Cramond mastic sealing
Mastic sealing for Cramond, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Communal area joints that look neglected
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out
Mastic sealing for businesses in Cramond
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Blocks and managed buildings in Cramond
Cramond is within about 1 mile of the coast. For owners and agents with buildings near the sea, exposed elevations are where frame mastic fails first; plan inspections around that. The 2 miles around Cramond include three care or nursing homes. Frame mastic on care buildings is best renewed elevation by elevation, with the manager deciding timings.
For a school such as Craigmount High School, perimeter mastic on windows and doors is a holiday job. If you own or manage units on a site such as Corstorphine Retail Park (1.7 miles south of Cramond), failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit.
Cramond is about 3 miles west of Comely Bank, in Edinburgh. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Cramond use us for work on mastic joints. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, from busy centres to rural villages.
Work on mastic joints is covered throughout EH4, for business premises of every kind. Among the streets we cover are Avon Road, Essex Road and Whitehouse Road. If your building is just outside Cramond, we cover Braepark (1 mile west), Barnton (1 mile south-west), Cammo (1 mile south-west), Bughtlin (1 mile south) and East Craigs (1 mile south). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (4 miles south-east), Leith (5 miles east), Bonnington (5 miles east), Greenside (4 miles east), Broughton (4 miles east) and Bellevue (4 miles east).
Around Cramond
The nearest railway station is Edinburgh Gateway station, roughly 1.9 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include The Gyle Shopping Centre (2 miles south) and Craigcrook Castle (1.6 miles south-east). Open spaces near Cramond include The New Leaf Co-op and Dundas Loch.
How we handle mastic sealing in Cramond
Across Cramond and the rest of Edinburgh, we work the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Addresses, photos of typical joints and a rough idea of quantities let us give a quick quote, and site visits can be arranged. We work on communal kitchens and washrooms, communal entrances and stairwells and shopfronts below residential blocks, and the failures we are asked to look at most are estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out and occupiers reporting cold air round windows. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in Cramond, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
For buildings around Cramond, we group the work to keep travel and visits down. A list of addresses and photographs lets us quote for them together.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Cramond (EH4)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
How a job runs
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, and the work normally takes a few days for most blocks, with larger programmes scheduled building by building. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Cramond is planned so the job is finished in one visit where possible, so photos, sizes and a full list matter. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- 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.
- Backing rod and primer go in where the joint and the product need them, then new sealant is applied and tooled.
- Each building is checked on completion and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Ask for a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with what you know.
Advice
What sets the cost
To price the job, we consider:
- The size and state of each joint
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
What to include in your enquiry
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Any specification or named product
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
Keeping the joints sound
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. We suggest:
- Avoid piecemeal callouts where you can
- Track which buildings were done and when
- Check sealant joints during planned building inspections
- Start inspections with the most exposed faces
Log the date and extent of the resealing for each block. It helps plan the next round and gives you a history.
Budgets are easier to plan when sealant is part of planned maintenance. We can quote buildings in priority order so spending is spread.
What we’re called out for in Cramond
Occasionally the substrate fails, not the sealant, such as crumbling render, brick arrises or frame edges. We’ll tell you if the joint edges need repairing before resealing.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- A mix of products and colours from past repairs
- Failed external movement joints
- Draughts at frames across a block
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
If you look after a block within reach of Edinburgh Gateway station, which lies south-west of Cramond, frame and balcony mastic can be renewed on one programme.
What your quote should include
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- Proof of insurance
- Who will actually carry out the work
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
Your questions answered
Do you work in occupied care homes around Cramond?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. We follow the home’s own procedures throughout.
Does your area include sites such as Corstorphine Retail Park, near Cramond?
Yes. Our area takes in Cramond and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Corstorphine Retail Park included. To start, just ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
What guarantee do you give on resealing?
A 12-month guarantee covers our work. It applies to our workmanship rather than damage or problems with the frames.
How much does the work cost?
It depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll price it properly.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
When is resealing likely to be due?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Also near Cramond
Other services in Cramond
Commercial clients in Cramond
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Cramond. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Why act early in Cramond
Open external joints let water into walls and around frames. Damp patches, stained plaster and decorating claims can follow, which is harder to deal with than resealing. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, and for a smaller place like Cramond, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
Why us?
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.