Facade and window perimeter sealing in Craigour, Edinburgh
We carry out facade joint and window perimeter sealing on commercial buildings in Craigour. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Draughts around frames and panels
- Unsightly perimeter sealant on a visible elevation
- Perimeter joints where frames meet the structure
Facade sealing near Craigour
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Owners, agents and contractors
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Craigour can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Edinburgh.
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
About our facade sealing in Craigour
Some clients need every window on a block resealed; others need a few leaking frames sorted. The approach doesn’t change with the size: cut out, clean, back, prime where needed and seal. A 12-month guarantee applies to our workmanship. Site teams most often ask us about discoloured or dirty facade joints and previous reseals run over old sealant, on shopfront frames, coping and flashing joints and perimeter joints where frames meet the structure. Whoever orders the work in Craigour, the brief is typically the same: 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: 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.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Where
- Craigour (EH17, EH16)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
What we are called out for in Craigour
New sealant run over old sealant rarely holds. Cured silicone won’t accept a new silicone bead, so the new bead peels away within a season or two.
Clients normally get in touch after noticing something like this:
- Water coming in around window frames
- Old perimeter mastic that has dried out
- Staining on stone next to old sealant
- Previous reseals run over old sealant
For a contractor working at a hospital such as Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (under half a mile north of Craigour), perimeter and facade sealing is planned around patients and deliveries.
What your quote should include
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
New build and refits around Craigour
Craigour lies within about 3 miles of the sea. Schemes this close to the sea see their facade joints tested by wind and rain from the day they’re sealed, which puts weight on correct joint sizing, priming and a sealant suited to the exposure. Building work in Craigour comes under the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and their technical handbooks, with warrants from the local authority verifier. We seal to the specification that sits behind the warrant.
Building work at universities like University of Edinburgh Bioquarter (to the north-east of Craigour) is often timed for the summer, mastic included. Hotels like Northumberland Hotel, 1.5 miles north-west of Craigour, rarely close for long, so refurbishment mastic is phased floor by floor.
Craigour is about 3 miles north-west of Bonnyrigg, in Edinburgh. We cover Craigour and the rest of Edinburgh, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Craigour is one of 174 places we cover in Edinburgh for facade joints.
If you need facade sealing in EH17 and EH16, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Buildings on Gilmerton Road, Craigour Avenue and Ferniehill Road are within our area for facade joints. Access to Craigour is via the A772 among other routes, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. We also cover Moredun (1 mile south-east), Fernieside (1 mile south-east), Little France (1 mile north), Ferniehill (1 mile south-east) and Ellen's Glen (1 mile south-west) for facade joints. Further afield, our area takes in Edinburgh (3 miles north-west), Leith (5 miles north), Bonnington (4 miles north-west), Greenside (3 miles north-west), Broughton (4 miles north-west) and Bellevue (4 miles north-west).
What’s near Craigour
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Drum Park. Craigour’s nearest station is Shawfair station, roughly 1.8 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Natural History Collections (1.5 miles north-west) and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (0.6 miles north). For a walk, there’s Nether Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Why it’s worth doing now in Craigour
A few metres of new sealant compare well with replacing ceilings, linings or damaged stock. Water through a failed joint rarely stays where it starts, often turning up far from the joint. In a Scottish city, access often needs scaffold, permits or factor approval, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
The specified product makes a difference, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What you get with us
- CSCS-carded applicators
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
Read what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.
When to bring in a specialist
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, 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.
Questions about Craigour
How is mastic work on a tenement’s shared parts in Craigour typically organised?
Typically through the property factor, once the owners have agreed. Send details and photos, and we will quote to whoever is arranging it.
Can you work on a hospital site such as Royal Hospital for Children and Young People?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Can you look at water coming in around a frame?
Yes. We look at the perimeter sealant and tell you whether it has failed before quoting. Where the cause seems to be elsewhere, we’d rather tell you than reseal pointlessly.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
Is any job too small?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
What do you charge?
Each job is quoted on its own details. For yours, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with a description of the work.
When can the area be used after sealing?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day.
Our process
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Craigour, and we will plan the work to suit, phased where areas need to stay in use.
- We look at the joints, the drawings and the access before pricing.
- Failed sealant is cut out along its full length.
- 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.
- The completed runs are checked with you, then the 12-month guarantee applies.
What we need from you
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Request a quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Advice
Surface by surface
Window and door perimeters
Aluminium, PVC-U and timber frames each have their own preparation needs. We clean and prime to the sealant maker’s guidance for each surface.
Perimeter joints at frames and structure
These frame-to-structure joints take a lot of movement and weather. They are cut out, cleaned, backed and resealed.