Facade Sealing contractors in Greenside
Need facade sealing in Greenside? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Air leaks through failed facade joints
- Unsightly perimeter sealant on a visible elevation
- Sealant pulling away from frames or panels
Facade sealing for Greenside sites
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Greenside
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Greenside can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
About our facade sealing in Greenside
Managing agents and owners in Greenside ask us to, we reseal perimeters across whole elevations or a handful of problem windows. The approach doesn’t change with the size: cut out, clean, back, prime where needed and seal. Each job carries our 12-month guarantee. Most enquiries involve hard, chalky sealant that no longer flexes and facade joints cracked through the middle, on shopfront frames, perimeter joints where frames meet the structure and coping and flashing joints. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Greenside? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005.
Sandstone and, in Aberdeen, granite buildings need care when new windows or panels are sealed against them: 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.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Where
- Greenside (EH7, EH1, EH3)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Sites and facades in and around Greenside
With the shore within about 2 miles, Greenside counts as a coastal location. Schemes this close to the sea see their facade joints tested by wind and rain from the day they’re sealed, and the sealant, primer and backing need choosing with that in mind. Projects in Greenside follow Scotland’s building regulations, with the local authority acting as verifier. The mastic follows the specification that goes with the warrant.
Projects at colleges like Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh (to the west of Greenside) tend to run to term dates, so the mastic is planned tightly. Building work at universities like University of Edinburgh - Holyrood Campus (0.5 miles south of Greenside) is often timed for the summer, mastic included.
Greenside is about 1 mile north-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Greenside sits inside our coverage and the rest of Edinburgh, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh.
Postcode districts covered here: EH7, EH1 and EH3 for facade joints. If your site is on York Lane, Meuse Lane and High Street or close by, we can quote for facade joints. With the A900 nearby, Greenside is easy to get to with materials and equipment. Close to Greenside, our area also takes in Broughton (1 mile north-west), Gayfield (1 mile north), Bellevue (1 mile north-west), Canongate (1 mile south-east) and Holyrood (1 mile south). Nearby towns on our patch include Queensferry (8 miles west), South Portobello (3 miles east), Southhouse (4 miles south), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Muirhouse (3 miles west) and Slateford (3 miles south-west). As one of the bigger centres in Edinburgh, Greenside has a broad mix of commercial, public and industrial buildings, and we cover them all.
Around Greenside
We work on buildings around King George V Park, McDonald Road Library and The Playfair pub and the streets around them. Also close by are Old Royal High School (less than half a mile south-east) and Mannafields Christian School (0.6 miles north-east). Greenside has its own railway station: Edinburgh Waverley station. Nearby you will also find St. James Centre (under half a mile south-west) and Victorian Pharmacy Museum (less than half a mile west). Open spaces near Greenside include The New Leaf Co-op and Dunsapie Loch.
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Leave it or put it right?
Each spell of rain drives water past a failed facade joint. Behind the frame, that can mean damp plaster, stained ceilings, corroded fixings and damaged insulation. Resealing now costs less than repairing interiors later. Getting access arranged for a building in Greenside takes time, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Why appoint us
- Matching to RAL references, product permitting
- CHAS accredited
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
What the job involves on each surface
Precast concrete panels
Precast panel joints have to absorb thermal and structural movement. A sealant of the right movement class goes in over backing rod, primed where the maker specifies.
Perimeter joints at frames and structure
Where framed systems such as shopfronts meet the building structure, there is a perimeter joint to seal. Our work is that perimeter joint, not the framing or glazing itself.
Common questions from Greenside clients
How is mastic work on a tenement’s shared parts in Greenside typically organised?
In most tenements, the owners agree shared repairs, and many use a property factor to arrange them. We can quote to the factor or to the owners, for a single close or a whole block.
Could you schedule work at a campus like University of Edinburgh - Holyrood Campus for the vacation?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we will plan the work around them. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
Do you replace failed glazing units?
No. That work needs a glazing specialist. What we seal are the joints around frames and panels on commercial buildings.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, and you deal with one contact throughout across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
Is any job too small?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Send details for a fixed quote.
Can you quote from photos?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
How a job runs
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. Work on a big city site in Scotland normally involves inductions and permits. Tell us the rules and we will work to them.
- Photos, drawings or a visit tell us about the joints and the access.
- Product choice follows the joint’s movement and substrate.
- Failed beads are removed in full and the joint faces cleaned.
- Primer goes on where the product data asks for it.
- Backing rod is fitted and the new sealant gunned in and tooled.
- The finished joints are checked with you.
Getting the site ready
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Request a quote
To get a fixed quote, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with the site address and an outline of the work. Our quote form is another easy route.
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When to call us in Greenside
Sometimes the substrate is the problem: if the edge of the render, concrete or coating breaks away, the bead goes with it. When the joint edges need repair first, we say so.
Things that usually lead to an enquiry:
- Patch repairs that keep failing
- Unsightly perimeter sealant on a visible elevation
- Perimeter sealant that has split or peeled away
- Old perimeter mastic that has dried out
Hotels like Regent House Hotel, less than half a mile west of Greenside, rarely close for long, so refurbishment mastic is phased floor by floor.
What your quote should include
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- How the existing material will be dealt with
When it isn’t the sealant
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Movement beyond what any sealant can handle
- Specialist high-level access methods
- Installing or repairing glazing systems
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Stone and brick facade joints
- Perimeter joints where frames meet the structure
- Shopfront frames
- Coping and flashing joints
- Window and door perimeters
- Cladding panel joints