Scotland

Facade Sealing in Na h-Eileanan Siar

We cover 87 towns and villages in Na h-Eileanan Siar for facade sealing, with failed joints always cut out and a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship.

Need facade sealing in Na h-Eileanan Siar?

Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.

Send your details 01277 525 020

Towns we cover in Na h-Eileanan Siar

Facade joint and window perimeter sealing on commercial buildings. Choose your town from the list to see local details, and call or email us for a quote.

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How facade sealing works in Na h-Eileanan Siar

A good facade joint depends on design as much as product. The width has to suit the expected movement and the sealant’s movement capability, while rod fixes the depth and stops the bead sticking to the rear, often at around 2:1 width to depth, as the manufacturer advises. We work on stone and brick facade joints, window and door perimeters and shopfront frames, and what we are called in for most is damp patches beside frames after rain and draughts around frames and panels.

Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. Once we’re cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it.

First we review photos, drawings or what we saw on a visit, and agree how each joint will be reached.
Failed sealant is cut out along its full length.
Joint faces are cleaned to firm, sound material, with primer where the sealant maker specifies it.
Backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints, limits the depth.
The new sealant goes in and is tooled firmly onto both faces.
We walk the finished joints with you before handing over.

What affects the price in Na h-Eileanan Siar

The price depends on how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.

What you get with us

Constructionline member for supplier checks
Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
Fully insured
Old sealant cut out, never sealed over

Quotes

Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.

Around Stornoway

Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Neptune's Bar and Nicolson Institute and the streets around them. Well-known places in the area include Western Isles Hospital (0.5 miles north) and Lewis Loom Centre (under half a mile south-west). Not far away are Loch Àirigh na Lic.

New build and refurbishment in Na h-Eileanan Siar

Our CSCS-carded applicators work on sites across Na h-Eileanan Siar, from Stornoway, Tarbert and Plasterfield to smaller schemes. Send drawings, the programme and your paperwork requirements, and we’ll confirm everything with the quote.

In Scotland, managing agents for tenements are often called property factors, so the factor is often the first contact for work on shared parts. Parts of Na h-Eileanan Siar lie on or near the coast, where wind-driven rain and, closer to the shore, salt air are harder on external joints. We take that exposure into account when choosing the product.

Stornoway: Hotels like Royal Hotel, under half a mile to the south-west of Stornoway, rarely close for long, so refurbishment mastic is phased floor by floor. New wings at hospitals like Western Isles Hospital (to the north of Stornoway) bring long runs of window and panel joints to seal.

Aftercare for building managers

Once the work is signed off, a little attention goes a long way:

Avoid patch repairs on failed facade joints
Add perimeter sealant to planned maintenance checks
Check that rainwater leaves the facade the way it was designed to
Check the asbestos register before old mastic is disturbed

Blocked sills and gutters push water at the joints. Sealant copes better when water runs off the facade as designed instead of soaking the joints.

Don’t wait for a full elevation to fail. Small repairs stop small leaks becoming large ones.

When it isn’t the sealant

Our job is the joint, not everything around it. Sealant alone won’t deal with:

Providing access systems for the work
Replacing glass or failed glazing units
Damaged frames that need replacing

Commercial clients in Na h-Eileanan Siar

Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.

Whether you are a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.

Surface by surface

Precast concrete panels

Precast arrises sometimes crumble or carry old residue. We clean back to sound material and flag edges that need repair first.

Coping and flashing joints

Sometimes the coping or flashing itself has failed. Where the issue isn’t the sealant, we say so.

Should maintenance staff do it?

What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.

Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.

Your questions answered

Can you just add new sealant on top?

No. New sealant won’t hold on old sealant, so the old bead is cut away. Nothing else gives a bond that lasts.

How much does the work cost?

That depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a quote.

Which sealant will you use?

A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.

How soon can the area be used again?

That comes down to the sealant and the temperature. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, so we’ll confirm the curing time on the day.

Should we check old sealant for asbestos?

Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. Check the asbestos register or survey before it is disturbed, and if anything is suspected, we stop until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.

Do you replace failed glazing units?

No. Glazing, windows and glass replacement aren’t part of our work. We seal the joints around them, including perimeters where frames meet the structure.

Do you work in Na h-Eileanan Siar?

Yes. Na h-Eileanan Siar falls within our area, and the simplest way to start is to call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.