East Craigs mastic sealing
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in East Craigs. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
Mastic sealing across East Craigs
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Honest limits
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. You will hear from us if the cause turns out to be any of the following:
- Misted or failed double-glazed units
- Cracked or crumbling render, brick or stone at the joint edges (we’ll tell you if so)
- Leaks through the frame itself rather than the perimeter
If you’re not sure, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- External wall and movement joints
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in East Craigs
Owners and agents normally inherit a building’s mastic rather than choose it, 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 along with complaints. We work on communal entrances and stairwells, window and door perimeters on blocks and communal kitchens and washrooms, and the failures we are asked to look at most are patchy repairs in mismatched sealant and water getting in round frames after rain. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in East Craigs, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Tenements are a large part of the housing in Scotland’s cities, and shared repairs often go through a property factor. Shared-part mastic work is usually agreed by the owners, often through the factor, and can cover a whole close or block.
The 12-month guarantee is for workmanship rather than wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Where
- East Craigs (EH12, EH4)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
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What the job involves on each surface
External movement joints
Joint size and product are matched to the expected movement, often around 2:1 width to depth, as the manufacturer advises.
Commercial and mixed-use buildings
Tenants in commercial buildings need to keep trading, so we plan around them.
Leave it or put it right?
Piecemeal repairs over the years often leave mismatched sealant. A block-wide reseal gives one product, one colour and one guarantee. In a Scottish city, access often needs scaffold, permits or factor approval, so deal with all failing joints while access is up.
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why appoint us
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Standard and matched colours in many product ranges
Take a look at what affects the cost or how we’re accredited.
Your questions answered
Can you work in a care home near East Craigs with residents in?
Yes. We work around residents’ routines, a room or two at a time. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
Do you cover business parks and estates near East Craigs, such as West Craigs Industrial Estate?
Yes, sites like West Craigs Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of East Craigs. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Who decides which product is used?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it.
What guarantee do you give on resealing?
There is a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship and we hold public liability insurance.
Do you check for asbestos in old sealant?
We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials. If old sealant is suspected, work stops until it’s tested, and the duty to manage asbestos sits with the dutyholder.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Internal work is far less affected.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
How the quote is worked out
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Access and working height
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
Sending details for a quote
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. Please tell us:
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Your programme or deadline
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- The product your specification calls for
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
How a job runs
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- We inspect the joints, building by building, and record what has failed and why.
- 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.
What we need from you
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Getting a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Related advice
Blocks and managed buildings in East Craigs
The sea is no more than about 2 miles from East Craigs. Blocks and commercial buildings facing the sea take the most weather on their window perimeters and external joints, so it’s worth inspecting those sides more often. East Craigs has five care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Care home owners need frame and external mastic kept sound without unsettling residents.
For agents with blocks near Edinburgh Gateway station (0.7 miles south-west of East Craigs), a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go. Schools and community buildings such as Craigmount High School need frame and external mastic kept sound like any building. Older buildings near East Craigs, from historic houses such as Caroline Park (3.5 miles north-east of East Craigs) to more modest stock, need compatible products when frames are resealed.
East Craigs is about 4 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Any commercial site in East Craigs is covered. East Craigs is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list for mastic joints.
Postcode districts covered here: EH12 and EH4. If your site is on Niven Road, Craigs Road and Maybury Road or close by, send details and we will quote for mastic joints. If your building is just outside East Craigs, we cover Bughtlin (1 mile north), West Craigs (1 mile south-west), Maybury (1 mile south), Cammo (1 mile north) and Barnton (1 mile north). Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (4 miles east), Leith (6 miles east), Bonnington (5 miles east), Greenside (5 miles east), Broughton (5 miles east) and Bellevue (5 miles east).
Landmarks near East Craigs
The closest station to East Craigs is Edinburgh Gateway station, about 0.7 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Craigcrook Castle (1.7 miles east) and Corstorphine Hospital (1.5 miles east). For a walk, there’s Corstorphine Hill and Dundas Loch.