Facade Sealing in Canongate
Commercial sealant work in Canongate for contractors, FMs and building owners: facade joint and window perimeter sealing on commercial buildings, with a fixed quote first.
- New sealant peeling off old mastic
- Damp patches beside frames after rain
- Cold air coming in at window perimeters
Facade sealing for businesses in Canongate
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
About our facade sealing in Canongate
Sealant around windows, doors and cladding panels stops rain reaching the wall behind. When a perimeter bead splits or peels, water finds its way behind frames and into the structure. We remove failed sealant and install a new bead chosen for the joint and how far it moves. If you have draughts around frames and panels and facade joints cracked through the middle, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Canongate tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Where new frames meet sandstone or granite in a Scottish city, the sealant has to suit the stone: the right primer, a neutral-cure sealant and a colour that blends. That holds on a tenement as much as on a city-centre office.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. That covers our preparation and application, and if something we did falls short, we return to it.
- Where
- Canongate (EH1, EH8, EH7)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
General trades versus a specialist
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Questions we’re asked in Canongate
Is Meadowbank Shopping Park, near Canongate, within your area?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Canongate, Meadowbank Shopping Park among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
How is mastic work on a tenement’s shared parts in Canongate typically organised?
In most tenements, the owners agree shared repairs, and many use a property factor to arrange them. Send details and photographs, and we will quote to whoever is arranging it.
When is resealing likely to be due?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Can you send site paperwork?
Each site asks for different documents, so tell us what you need and we will confirm it when we quote.
When can the area be used after sealing?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards.
How do you choose the sealant?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
Mastic packages on Canongate sites
Canongate lies within about 2 miles of the sea. 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. There are a good number of hotels within about 2 miles of Canongate. When hotels extend or refit, the work is typically squeezed between peak periods, mastic included.
Hotel extensions and refits, at places such as Edinburgh Marriott Holyrood Hotel, less than half a mile south-east of Canongate, typically run between busy periods, so the sealing is squeezed into short windows. Further education sites such as Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh, 0.8 miles to the west of Canongate, are extended and refurbished from time to time, with mastic often programmed into the summer break. On a healthcare site such as Astley Ainslie Hospital, 1.7 miles to the south-west of Canongate, new blocks and refurbishments go on while the hospital keeps running, so mastic work is sequenced carefully.
Canongate is about 1 mile north-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover Canongate and the rest of Edinburgh, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, including Canongate.
Business premises anywhere in EH1, EH8 and EH7 are within our area. Among the streets we cover are High Street, Calton Road and Hutton Road. Nearby places we also cover include Holyrood (1 mile south-west), Dumbiedykes (1 mile south), Greenside (1 mile north-west), Buccleuch (1 mile south) and Abbeyhill (1 mile north-east). Further afield, our area takes in Queensferry (9 miles west), Southhouse (4 miles south), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Muirhouse (3 miles north-west), Slateford (3 miles south-west) and Gracemount (3 miles south).
Local landmarks in Canongate
Around Canongate, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Scottish Poetry Library, The World's End pub and St Cuthbert's Church, among other places. Nearby too are London Street Primary School (0.6 miles north-west) and Holyrood Park (less than half a mile east). There’s a railway station in Canongate itself: Edinburgh Waverley station. Other landmarks nearby include Edinburgh Castle (0.9 miles west) and St. James Centre (under half a mile north-west). Open spaces near Canongate include Salisbury Crags and The New Leaf Co-op.
Quoting for work in Canongate
Quotes vary with the job. Expect it to depend on:
- How accessible the joints are
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- The product specified
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 you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
What to include in your enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- The product your specification calls for
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- Any dates the work must fit around
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Maintenance after handover
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Plan facade sealing alongside redecoration
- Don’t wait for a second leak before calling
- Avoid patch repairs on failed facade joints
- Walk the elevations once or twice a year
Record the sealant type and date on the building file. Future work can then match the product and colour without guesswork.
Deal with sections that fail early as soon as they show. Small repairs stop small leaks becoming large ones inside the building.
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What we can’t put right
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we are upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Specialist high-level access methods
- Work on the window or framing system itself
- Cracked or spalling substrates that need repair before sealing
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us and we will say what we think before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Window and door perimeters
- Shopfront frames
- Coping and flashing joints
- Stone and brick facade joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Perimeter joints where frames meet the structure
Our process
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, keep walkways clear and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- Access, site rules and timing are settled with the client up front.
- We only seal when joints are dry and within the product’s temperature range.
- We remove the old bead and check the edges are sound.
- Joints are cleaned, primed if required and fitted with backing rod.
- Facade-grade sealant goes in and is tooled to a tidy concave profile.
- We hand over with our 12-month workmanship guarantee.
What we need from you
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Quotes
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.
Advice
Commercial clients in Canongate
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. Several sites can go on one quote, which keeps the paperwork simple.