Mastic Sealing in Arbroath
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Arbroath. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Draughts at frames across a block
- Failed external movement joints
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
Mastic sealing across Arbroath
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
How the job changes by surface
Planned maintenance
Resealing can be scheduled alongside other planned works on a timetable you set.
Tenement and older buildings
Some old mastics in pre-2000 buildings contain asbestos, so we check the asbestos register or survey first. Suspect material is tested before work continues.
How we handle mastic sealing in Arbroath
Different joints need different sealants. Low-modulus neutral-cure silicone suits many window perimeters and external movement joints, and MS polymer sealants stick well to many substrates and often take paint. We’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product. If you’re dealing with no planned programme for sealant and draughts at frames across a block, we can put it right, on communal entrances and stairwells, communal kitchens and washrooms and balcony and threshold joints alike. For commercial sealant work in Arbroath, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Towns the size of Arbroath typically have factored flats, housing association stock and commercial buildings with owners to coordinate. Window perimeters and external joints on harled or rendered walls need a sealant able to bond to a rough face.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Where
- Arbroath (DD11)
- Region
- Angus
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Block-wide mastic in Arbroath
Arbroath sits close to the coast, within about 1 mile. Blocks and commercial buildings facing the sea take the most weather on their window perimeters and external joints. Two care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Arbroath. Care home owners need frame and external mastic kept sound without unsettling residents.
If you own or manage units on a site such as Dens Road Industrial Estate (under half a mile north-east of Arbroath), failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit. Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Arbroath station, less than half a mile south-east of Arbroath, and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building.
Arbroath is about 16 miles north-east of Dundee, in Angus. If you’re looking for mastic sealing in Arbroath, we can help. Arbroath is one of 65 places in Angus on our list. For work in that direction, see our Dundee page (16 miles or so).
We cover the DD11 postcode districts for mastic joints. Buildings on Fergus Square, High Street and Cairnie Street are within our area. You will find Arbroath on or near the A92 and A933, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. Just outside Arbroath, we also work in St Vigeans (1 mile north), Colliston (3 miles north-west), Auchmithie (3 miles north-east), Balmirmer (4 miles south-west) and East Haven (4 miles south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Forfar (13 miles north-west), Montrose (12 miles north-east), Monifieth (10 miles south-west), Carnoustie (6 miles south-west), Brechin (12 miles north) and Hunter's Town (7 miles south-west). Arbroath ranks among the main centres of Angus, with offices, shops, schools and other public and commercial buildings, and we cover them all.
Landmarks near Arbroath
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Corn Exchange pub, among other places. Arbroath has its own railway station: Arbroath station. Well-known places in the area include Arbroath Signal Tower Museum (0.6 miles south) and Arbroath Infirmary (0.6 miles south).
Signs you need mastic sealing in Arbroath
Communal entrances and corridors see a lot of wear, with joints near the floor and around doors suffering most. Cleaning products add to the wear.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
If your remit includes a building such as Arbroath High School, frame and door mastic can be programmed for the holidays.
What your quote should include
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
General trades versus a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Nearby places to Arbroath
What else we do in Arbroath
Common questions from Arbroath clients
Will you take on a block within reach of Arbroath station?
Yes, we work for agents, landlords and housing associations with blocks of every size. Give us the building’s details and say how residents are notified, and we’ll quote and plan to suit.
Does the sea air around Arbroath change the choice of sealant?
It can. Wind-driven rain and, closer to the shore, salt air are harder on external joints. We choose the product for the exposure, prime where the manufacturer requires it and size the joint for its movement.
How do you handle work on occupied blocks?
We plan around people living or working in the building. We agree the programme so you can notify occupiers, and entrances stay in use.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Do you check for asbestos in old sealant?
In older buildings, old mastic can contain asbestos. We ask for the asbestos register or survey before work starts and suspect material is tested first.
Can you take on resealing for a block portfolio?
We do. Most of our mastic sealing is for agents, factors, housing associations and portfolio landlords, and we quote building by building or as a programme.
How soon can the area be used again?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and sign any area that should be left alone.
When something else is needed
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Roof leaks, gutters or failed flashings that aren’t sealant joints
- Cracked or crumbling render, brick or stone at the joint edges (we’ll tell you if so)
- Old mastic suspected of containing asbestos, which must be tested and dealt with by a specialist first
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- External wall and movement joints
How a job runs
In a busy building, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed before the next one starts. Several buildings in and around Arbroath can be done on one programme, with one quote. Share your working hours and access arrangements and we will fit in.
- We inspect each building and record the joints that have failed.
- The quote is fixed and split as suits you.
- We agree the programme and dates with you.
- Old mastic is removed and the joint faces prepared.
- New sealant goes in with backing rod and primer where needed.
- We check the finished work and confirm the guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Quotes
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Advice
What sets the cost
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- Access and working height
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- How much there is to seal
- Travel to remote or island sites
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well, along with the time of year for external work.
Sending details for a quote
However big the job, the same details help:
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with what you know.