Facade and window perimeter sealing in Gorgie, Edinburgh
Sealant work in Gorgie for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: facade joint and window perimeter sealing on commercial buildings, with a fixed quote first.
- Previous reseals run over old sealant
- Old perimeter mastic that has dried out
- Draughts around frames and panels
Facade sealing for Gorgie sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our facade sealing in Gorgie
Access is part of every facade job, and we plan it with you before quoting. Let us know what access exists or is planned, and any site rules we need to work around, and we’ll fit the work around it. Site teams most often ask us about cladding panel joints that have opened up and failed seals around shopfront and entrance frames, across coping and flashing joints, shopfront frames and window and door perimeters. Most enquiries from Gorgie start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Where new frames meet sandstone or granite in a Scottish city, the sealant has to suit the stone: neutral-cure products that won’t mark the masonry, primed where the maker says, in a colour that sits with it. That holds on a tenement as much as on a city-centre office.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Where
- Gorgie (EH11, EH14, EH10)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Cost factors for facade joints
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Any access equipment needed
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Sending details for a quote
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Let us know:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- The postcode of the building
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- The product your specification calls for
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
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Our process
We follow your site rules from the start: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. With the paperwork done, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- 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.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Quotes
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we will put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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Aftercare for building managers
After handover, these steps help:
- Share access with other external trades
- Never let anyone seal over old sealant
- Walk the elevations once or twice a year
- Keep pressure washers away from fresh sealant
Record the sealant type and date on the building file. It helps when matching repairs or planning the next reseal across the elevation.
Coordinate facade sealing with other external works. Sharing the access keeps the cost down and limits disruption.
Work for main contractors and building owners
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Gorgie. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
When it isn’t the sealant
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. It won’t fix:
- Damaged frames that need replacing
- Leaks from roofs, gutters or failed flashings rather than sealant joints
- Replacing glass or failed glazing units
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Shopfront frames
- Perimeter joints where frames meet the structure
- Stone and brick facade joints
- Window and door perimeters
- Coping and flashing joints
- Cladding panel joints
Questions we’re asked in Gorgie
How do tenement owners in Gorgie get shared-part mastic done?
Work on shared parts is normally agreed by the owners, often through a property factor. We can quote to the factor or to the owners, for a single close or a whole block.
Will you take on work at estates like West Gorgie Park Industrial Estate, close to Gorgie?
Yes. Our area takes in Gorgie and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as West Gorgie Park Industrial Estate included. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
Can staff carry on working while you are here?
Yes, with some planning. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them.
Do you use silicone for external joints?
It depends on the joint, the substrate and any specification. BS EN 15651 Parts 1 and 2 cover facade and glazing sealants, and specifications often name them.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, for external work. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Internal work is far less affected.
Can you work on upper floors?
That comes down to the access arranged for the job. When you give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings, describe the access, and we’ll plan the work with you.
Do we need an asbestos check before resealing?
It’s worth checking in any building from before 2000. The dutyholder holds the asbestos register, and we will ask to see it. If asbestos is suspected, work stops until it is tested.
What the job involves on each surface
Window and door perimeters
Perimeter joints move as frames expand and contract in the sun. The rod limits depth, leaving the bead able to flex.
Precast concrete panels
Concrete edges can be dusty or weak. Faces are cleaned to sound concrete, and damaged edges are reported.
Sites and facades in and around Gorgie
The sea is no more than about 3 miles from Gorgie. 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. Being in the east of Scotland, Gorgie gets less rain than the west coast. Frosty spells still affect external mastic dates. External mastic is planned with the site manager for workable conditions.
On a campus such as Edinburgh Napier University - Merchiston Campus, 0.7 miles east of Gorgie, new teaching buildings and residences are typically built and refurbished around the academic year. New units and refits on sites such as West Gorgie Park Industrial Estate, 0.5 miles to the south-west of Gorgie, need their panel and perimeter joints sealed to the specification. Further education sites such as Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh (2 miles north-east of Gorgie) are extended and refurbished from time to time, with mastic often programmed into the summer break.
Gorgie is about 1 mile south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover commercial sites throughout Gorgie, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Gorgie among them.
Anyone looking for facade sealing in EH11, EH14 and EH10 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are Appin Lane, Cowan Road and Gorgie Road. Sites close to Gorgie are covered too, including Shandon (1 mile east), Polwarth (1 mile south-east), Westfield (1 mile north-west), Slateford (1 mile south-west) and Chesser (1 mile south-west). Bigger towns within reach include Leith (4 miles north-east), Bonnington (3 miles north-east), Gayfield (3 miles north-east), Pilrig (3 miles north-east), North Leith (4 miles north-east) and Queensferry (7 miles north-west).
Near you in Gorgie
In Gorgie, that means premises near The Athletic Arms, Gabrielle Keiller Library and Harrison Park and the streets around them. You will also find Boroughmuir High School (1 mile east) and Iain Tomlin School of Music (0.8 miles east). The closest station to Gorgie is Slateford station, roughly 0.6 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Royal Edinburgh Hospital (0.8 miles south-east) and Merchiston Tower (0.8 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Craiglockhart Hill and Dunsapie Loch.