Mastic Sealing in Chesser
Looking for mastic sealing in Chesser? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- Draughts at frames across a block
- Damp patches beside frames
Mastic sealing for Chesser sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
How we handle mastic sealing in Chesser
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. The enquiries we see most involve draughts at frames across a block and movement joints with sealant missing, on external wall and movement joints, balcony and threshold joints and shopfronts below residential blocks. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Chesser first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
In Scotland’s cities, housing associations look after blocks and estates of every age. A planned programme deals with failed mastic across an estate, block by block.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Location
- Chesser (EH14, EH11, EH12)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
When to call us in Chesser
Communal entrances and corridors see a lot of wear, with joints near the floor and around doors suffering most. Regular cleaning wears them further.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- Estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
Churches, halls and community buildings such as Stenhouse Saughton Church are looked after by trustees and committees like any other owner, and their frames, doors and external joints need mastic renewed in time.
What to look for in a quote
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
When it isn’t the sealant
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is one of these:
- Old mastic suspected of containing asbestos, which must be tested and dealt with by a specialist first
- 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)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Chesser
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Balcony and threshold joints
FAQs: Chesser
Will you take on work at estates like Edinburgh West Retail Park, close to Chesser?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Chesser, Edinburgh West Retail Park among them, are all within reach. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
Will you take on a block within reach of Slateford station?
Yes, and several blocks can go on one quote. Give us the building’s details and say how residents are notified, and we’ll quote and plan to suit.
Do you do block-wide mastic programmes?
Yes, planned programmes suit estates and portfolios. You get a fixed quote per building or for the whole job.
Is Chesser in your area?
Yes. Chesser falls within our area, and you can call 01277 525 020 or email the details over to get started.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
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. Internal work is rarely affected.
How long does a job like this take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit usually takes a few days for most blocks, with larger programmes scheduled building by building. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we will work to them.
- Each block or building is walked and the failed joints recorded with the likely cause.
- You get a fixed quote, priced per building where that helps your budgeting.
- The sequence and the dates are fixed with you, giving you what you need to notify occupiers.
- Failed mastic is removed and the faces taken back to sound, dry material.
- Deep joints get backing rod, faces are primed if the manufacturer specifies it, then the joint is sealed and tooled.
- Completed joints are inspected and carry a 12-month workmanship guarantee.
What we need from you
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Agree which areas must stay open
Request a quote
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and we will put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to call 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
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When to bring in a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Also in Chesser
Surface by surface
Estate-wide resealing programmes
An estate of similar buildings suits a rolling programme. Each block is priced and scheduled in order.
Communal areas
We keep entrances and stairs open throughout. Work is planned in sections.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Chesser
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Whether you’re a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
For owners and agents in Chesser
The east of Scotland, where Chesser is, gets less rain than the west. External mastic still needs a dry joint and the right temperature, and winter mornings can be frosty. Block programmes are built with that in mind Chesser has nine 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 manage student housing near a university such as Edinburgh Napier University, less than half a mile south-west of Chesser, the summer turnaround is the time for mastic. Schools and community buildings such as Balgreen Primary School need frame and external mastic kept sound like any building.
Chesser is about 2 miles south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Looking for mastic sealing in Chesser? We can help, as we do across Edinburgh. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places, large and small.
Postcode districts covered here: EH14, EH11 and EH12 for mastic joints. For a building on Appin Lane, Ford's Road and Gorgie Road or nearby, we can quote for mastic joints. We also cover Slateford (1 mile east), Parkhead (1 mile south-west), Redhall (1 mile south-west), Stenhouse (1 mile north-west) and Longstone (1 mile south-west). Bigger towns within reach include Leith (5 miles north-east), Bonnington (4 miles north-east), Greenside (3 miles north-east), Broughton (3 miles north-east), Bellevue (3 miles north-east) and Silvermills (3 miles north-east).
What’s near Chesser
Around Chesser, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Cross Keys Tavern, Gabrielle Keiller Library and Merchiston Castle School and the streets around them. You’ll also find Saughton Park (less than half a mile north) and Firrhill High School (1.1 miles south-east). Chesser has its own railway station: Slateford station. A little further out are Merchiston Tower (1.4 miles east) and Murrayfield Experience (0.9 miles north). Not far away are Dunsapie Loch and Craiglockhart Hill.