Facade Sealing in Clovenstone
Planning work on a facade joint in Clovenstone? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Weathered facade joints that have lost their grip
- Perimeter sealant that has split or peeled away
- Failed seals around shopfront and entrance frames
Facade sealing for businesses in Clovenstone
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Facade sealing for commercial buildings in Clovenstone
Weather decides a lot in facade sealing. The sealant needs a dry joint and temperatures inside the maker’s limits. We build that into the programme and tell you if the forecast changes the plan. If you have air leaks through failed facade joints and sealant pulling away from frames or panels, we can put it right, on coping and flashing joints, shopfront frames and cladding panel joints alike. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Clovenstone first comes to us: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
Around Clovenstone, city construction ranges from new offices, student housing and flats to the refurbishment of traditional stone buildings. Building warrants and the Scottish technical handbooks set the standard, and the mastic follows the specification.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. That covers our preparation and application, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Place
- Clovenstone (EH14, EH13, EH11)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Clovenstone
If access is already up for other work, resealing at the same time makes sense. Combine it with planned external works and you only arrange access once, saving a second set-up. Getting access arranged for a building in Clovenstone takes time, so deal with all failing joints while access is up.
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 you get with us
- Standard and matched colours in many product ranges
- Public liability insurance in place
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
Contractors’ notes for Clovenstone
Projects in Clovenstone follow Scotland’s building regulations, with the local authority acting as verifier. The mastic package follows the approved specification. Clovenstone is on Scotland’s drier eastern side. Cold, damp starts still stop external sealing on some days. External mastic is planned with the site manager for workable conditions.
Hospital estates such as Spire Murrayfield Hospital, 2.2 miles north of Clovenstone, 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. When units on a site such as Westside Plaza Shopping Centre, 0.5 miles north-west of Clovenstone, are refurbished or reclad, the panel joints and window perimeters are part of the mastic package.
Clovenstone is about 3 miles south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover Clovenstone, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Clovenstone among them.
Business premises anywhere in EH14, EH13 and EH11 are within our area. Buildings on Lanark Road, Ashcroft Lane and Alcorn Square are within our area for facade joints. With the A70 nearby, Clovenstone is straightforward for us to reach. We also cover Baberton (1 mile west), Wester Hailes (1 mile north-west), Kingsknowe (1 mile north-east), Juniper Green (1 mile south-west) and Sighthill (1 mile north-west) for facade joints. A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (3 miles north-east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (5 miles north-east), Greenside (5 miles north-east), Broughton (5 miles north-east) and Bellevue (5 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Clovenstone
Recent enquiries here include premises near Saughton Park, Merchiston Castle School and Juniper Green Parish Church and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Clovenstone itself: Wester Hailes station. Nearby you will also find The Gyle Shopping Centre (2.4 miles north-west) and War Poets Collection (1 mile north-west). Not far away are Torduff Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Common questions from Clovenstone clients
Who do we deal with for shared-part sealing on a tenement in Clovenstone?
Typically through the property factor, once the owners have agreed. One quote can cover a close or the whole block.
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus?
Yes. Education sites usually want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, tell us and we will confirm them with the quote.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes. The 12-month guarantee covers our preparation and application, though not damage or work by other trades.
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.
How do you choose the sealant?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
Our process
Inspect, seal, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we’ll work to them.
- We look at the joints, the drawings and the access before pricing.
- The old bead is cut away completely, not overlaid.
- Both faces are cleaned and, where the product needs it, primed.
- Closed-cell rod fixes the depth, and the sealant grips two sides only.
- The new sealant goes in and is tooled firmly onto both faces.
- We walk the finished joints with you before handing over.
Before we start on site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Get a fixed quote
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos to discuss it first.
Advice
Do you need facade sealing in Clovenstone?
Product choice matters: an acetoxy cure can mark stone or corrode some metals, and interior products break down outdoors. Neutral-cure, facade-grade products are what most external joints need.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Weathered facade joints that have lost their grip
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Cold air coming in at window perimeters
- Perimeter joints where frames meet the structure
Historic houses such as Whitefoord House (to the north-east of Clovenstone) are a reminder of the older buildings in the wider area, where sealing against old stone, brick or timber needs compatible products.
What your quote should include
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
How the quote is worked out
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Joint width, depth and condition
- The total length or number of joints
- How much existing material needs removing
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
What to include in your enquiry
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, the same details help:
- The product your specification calls for
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Access details, including height
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Work for main contractors and building owners
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.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
Doing it in-house
Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Redoing a failed joint typically costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.