new blocks and refurbishments go on while the hospital keeps running, so mastic work is sequenced carefully.
Before you book anyone
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?