Dumbiedykes mastic sealing
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations throughout Dumbiedykes and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
Mastic sealing in Dumbiedykes
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Common questions from Dumbiedykes clients
Does your area include sites such as Meadowbank Shopping Park, near Dumbiedykes?
Yes. Our area takes in Dumbiedykes and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Meadowbank Shopping Park included. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Can you work in a care home near Dumbiedykes with residents in?
Yes, with the manager deciding the order and timing of rooms. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
Will you just go over the old 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.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Internal work is far less affected.
What do you charge?
We don’t publish prices, as every site differs. Send photographs or drawings and we will price it at a fixed figure.
How many days will you need on site?
It depends on the scope, but the work typically 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.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
Mastic sealing in Dumbiedykes, done properly
Most buildings come with mastic joints nobody has looked at since handover, and it ages quietly: window perimeters, door frames, external joints and communal junctions all rely on it. When it hardens, splits or pulls away, water and draughts follow, and occupiers start reporting it. We work on window and door perimeters on blocks, external wall and movement joints and balcony and threshold joints, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out and damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors. Most enquiries from Dumbiedykes start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Scotland’s city blocks are largely sandstone or, in Aberdeen, granite, and replacement windows set into those walls need a perimeter sealant that won’t mark the stone.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Location
- Dumbiedykes (EH8, EH1, EH7)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
How a job runs
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Dumbiedykes, and we’ll plan the work to suit, phased where areas need to stay in use.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- The quote is fixed and split as suits you.
- We agree the programme and dates with you.
- Failed sealant is removed and the faces prepared.
- New sealant goes in with backing rod and primer where needed.
- Each building is checked and signed off with the 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Get a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
Related advice
Should maintenance staff do it?
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
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. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
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When it isn’t the sealant
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Asbestos-containing sealant, which we don’t remove
- Misted or failed double-glazed units
- Substrate edges that need repairing first
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- External wall and movement joints
Owners, agents and contractors
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
What the job involves on each surface
External movement joints
Brickwork, blockwork and panel joints let a building move. Failed sealant in a movement joint lets water in.
Window and door perimeters on blocks
Blocks have a mix of frame materials, and the product is matched to the frame material and the masonry. We’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Leave it or put it right?
A bead run over old mastic can look like a repair. It won’t grip the old sealant and soon comes away. Cutting out and resealing properly does it once. In a Scottish city, access often needs scaffold, permits or factor approval, so deal with all failing joints while access is up.
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Dumbiedykes
- Colour options checked against the specified product
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
Blocks and managed buildings in Dumbiedykes
With the shore within about 2 miles, Dumbiedykes counts as a coastal location. On buildings near the shore, the side facing the weather normally needs its mastic renewed first, so it’s worth inspecting those sides more often. The east of Scotland, where Dumbiedykes is, gets less rain than the west. Cold mornings still limit when outside mastic can go on. Block programmes are built with that in mind
Site managers at schools like Old Royal High School can fit frame mastic into the summer works. For agents with blocks near Edinburgh Waverley station, 0.5 miles west of Dumbiedykes, a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go. Historic properties like Whitefoord House (to the north of Dumbiedykes) show the age of some local stock, where frame mastic must suit soft brick or stone.
Dumbiedykes is about 1 mile east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Any commercial site in Dumbiedykes is covered, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including Dumbiedykes.
We cover the EH8, EH1 and EH7 postcode districts. If your site is on High Street, Calton Road and Hutton Road or close by, send details and we will quote for mastic joints. Just outside Dumbiedykes, we also work in Holyrood (1 mile north-west), Canongate (1 mile north), Buccleuch (1 mile south-west), Old Town (1 mile west) and Greenside (1 mile north-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Queensferry (9 miles west), Southhouse (3 miles south), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Muirhouse (3 miles north-west), Slateford (3 miles south-west) and Gracemount (3 miles south).
Local landmarks in Dumbiedykes
Recent enquiries here include premises near St Cuthbert's Church, The World's End pub and Holyrood Park, among other places. Also close by are Scottish Poetry Library (less than half a mile north), London Street Primary School (0.8 miles north-west) and St Trinnean's School (0.7 miles south-east). The closest station to Dumbiedykes is Edinburgh Waverley station, roughly 0.5 miles west. A little further out are Deaconess Hospital (under half a mile south-west) and Edinburgh Castle (0.9 miles west). Open spaces near Dumbiedykes include Dunsapie Loch and Salisbury Crags.