Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Burghmuirhead, Edinburgh
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations across Burghmuirhead, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Failed external movement joints
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- A mix of products and colours from past repairs
Mastic sealing near Burghmuirhead
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Mastic sealing in Burghmuirhead
In buildings from before 2000, some old mastics contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register or survey before any old sealant is cut out, and work stops for testing if there’s any doubt. Removing asbestos-containing material isn’t something we do. We work on communal kitchens and washrooms, communal entrances and stairwells and shopfronts below residential blocks, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are brittle perimeter mastic across a building and damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors. For commercial sealant work in Burghmuirhead, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, whether it’s one building or several.
Housing associations and councils in Scotland’s cities manage large estates of flats and maisonettes. Planned mastic programmes can renew frame and external joints block by block.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. Should something we installed fail, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will come back to it.
- Where
- Burghmuirhead (EH10, EH11, EH9)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Common questions from Burghmuirhead clients
We manage a building near Haymarket station. Can you help?
Yes. Managing agents, landlords, property factors and housing associations are who this service is for. Photos of each elevation help us quote accurately.
Do you work in occupied care homes around Burghmuirhead?
Yes. We agree rooms and times with the manager and work a few areas at a time. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
Can you send RAMS and CSCS details before starting?
Let us know your requirements: tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Which sealant will you use?
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.
How long does a job like this take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit normally takes one or more days per building, depending on the joint lengths and the access. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
What about access for upper-floor joints?
Every block is different. How upper joints are reached is agreed before work is booked so the fixed quote reflects it.
Towns and villages near Burghmuirhead
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What we’re called out for in Burghmuirhead
Sunlight and weather break mastic down over time. It stiffens, stops stretching and cracks most of all on the sunniest and most exposed elevations.
Clients typically get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- No planned programme for sealant
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
Property owners at sites such as Russell Road Industrial Estate (to the north-west of Burghmuirhead) can have mastic renewed between lettings.
What to look for in a quote
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Proof of insurance
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- How they’ll work around occupants
Doing it in-house
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
For owners and agents in Burghmuirhead
Burghmuirhead sits close to the coast, within about 3 miles. For owners and agents with buildings near the sea, exposed elevations are where frame mastic fails first. Burghmuirhead is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. External mastic still needs a dry joint and the right temperature, and winter mornings can be frosty.
If you manage student housing near a university such as Edinburgh Napier University - Merchiston Campus (less than half a mile west of Burghmuirhead), the summer turnaround is the time for mastic. Trustees of buildings like North Morningside Church can bring frame and external mastic into a planned maintenance list.
Burghmuirhead is about 1 mile south of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Anywhere in EH10, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places, from busy centres to rural villages.
Postcode districts covered here: EH10, EH11 and EH9. Buildings on Eden Lane, Spylaw Road and Canaan Lane are within our area for mastic joints. Just outside Burghmuirhead, we also work in Holy Corner (1 mile north), Church Hill (1 mile south), Greenhill (1 mile north-east), Merchiston (1 mile north) and Bruntsfield (1 mile north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Leith (4 miles north-east), Bonnington (3 miles north-east), North Leith (3 miles north), Queensferry (8 miles north-west), Timber Bush (3 miles north-east) and Lochend (3 miles north-east).
What’s near Burghmuirhead
Around Burghmuirhead, our work takes us to commercial buildings near St Cuthbert's Church, Craiglockhart Primary School and Bruntsfield Links and the streets around them. Nearby too are Boroughmuir High School (under half a mile north), National Museums Scotland Library (1.2 miles north-east) and Golf Tavern (0.5 miles north-east). Burghmuirhead’s nearest station is Haymarket station, about 0.9 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Waverley Mall (1.5 miles north-east) and Bruntsfield Hospital (under half a mile north-east). Green spaces nearby include Dunsapie Loch and Blackford Hill.
Leave it or put it right?
Draughts round window perimeters cost occupiers comfort and the windows usually get the blame. Resealing the perimeters is often the simpler fix where the frames themselves are sound. Getting access arranged for a building in Burghmuirhead takes time, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why appoint us
- Colour options checked against the specified product
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations and insurance.
How the quote is worked out
We price every job individually. The main factors are:
- The size and state of each joint
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Access and working height
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
What we need to price the job
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Your programme or deadline
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
For a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with the site address and an outline of the work. Our quote form is another easy route.
Surface by surface
Window and door perimeters on blocks
Blocks have a mix of frame materials, so the grade we pick has to bond to frame and wall alike. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Tenement and older buildings
Some old mastics in pre-2000 buildings contain asbestos, so we check the asbestos register or survey first. If it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested.
From enquiry to sign-off
Before we leave any area, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint with your site contact. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- The quote is fixed and split as suits you.
- Dates and areas are agreed so occupiers can be told.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Point out any areas we must not close
Getting a fixed quote
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.