Fernieside mastic sealing
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Fernieside and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Damp patches beside frames
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
Mastic sealing in Fernieside
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Mastic sealing around Fernieside: what changes locally
With the shore within about 3 miles, Fernieside counts as a coastal location. Blocks and commercial buildings facing the sea take the most weather on their window perimeters and external joints; plan inspections around that. Being in the east of Scotland, Fernieside gets less rain than the west coast. Outside mastic still waits for dry, frost-clear conditions. Programmes allow for that
Churches, halls and community buildings such as Liberton Parish Church are looked after by trustees and committees like any other owner, and their frames, doors and external joints need mastic renewed in time. Property owners at sites such as Craigmillar Shopping Centre, 1.4 miles to the north of Fernieside, can have mastic renewed between lettings.
Fernieside is about 3 miles north of Bonnyrigg, in Edinburgh. Our applicators travel to Fernieside for work on mastic joints. Fernieside is one of 174 places we cover in Edinburgh.
Commercial sites across EH17, EH16 and EH22 are covered. If your site is on Drum Avenue, Gilmerton Road and Craigour Avenue or close by, send details and we’ll quote for mastic joints. Being close to the A772, Fernieside is easy to get to with materials and equipment. Just outside Fernieside, we also work in Ferniehill (1 mile south), Moredun (1 mile north-west), Craigour (1 mile north-west), Gilmerton (1 mile south) and Little France (1 mile north-west). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (4 miles north-west), Leith (5 miles north), Bonnington (4 miles north-west), Greenside (4 miles north-west), Broughton (4 miles north-west) and Bellevue (4 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Fernieside
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Drum Park. For rail, the closest station is Shawfair station, about 1.6 miles east. A little further out are Natural History Collections (1.8 miles north-west) and Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (1.6 miles north-west). Not far away are Nether Hill and Duddingston Loch.
Mastic sealing in Fernieside
Owners and agents typically inherit a building’s mastic rather than choose it and it slowly wears out: it sits round windows and doors, along external joints and through communal areas. When it hardens, splits or pulls away, water and draughts follow, and occupiers start reporting it. If you have draughts at frames across a block and failed external movement joints, we can put it right. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Fernieside is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Housing associations and councils in Scotland’s cities manage large estates of flats and maisonettes. Planned mastic programmes can renew frame and external joints block by block.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Place
- Fernieside (EH17, EH16, EH22)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Nearby places to Fernieside
Other services in Fernieside
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Signs you need mastic sealing in Fernieside
We often find joints filled solid with no backing rod so the mastic is bonded on three sides. That three-sided adhesion stops it stretching and it tears.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Shawfair station, 1.6 miles east of Fernieside, and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building.
Before you book anyone
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How joint depth will be controlled
- How they’ll work around occupants
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
Keeping the joints sound
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Log resealing dates block by block
- Encourage occupiers to report problems at frames
- Start inspections with the most exposed faces
- Check the asbestos register before any old mastic is disturbed
Keep bins, bikes and deliveries away from low-level joints where you can. Damage at low level is the most common reason communal joints fail early.
Left open, joint edges in render, brick or frames can deteriorate. Then the edges may need repairing first.
What affects the price in Fernieside
We price every job individually. The things that drive the figure:
- How much existing material needs removing
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The total length or number of joints
The price depends on the quantity of joints, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
What to include in your enquiry
For an accurate fixed quote, we need a clear picture of the site. Send us:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- The postcode of the building
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we will put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
FAQs: Fernieside
Who arranges mastic work on a tenement in Fernieside?
Typically the owners agree it together, and a property factor often handles the arrangements. We can quote to the factor or to the owners, for a single close or a whole block.
Is Craigmillar Shopping Centre, near Fernieside, within your area?
Yes. Our area takes in Fernieside and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Craigmillar Shopping Centre included. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
How long does a typical visit take?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
It can, for external work. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Do you work with property factors and landlords?
Yes, that’s exactly who this service is for. Buildings are scheduled in turn with dates agreed in advance.
How much does the work cost?
That 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.
Is asbestos a concern with old mastic?
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.
How the job changes by surface
Estate-wide resealing programmes
Priority order can follow condition, complaints or your maintenance plan. You get one fixed quote per building or for the whole estate.
External movement joints
Movement joints are cleaned out, backed with rod and resealed with a sealant of the right movement class.
From enquiry to sign-off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. While we’re working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Shared closes, stairs and the property factor may need to be part of the plan.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- The quote is fixed and split as suits you.
- Dates and areas are agreed so occupiers can be told.
- Old mastic is removed and the joint 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.
Preparing the site
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Get a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.