Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Balgowan, Perth and Kinross
We carry out mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Balgowan and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
- Complaints coming in block by block
- Water getting in round frames after rain
Mastic sealing in Balgowan
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Should maintenance staff do it?
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 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. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Mastic sealing in Balgowan
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 and we quote and schedule each building in turn. If you’re dealing with movement joints with sealant missing and damp patches beside frames, we can help. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Balgowan it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Around smaller places such as Balgowan, buildings managed by landlords and associations are often small groups of flats, sheltered housing and halls. Exposed walls take Scottish weather hard, and frame mastic shows it first.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, wherever the site is. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Balgowan (PH1)
- Wider area
- Perth and Kinross
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What sealant work can’t fix
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Asbestos-containing sealant, which we don’t remove
- Misted or failed double-glazed units
- Masonry that has broken away beside the joint
Not sure which it is? You can phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- External wall and movement joints
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Balcony and threshold joints
Why deal with it now?
Open external joints let water into walls and around frames. That can lead to damp, staining and damage to finishes and those cost far more to put right. For buildings near Balgowan, dealing with all the failing joints at once saves return trips. Send photos and we will quote for everything together.
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
Why clients in Balgowan choose us
- One contact handling all your sites
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. We sign and contain the area we’re in, keep walkways clear and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Balgowan is planned so the job is finished in one visit where possible, which is why we ask for photos and a full list first. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- 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.
What we need from you
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
Get a fixed quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photos and a description will do.
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Planned mastic for Balgowan portfolios
The east of Scotland, where Balgowan is, gets less rain than the west. Outside mastic still waits for dry, frost-clear conditions.
Near Balgowan, we review each elevation first so the quote covers what actually needs doing.
Balgowan is about 7 miles west of Perth, in Perth and Kinross. If you are looking for mastic sealing in Balgowan, we can help, as we do across Perth and Kinross. Balgowan is one of 114 places we cover in Perth and Kinross for mastic joints. We also cover Dundee, around 26 miles from Balgowan.
Work on mastic joints is covered throughout PH1, for business premises of every kind. If your site is on Earn Drive, Millglen Drive and Munro Avenue or close by, we can quote for mastic joints. We also cover Madderty (3 miles south-west), Methven (3 miles north-east), St David's (3 miles south-west), Tibbermore (4 miles east) and Aberuthven (5 miles south) for mastic joints. Bigger towns within reach include Perth (7 miles east), Crieff (8 miles west), Auchterarder (7 miles south-west), Kinross (14 miles south-east), Letham (6 miles east) and Scone (9 miles east).
Near you in Balgowan
Well-known places in the area include Methven Castle (3.7 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Dupplin Lake.
Keeping the joints sound
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Start inspections with the most exposed faces
- Share your contractor requirements early
- Keep bins and bikes away from communal door frames
- Log resealing dates block by block
If paintable sealant was used, decoration can follow once it has cured. Non-paintable silicone shouldn’t be painted over.
Failed mastic often goes unnoticed until heavy rain finds it. Resealing when cracking first shows avoids water damage and the complaints that come with it.
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Questions we are asked in Balgowan
What documents will you need to give us for a job in Balgowan?
RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details: list what the site needs and we will confirm it with the quote. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with £5m public liability insurance and CSCS-carded applicators.
Can one quote cover a number of our buildings near Balgowan?
Yes, we quote for single buildings and for programmes across several blocks. We can phase the programme to suit your budgets and notice periods.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Is asbestos a concern with old mastic?
We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials. If old sealant is suspected, work stops until it’s tested, and the duty to manage asbestos sits with the dutyholder.
Can you take on resealing for a block portfolio?
Yes. Managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios are our main clients for this work and work can be quoted per building or as a whole.
How long does a job like this take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we are given. We will give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
How soon can the area be used again?
We will confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
Common problems we fix in Balgowan
Buildings move with temperature and moisture, and every joint has to stretch and squeeze with them. If the joint or the product wasn’t suited to the movement, it splits long before it should.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Communal area joints that look neglected
- Damp patches beside frames
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
- Complaints coming in block by block
For owners and agents with buildings in or around Balgowan, block-wide mastic programmes deal with frames and external joints of the same age together.
Questions to ask before you book
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?