Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Burnfoot, Scottish Borders
Mastic sealing for Burnfoot, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
Mastic sealing in Burnfoot
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Mastic sealing in Burnfoot
Owners and agents usually inherit a building’s mastic rather than choose it, and it ages quietly: it sits round windows and doors, along external joints and through communal areas. When it hardens, splits or pulls away, water and draughts follow along with complaints. Site teams most often ask us about failed external movement joints and brittle perimeter mastic across a building, on shopfronts below residential blocks, communal entrances and stairwells and balcony and threshold joints. Whoever orders the work in Burnfoot, the brief is normally the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
In smaller Scottish places like Burnfoot, managed property is mostly small blocks, sheltered housing, hotels and community buildings. Exposed walls take Scottish weather hard, and frame mastic shows it first.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Location
- Burnfoot (TD9)
- Wider area
- Scottish Borders
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Building owners, agents and FMs in Burnfoot
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We’re fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Also in Burnfoot
Looking after buildings in and around Burnfoot
Burnfoot is on Scotland’s drier eastern side. Cold mornings still limit when outside mastic can go on. We plan block programmes with some give for it The 2 miles around Burnfoot include two care or nursing homes. Care home owners need frame and external mastic kept sound without unsettling residents.
Older buildings near Burnfoot, from historic houses such as Harden, 4.1 miles to the west of Burnfoot, to more modest stock, need compatible products when frames are resealed. For owners of several units at places like Hawick Trade Park, which lies east of Burnfoot, one programme can deal with frame and external mastic across the lot.
Burnfoot is about 1 mile north-east of Hawick, in the Scottish Borders. Commercial clients in Burnfoot use us for work on mastic joints, as part of our coverage of the Scottish Borders. Our the Scottish Borders coverage takes in 91 places, large and small. Sites around Edinburgh have their own page, about 39 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in TD9 are within our area for mastic joints. Buildings on Burns Road, Eildon Road and Galalaw Road are within our area for mastic joints. Nearby places we also cover include Stirches (1 mile west), Hawick (1 mile south-west), Wilton (1 mile south-west), Wilton Dean (2 miles south-west) and Denholm (4 miles north-east) for mastic joints. A short drive away, we cover Galashiels (12 miles north), Selkirk (8 miles north), Jedburgh (9 miles east), Melrose (11 miles north), Earlston (14 miles north) and Langlee (12 miles north).
Local landmarks in Burnfoot
Around Burnfoot, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Bourtree pub and the streets around them. A little further out are Borders Textile Towerhouse (1.2 miles south-west) and Branxholme Castle (4.1 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Ashkirk Loch and Ashkirk Hill.
Do you need mastic sealing in Burnfoot?
UV and rain age external sealant. The surface chalks, the body stiffens and cracks appear, especially on south and west faces.
Things that usually lead to an enquiry:
- Estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
If your remit includes a building such as Hawick High School, frame and door mastic can be programmed for the holidays.
Questions to ask before you book
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Proof of insurance
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
Cost factors for mastic joints
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- The total length or number of joints
- Travel to remote or island sites
- The size and state of each joint
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
What we need to price the job
For an accurate fixed quote, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- Your programme or deadline
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Any specification or named product
- The type of building and who uses it
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
Our process
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. The work itself usually takes a few days for most blocks, with larger programmes scheduled building by building, and we clear our waste as we work. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Burnfoot is planned so the job is finished in one visit where possible, so photographs, sizes and a full list matter. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- We inspect each building and record the joints that have failed.
- You get a fixed quote, per block or for the whole programme.
- Dates and areas are agreed so occupiers can be told.
- Failed sealant is removed and the faces prepared.
- Joints are resealed and tooled.
- We check the finished work and confirm the guarantee.
Before we start on site
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Send your site hours and access windows
Getting a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Related advice
How the job changes by surface
Planned maintenance
Adding mastic to planned maintenance avoids reactive repairs and spreads the work.
Commercial and mixed-use buildings
Where retail and residential share a building, so phasing has to suit both. We plan around the site hours and access windows you give us.
Keeping the joints sound
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Reduce knocks to communal area joints
- Include mastic in your cyclical inspections
- Have the asbestos survey to hand for older buildings
- Avoid piecemeal callouts where you can
Include sealant in planned building inspections. Check for splits, open joints, brittle mastic and lifting edges and record where they are.
Joints on a building age together so a single failure is a sign to check the rest. A planned reseal saves repeated visits.
Burnfoot: questions and answers
Can you work at a site such as Hawick Trade Park, by Burnfoot?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Burnfoot, Hawick Trade Park among them, are all within reach. To start, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is Burnfoot too small for you to travel to?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Our area covers all of Scotland, cities, towns and islands alike. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Can people stay in the building while you reseal?
We plan around people living or working in the building. Dates and areas are agreed with you so residents or tenants can be told, and entrances stay in use.
Do you take on small jobs?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Do you work with property factors and landlords?
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.
What do you charge?
That depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a quote.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.