Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Broomhouse, Edinburgh
Planning work on a mastic joint in Broomhouse? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- Complaints coming in block by block
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
Mastic sealing near Broomhouse
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Doing it in-house
Certain joints really need a specialist: 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.
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. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Mastic sealing in Broomhouse
Our clients include managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios. Many prefer a planned programme to one-off visits and we quote and schedule each building in turn. We work on balcony and threshold joints, external wall and movement joints and communal entrances and stairwells, and what we are called in for most is occupiers reporting cold air round windows and estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Broomhouse from the first photographs to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Housing associations and councils in Scotland’s cities manage large estates of flats and maisonettes. A planned programme deals with failed mastic across an estate, block by block, with residents given notice through the landlord.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Place
- Broomhouse (EH11, EH12, EH14)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
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Looking after the joints
Once the work is signed off, a little attention goes a long way:
- Share your contractor requirements early
- Share the asbestos register when you send details
- Prioritise elevations facing the weather
- Include mastic in your cyclical inspections
Where a paintable product was specified, it can be painted after curing. Silicone normally can’t be painted, so keep decorators off it unless told otherwise.
Mastic fails gradually, then all at once in a wet spell. Resealing when cracking first shows avoids water damage and saves internal repairs.
What we can’t put right
Being straight saves everyone time. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Old mastic suspected of containing asbestos, which must be tested and dealt with by a specialist first
- Glazing that needs replacing
- Leaks through the frame itself rather than the perimeter
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
For managing agents and facilities managers
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm them with the quote.
What the job involves on each surface
Communal areas
We keep entrances and stairs open throughout. We work in sections so access is never blocked.
Window and door perimeters on blocks
We usually work through a block’s windows in a planned order. How each joint is reached is agreed at quote stage.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Where the site stays busy, the work is phased so only one area is out of use at a time. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed, then handed back before we move to the next. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Broomhouse, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- First comes a look at the joints and, for older buildings, the asbestos records.
- A fixed quote covers the joints, products and order of work.
- We strip out the old sealant.
- The joints are prepared and resealed with the right product.
- Buildings are completed in turn.
Preparing the site
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
Getting a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form. You can also send details through our quote form.
Advice
Mastic sealing around Broomhouse: how the place shapes the job
Broomhouse is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Cold mornings still limit when outside mastic can go on. Block programmes are built with that in mind Broomhouse has seven care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Care home owners need frame and external mastic kept sound without unsettling residents.
If you look after a block within reach of Kingsknowe station, which lies south-east of Broomhouse, frame and balcony mastic can be renewed on one programme. Landlords with units on estates such as Sighthill Shopping Centre (0.5 miles south-west of Broomhouse) can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme. Owners of student blocks near Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus (less than half a mile south-west of Broomhouse) can schedule frame and external mastic for the summer vacation.
Broomhouse is about 3 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Looking for mastic sealing in Broomhouse? We can help, as we do across Edinburgh. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, large and small.
Commercial sites across EH11, EH12 and EH14 are covered. For a building on Roull Road, Calder Road and Saughton Road or nearby, send details and we will quote for mastic joints. If your building is just outside Broomhouse, we cover Sighthill (1 mile south-west), Saughton (1 mile east), Carrick Knowe (1 mile north-east), Wester Hailes (1 mile south) and South Gyle (1 mile north-west). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (3 miles east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (5 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles north-east), Broughton (4 miles north-east) and Bellevue (4 miles north-east).
Near you in Broomhouse
Recent enquiries here include premises near Saughton Park and Merchiston Castle School. The closest station to Broomhouse is Kingsknowe station, about 0.9 miles south-east. A little further out are Craigcrook Castle (1.9 miles north) and The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.5 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Corstorphine Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Questions we are asked in Broomhouse
Who do we deal with for shared-part sealing on a tenement in Broomhouse?
Typically through the property factor, once the owners have agreed. We can quote to the factor or to the owners, for a single close or a whole block.
Does your area include sites such as Sighthill Shopping Centre, near Broomhouse?
Yes, sites like Sighthill Shopping Centre are within our area, along with the rest of Broomhouse. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
Do you need to see the site first?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a visit.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form. Include photographs or drawings if you have them.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
We can. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn starting wherever is most urgent.
Is any job too small?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
Can people stay in the building while you reseal?
Residents and tenants carry on as normal. If any flats or units need access, we’ll tell you in advance so you can arrange it with occupiers.