Mastic sealant contractors in East Calder

Mastic sealing in East Calder, done properly

On a residential block, the work happens around people’s lives. The sequence, the areas and the dates are settled with you, giving you what you need to notify residents. Entrances and stairwells are kept in use throughout. We work on shopfronts below residential blocks, external wall and movement joints and communal kitchens and washrooms, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are a mix of products and colours from past repairs and brittle perimeter mastic across a building. Most enquiries from East Calder start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.

In smaller Scottish places like East Calder, managed property is mostly small blocks, sheltered housing, hotels and community buildings. Exposed walls take Scottish weather hard, and frame mastic shows it first.

Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, in East Calder as everywhere else we work. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.

Cost factors for mastic joints

There’s no standard rate for sealant work, because every site is different. What we look at:

• Joint width, depth and condition
• Travel to remote or island sites
• How accessible the joints are
• Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants

Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits, along with the time of year for external work.

What we need to price the job

Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Let us know:

• How the joints are reached, and at what height
• Whether an asbestos survey exists
• Any dates the work must fit around
• The type of building and who uses it

Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with what you know.

Signs you need mastic sealing in East Calder

Previous repairs often sealed new mastic over old. New sealant won’t grip failed sealant and the repair soon fails.

Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:

• No planned programme for sealant
• Movement joints with sealant missing
• Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
• Draughts at frames across a block

If you own or manage units on a site such as Camps Industrial Estate, 0.7 miles to the east of East Calder, failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit.

What to look for in a quote

• How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
• Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
• Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
• How they’ll work around occupants

Our contractor checklist

What sealant work can’t fix

Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:

• Glazing that needs replacing
• Leaks through the frame itself rather than the perimeter
• Materials that need asbestos testing before work

If in doubt, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.

Joints and surfaces we work on

• Communal entrances and stairwells
• Balcony and threshold joints
• Shopfronts below residential blocks
• Window and door perimeters on blocks
• Communal kitchens and washrooms
• External wall and movement joints