Mastic sealant contractors in Craigleith
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations across Craigleith, by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Patchy repairs in mismatched sealant
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
Mastic sealing for businesses in Craigleith
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
After the work
After handover, these steps help:
- Mention RAMS, insurance or CSCS requirements up front
- Log resealing dates block by block
- Group repairs into a planned programme
- Ask residents or tenants to report leaks and draughts early
Keep records of when each building was resealed. It helps plan the next round and gives you a history.
One failed perimeter typically means others on the same building are close so a single failure is a sign to check the rest. Doing them together saves going back again and again.
Mastic sealing in Craigleith, done properly
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 if it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials. We work on window and door perimeters on blocks, shopfronts below residential blocks and external wall and movement joints, and the failures we are asked to look at most are open joints in brickwork or panels and a mix of products and colours from past repairs. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Craigleith, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
In Scotland’s cities, housing associations look after blocks and estates of every age. Planned mastic programmes can renew frame and external joints block by block, with residents given notice through the landlord.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Where
- Craigleith (EH4, EH5, EH3)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
General trades versus a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement 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. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Craigleith: questions and answers
Will you take on work at estates like Craigleith Retail Park, close to Craigleith?
Yes. Our area takes in Craigleith and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Craigleith Retail Park included. To start, just phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do you work for managing agents with blocks near Haymarket 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.
Can you seal joints high up on a block?
We talk through access for each building when we quote. Tell us the number of storeys and whether scaffold or other access is planned and we will confirm the approach in the quote.
Which sealant will you use?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Do you supply RAMS and insurance details?
Let us know your requirements: tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm with the quote. We hold CHAS accreditation and Constructionline membership.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
Do you work with property factors and landlords?
Yes, that’s exactly who this service is for. We work through buildings in a planned order with dates agreed in advance.
Frames, entrances and external joints in Craigleith
Craigleith lies within about 1 mile of the sea. Blocks and commercial buildings facing the sea take the most weather on their window perimeters and external joints. Craigleith is on Scotland’s drier eastern side. Outside mastic still waits for dry, frost-clear conditions. Block programmes are built with that in mind
For a school such as Broughton High School, perimeter mastic on windows and doors is a holiday job. Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Haymarket station (to the south of Craigleith) and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building.
Craigleith is about 2 miles north-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Our applicators travel to Craigleith for work on mastic joints, handled exactly as we handle every other area. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Craigleith among them.
We cover the EH4, EH5 and EH3 postcode districts. If your site is on Ferry Road, Orchard Road and Grigor Avenue or close by, we can quote for mastic joints. Sites close to Craigleith are covered too, including East Pilton (1 mile north-west), Comely Bank (1 mile south-east), Crewe Toll (1 mile north-west), Inverleith (1 mile north-east) and Stockbridge (1 mile east). A short drive away, we cover Leith (3 miles north-east), Newington (3 miles south-east), Queensferry (7 miles west), Burgh Muir (3 miles south-east), Timber Bush (3 miles north-east) and Lochend (3 miles east).
What’s near Craigleith
We work on buildings around Hamilton's Bar & Kitchen, St Columba's Parish Church and Gabrielle Keiller Library. You’ll also find Stewart's Melville College (0.6 miles south) and King George V Park (1.2 miles east). The closest station to Craigleith is Haymarket station, about 1.2 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Western General Hospital (under half a mile west) and Edinburgh Castle (1.4 miles south-east). The countryside around Craigleith includes Corstorphine Hill and Dunsapie Loch.
Do you need mastic sealing in Craigleith?
Occasionally the substrate fails, not the sealant for instance where render or brick edges crumble. We’ll tell you if the joint edges need repairing before resealing.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Patchy repairs in mismatched sealant
If you own or manage units on a site such as Craigleith Retail Park, 0.6 miles to the south-west of Craigleith, failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit.
Comparing quotes
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
Why act early in Craigleith
Dealing with failed joints one report at a time is slow and scattered. Planned resealing covers a whole building or estate in one go and is simpler to manage and budget. Scottish city buildings take plenty of rain, and failed external joints let it into stone walls and around frames. Renewing them early protects the fabric.
We don’t publish prices, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Why clients in Craigleith choose us
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Matching to RAL references, product permitting
Read our cost guide and how we’re accredited.
What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Masonry that has broken away beside the joint
- Broken glass or failed sealed units
- Leaks through the frame itself rather than the perimeter
If you’re not sure, just ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
How a job runs
At the end of each section, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint. 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. Tell us the rules and we’ll work to them.
- We inspect each building and record the joints that have failed.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Ask for a quote
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email us.