Construction Mastic in Jock's Lodge
Work needed on a mastic package in Jock's Lodge? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Different trades sealing to different standards
- A long mastic snag list close to completion
- Bath and shower joints scraped during the final clean
Construction mastic for Jock's Lodge sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Jock's Lodge
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Jock's Lodge can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
About our construction mastic in Jock's Lodge
Getting a subcontractor through site induction should be simple. We are a Constructionline member and CHAS accredited, and every applicator holds a CSCS card, and we are fully insured. Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote. The enquiries we see most involve new external sealant already peeling away and sanitary sealant damaged by following trades, across sanitary and kitchen joints, internal decorators’ caulk and brick and block movement joints. Searching for sealant specialists in Jock's Lodge? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
City-centre sites in Scotland usually mean booked deliveries, tight storage and shared access. We work to the programme and the site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Where
- Jock's Lodge (EH7, EH8)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Jock's Lodge: questions and answers
Our building in Jock's Lodge 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.
Will you take on work at estates like Meadowbank Shopping Park, close to Jock's Lodge?
Yes. We cover Jock's Lodge and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Meadowbank Shopping Park. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Can you come in just for snagging?
Yes. We can work through a mastic snag list area by area before handover, cutting out damaged or poor joints and resealing them.
Can the building stay open while you work?
Yes, as long as we plan it. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them.
What happens if the weather stops external sealing?
External sealing goes ahead only with a dry joint inside the product’s temperature range. Wet or cold joints cause adhesion problems.
Are you CHAS accredited?
We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators. We’re also fully insured, with five million pounds of public liability cover.
Contractors’ notes for Jock's Lodge
With the shore within about 2 miles, Jock's Lodge counts as a coastal location. Coastal exposure means perimeter and cladding joints work harder than on an inland job, so joint design, primers and product choice deserve extra care. Scotland has its own building regulations, and in Jock's Lodge warrants come from the local authority verifier. The mastic follows the specification that goes with the warrant.
For a contractor at a hotel such as Ellwyn Hotel (0.6 miles east of Jock's Lodge), the mastic often has to be finished before a reopening date. For contractors at a college like Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh, 1.9 miles to the west of Jock's Lodge, perimeters and internal sealant are timed for the holidays.
Jock's Lodge is about 2 miles south-east of Leith, in Edinburgh. We cover Jock's Lodge, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Jock's Lodge among them.
Anyone looking for construction mastic in EH7 and EH8 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are Dalgety Road, Loaning Road and Abercorn Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. We also cover Willowbrae (1 mile south-east), Piershill (1 mile east), Restalrig (1 mile north), Meadowbank (1 mile west) and Lochend (1 mile north-west). Nearby towns on our patch include West End (3 miles west), West Coates (3 miles west), Merchiston (3 miles south-west), Queensferry (10 miles west), Comely Bank (3 miles west) and Southhouse (4 miles south).
What’s near Jock's Lodge
We work on buildings around Holy Rood High School, Duddingston Kirk and Scottish Poetry Library. Other local landmarks include Lochend Park (0.5 miles north-west) and Public House (less than half a mile east). For rail, the closest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, roughly 1.6 miles west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Eastern General Hospital (0.9 miles north) and Edinburgh Castle (2 miles west). For a walk, there’s The New Leaf Co-op and Dunsapie Loch.
Quoting for work in Jock's Lodge
To price the job, we consider:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- The size and state of each joint
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Phasing around occupants
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 will put a fixed figure on it.
Details that help us quote
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- The product your specification calls for
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Your programme or deadline
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and we’ll put a fixed quote together. To get it moving, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Surface by surface
Window and door perimeters
A frame gap that’s too wide can’t just be filled with sealant. Gaps outside the product’s range are raised with the site team before sealing starts.
External facade and movement joints
External movement joints often need primer, depending on the substrate. We prime where the manufacturer specifies.
How a job runs
Where the site stays busy, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each section is protected, cleaned back and sealed, then handed back before we move to the next. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Jock's Lodge, and we’ll plan the work to suit, phased where areas need to stay in use.
- Drawings, specification and programme come to us.
- We take off quantities and return a fixed quote.
- The sequence is agreed with the site manager.
- Plots or floors are sealed as they’re handed over.
- Joints are prepared, backed and sealed to the specification.
- After snagging, the work is handed over under our 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Getting a fixed quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
Related advice
Why it’s worth doing now in Jock's Lodge
A cheaper sealant can look like an easy saving on a large package. A failed joint in the defects period costs far more than the product difference and external joints are where it shows first. Where an alternative is genuinely suitable, we’ll say so. Getting access arranged for a building in Jock's Lodge takes time, so deal with all failing joints while access is up.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
Why appoint us
- CHAS accredited
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Signs you need construction mastic in Jock's Lodge
Most mastic snags on new buildings come from sequencing rather than product. If sealant goes in before the last trades are through, it gets knocked, painted over or contaminated.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- A long mastic snag list close to completion
- Early adhesion failures on new external joints
- Failed sealant in an existing building being refurbished
- Oversized or tapered gaps around new frames
Recladding or extending a unit at a site like Meadowbank Shopping Park (0.6 miles west of Jock's Lodge) brings panel joints and frame perimeters into the programme.
What your quote should include
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?