Scotland

Facade Sealing in Edinburgh

For any site across Edinburgh, we cover facade sealing in all 174 towns and villages, with a fixed quote and a 12-month guarantee.

Book facade sealing in Edinburgh

Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.

Ask for a quote 01277 525 020

Towns we cover in Edinburgh

Facade joint and window perimeter sealing on commercial buildings. Pick your town below to see the details for your area, or call or email us for a quote.

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Facade sealing across Edinburgh: what to expect

Sealant around windows, doors and cladding panels stops rain reaching the wall behind. Once a perimeter seal fails, water tracks in around frames and panels. We cut out failed facade joints and reseal them with a facade-grade sealant suited to the movement. Site teams most often ask us about new sealant peeling off old mastic and cold air coming in at window perimeters, across shopfront frames, stone and brick facade joints and coping and flashing joints.

Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, keep walkways clear and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us.

Access, site rules and timing are settled with the client up front.
Weather and temperature are checked against the product’s limits.
We remove the old bead and check the edges are sound.
Faces are cleaned, primed where needed and backed.
Sealant is gunned in and tooled hard onto both faces.
We hand over with our 12-month workmanship guarantee.

Pricing in Edinburgh

Pricing facade joints depends on quantities, condition and access. Ask us for a fixed quote.

What you get with us

Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
Matching to RAL references, product permitting
Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
Colour agreed before work starts

Quotes

Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.

Landmarks near Edinburgh

Recent enquiries here include premises near Signet Library, Bennets Bar and St Cuthbert's Church and the streets around them. You will also find Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (under half a mile east), Tollcross Primary School (less than half a mile south), Bruntsfield Links (under half a mile south-east) and Boroughmuir High School (less than half a mile south). The nearest railway station is Haymarket station, roughly 0.5 miles west. A little further out are Museum of Fire (less than half a mile north-east) and Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion (under half a mile east). For a walk, there’s Salisbury Crags and Dunsapie Loch.

New build and refurbishment in Edinburgh

Across Edinburgh, refurbishment brings as many facade and perimeter joints as new build: replacement windows, recladding and fit-outs in places such as Leith, Bonnington and Greenside. Each junction between new and existing materials needs the right sealant, primer and backing.

Scotland has its own building regulations, the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004, with building warrants from the local authority verifier. Our part is sealing to the specification, whatever the building. On the coastal side of Edinburgh, sea-facing elevations normally show failed joints first, so they’re worth inspecting more often.

Edinburgh: For contractors at a college like Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh, 0.8 miles to the north of Edinburgh, perimeters and internal sealant are timed for the holidays. On a healthcare site such as Astley Ainslie Hospital, 1.1 miles to the south of Edinburgh, new blocks and refurbishments go on while the hospital keeps running, so mastic work is sequenced carefully.

Looking after the joints

For the best life from the joints:

Avoid harsh cleaners on facade sealant
Share access with other external trades
Never let anyone seal over old sealant
Check that rainwater leaves the facade the way it was designed to

Hold back any cleaning crew until the joints have had their stated cure time. Keep high-pressure jets and strong chemicals away from new sealant, so brief your window cleaners.

Deal with sections that fail early as soon as they show. A few metres resealed promptly can stop water damage spreading behind the facade.

Signs you need facade sealing

Adhesive failure, where the sealant peels away from one face, typically comes from poor preparation. Contamination, moisture or skipping the primer the maker specifies leave a weak bond, and the joint opens with the first real movement.

These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:

Draughts around frames and panels
Perimeter joints where frames meet the structure
Old perimeter mastic that has dried out
Sealant pulling away from frames or panels

Why deal with it now?

Resealing a few window perimeters is a small job; repairing water-damaged interiors and fixings is not. Leaks travel along the structure.

What your quote should include

Their public liability cover
Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
Their plan for phasing and protecting the area

What affects the price in Edinburgh

Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we take into account:

Removal of failed or old sealant
Working within restricted access windows
How much there is to seal
Site requirements such as inductions and permits

Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well, along with the time of year for external work.

What to include in your enquiry

For an accurate fixed quote, we need to understand the site. Send us:

The type of building and who uses it
The site address and postcode
Anything awkward about access or site hours
Specification clauses that apply

Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with what you know.

Honest limits

Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. You will hear from us if the cause turns out to be any of the following:

Installing or repairing glazing systems
Cracked or spalling substrates that need repair before sealing
Specialist high-level access methods

Questions about Edinburgh

Can you work in cold or wet weather?

Rain and frost can pause external sealing. The programme allows for it and we tell you if the forecast changes things throughout the job.

Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?

Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.

Can you look at water coming in around a frame?

Yes. Photos are often enough to start, followed by a visit if needed. Failed perimeter sealant is a common cause, but not the only one, and we’ll be honest about which it is.

How long does a job like this take?

We plan the time on site around your programme and access. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.

Are your applicators CSCS-carded?

Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, let us know and we will send them with the quote.

When can the area be used after sealing?

We’ll confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.

Do you work to architects’ specifications?

Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.