Scotland

Mastic Sealing in Shetland Islands

Mastic sealing in all 63 towns and villages of the Shetland Islands, with every joint properly prepared, with a fixed quote before we start and a 12-month guarantee.

Need mastic sealing in Shetland Islands?

Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.

Get a quick quote 01277 525 020

Mastic sealing in every part of the Shetland Islands

Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations. Choose your town from the list to see local details, or call or email us for a quote.

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Mastic sealing across the Shetland Islands: what to expect

Our clients include managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios. A planned, building-by-building programme often works better than reacting to each complaint, with each block quoted and scheduled in turn. The enquiries we see most involve a mix of products and colours from past repairs and open joints in brickwork or panels, across window and door perimeters on blocks, balcony and threshold joints and shopfronts below residential blocks.

Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it.

We check the asbestos register for older buildings and look at the joints.
The products and programme are set out in a fixed quote.
We strip out the old sealant.
The joints are prepared and resealed with the right product.
We finish each building before moving to the next.

How we quote

Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.

Why choose Mastic Doctor

12-month guarantee on workmanship
Constructionline member
Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
CHAS accredited contractor

Request a quote

Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over with what you know.

Landmarks near Lerwick

We work on buildings around St Margaret's Roman Catholic Church, Grand Hotel and Anderson High School and the streets around them. Other landmarks nearby include Gilbert Bain Hospital (under half a mile south) and Shetland Museum (less than half a mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Setter Hill and Clickimin Loch.

For owners and agents in the Shetland Islands

The Shetland Islands has managed buildings of every age, from older blocks to new developments. Mastic of different ages and quality often sits side by side, so we look at the whole elevation before quoting.

The west of Scotland is wetter than the east, but external sealing anywhere in Scotland needs a dry joint and the right temperature, so we keep some flexibility in the dates. Along the coast in the Shetland Islands, hospitality buildings tend to be busiest in the summer months, so work is often best planned for quieter months.

Lerwick: Landlords with units on estates such as North Ness Business Park, 0.5 miles to the north-east of Lerwick, can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme. If your remit includes a building such as Anderson High School, frame and door mastic can be programmed for the holidays.

Should maintenance staff do it?

Some joints are best left to specialists: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.

What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.

What we are called out for in the Shetland Islands

Previous repairs often sealed new mastic over old. New silicone has nothing to grip on old silicone and the repair soon fails.

Common reasons buildings call us in:

Communal area joints that look neglected
Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
No planned programme for sealant
Failed external movement joints

Different surfaces, different methods

External movement joints

Joint size and product are matched to the expected movement, often around 2:1 width to depth, as the manufacturer advises.

Estate-wide resealing programmes

Consistent products and colours across an estate make future maintenance simpler and easier to manage.

Honest limits

We check first that sealant really is the fix. It isn’t the answer for:

Failed window or door frames, which need a window contractor
Cracked or crumbling render, brick or stone at the joint edges (we’ll tell you if so)
Misted or failed double-glazed units

Keeping the joints sound

Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. We suggest:

Plan resealing building by building rather than complaint by complaint
Make it easy for occupiers to report draughts
Log resealing dates block by block
Look at the sunniest and most exposed elevations first

Our workmanship is covered for 12 months, so report any failure in that time. After that, regular inspection keeps the programme on track.

Failed mastic often goes unnoticed until heavy rain finds it. Acting at the first signs keeps it a straightforward reseal and the complaints that come with it.

Questions we’re asked in the Shetland Islands

Can you send RAMS and CSCS details before starting?

Our credentials include CHAS, Constructionline and public liability insurance. For specific documents, tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote.

Will you just go over the old sealant?

No. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.

What do you charge?

Each job is quoted on its own details. To get one, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with a description of the work.

What’s the quickest route to a quote?

The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.

Does the weather affect the work?

Outside, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Inside work is seldom held up.

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.

What about access for upper-floor joints?

It depends on the building. How upper joints are reached is agreed before work is booked so the fixed quote reflects it.