Mastic contractors in Kaimes
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on mastic packages for new-build and refurbishment projects in Kaimes and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Cracks opening in caulked internal joints
- Sanitary sealant damaged by following trades
- Frame perimeters left unsealed or poorly sealed
Construction mastic in Kaimes
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Construction mastic in Kaimes
Site managers want applicators who turn up with the right cards and paperwork. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with public liability insurance in place. RAMS, an insurance certificate and CSCS details can be confirmed with the quote if you tell us what you need. We work on window and door perimeters, sanitary and kitchen joints and cladding and panel joints, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are oversized or tapered gaps around new frames and cracks opening in caulked internal joints. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Kaimes tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Sandstone and, in Aberdeen, granite buildings need care when new windows or panels are sealed against them: neutral-cure products that won’t mark the masonry, primed where the maker says, in a colour that sits with it. That holds on a tenement as much as on a city-centre office.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Where
- Kaimes (EH16, EH17)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Kaimes
Who do we deal with for shared-part sealing on a tenement in Kaimes?
Typically the owners agree it together, and a property factor often handles the arrangements. We are happy to deal with the factor directly.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Kaimes, such as Eldin Industrial Estate?
Yes. We cover Kaimes and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Eldin Industrial Estate. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
How long will the new sealant last?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Can you fit around our programme?
We work to your programme. Share the release dates and we will match our work to them, sealing as areas become ready.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Internal work is far less affected.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photos and a postcode.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. While we’re working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- First we look at the scope on site or from drawings.
- A fixed quote sets out scope, products and phasing.
- 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.
- Final snagging is completed and the 12-month guarantee applies.
Before we start on site
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Get a fixed quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
Advice
Other services in Kaimes
Commercial clients in Kaimes
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
New build and refits around Kaimes
Projects in Kaimes follow Scotland’s building regulations, with the local authority acting as verifier. The mastic follows the specification that goes with the warrant. Several hotels sit less than 2 miles from Kaimes. When hotels extend or refit, the work is usually squeezed between peak periods, mastic included.
Hospital estates such as Ellen's Glen Community Hospital, 0.9 miles to the north-east of Kaimes, tend to grow and change in phases, often next to occupied wards, so facade and perimeter sealing has to fit the estates team’s plan. School extensions, at buildings such as Gracemount High School, typically run to the summer holidays, mastic included.
Kaimes is about 3 miles south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Across the EH16 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places, large and small.
We cover the EH16 and EH17 postcode districts for mastic packages. Streets here include Tor Lane, Soutra Road and Mansion Lane. We also cover Howden Hall (1 mile north), Alnwickhill (1 mile north), Southhouse (1 mile east), Gracemount (1 mile north-east) and Mortonhall (1 mile west) for mastic packages. Bigger towns within reach include Edinburgh (3 miles north-west), Leith (5 miles north), Bonnington (5 miles north), Greenside (4 miles north), Broughton (4 miles north) and Bellevue (4 miles north).
Near you in Kaimes
In Kaimes, that means premises near Liberton Parish Church and Drum Park and the streets around them. Kaimes’s nearest station is Shawfair station, about 3.2 miles east. A little further out are Craigmillar Castle (2 miles north-east) and Natural History Collections (1.6 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Blackford Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Cost factors for mastic packages
These are the things that shape the price:
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Whether the work must be split into stages
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Sending details for a quote
There’s no need for a formal survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- The type of building and who uses it
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
What the job involves on each surface
Window and door perimeters
Gaps around frames have to be within the sealant’s range. Gaps outside the product’s range are raised with the site team.
Bathrooms, en suites and washrooms
Across a block of flats or a hotel, sanitary sealing is repeated in every room. One applicator team gives the same finish everywhere following the programme.
When to call us in Kaimes
Wide, tapered or inconsistent gaps around frames are a common problem. 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.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Frame gaps too wide for sealant alone
- Bath and shower joints scraped during the final clean
- A mastic package split between trades with no clear owner
- Internal caulk splitting as the building dries out
Older buildings in the area around Kaimes, such as Melville Castle, 2.5 miles to the east of Kaimes, need care when sealed: the product has to suit soft or historic materials.
Before you book anyone
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?