Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Forbes, Aberdeenshire
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Forbes. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- No planned programme for sealant
- Damp patches beside frames
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
Mastic sealing for Forbes sites
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle mastic sealing in Forbes
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. Communal entrances and stairs stay usable while we work. Most enquiries involve repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings and patchy repairs in mismatched sealant, on communal kitchens and washrooms, balcony and threshold joints and window and door perimeters on blocks. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Forbes it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Travel to smaller places like Forbes is planned so several buildings can be done on one trip. Send addresses and photos for a quote covering the batch.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: twelve months on the work we carried out. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Place
- Forbes (AB33)
- Region
- Aberdeenshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Frames, entrances and external joints in Forbes
Being in the east of Scotland, Forbes gets less rain than the west coast. Outside mastic still waits for dry, frost-clear conditions.
Older community buildings, Alford Parish West Church among them, often have frames of mixed ages whose mastic varies.
Forbes is about 13 miles west of Inverurie, in Aberdeenshire. Anywhere in AB33, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Forbes is one of 179 places we cover in Aberdeenshire. Sites around Aberdeen have their own page, about 23 miles away.
We take on mastic joints across the AB33 postcode area. If your site is on Suie Road and Waterside Gardens or close by, send details and we’ll quote for mastic joints. We also cover Bridge of Alford (1 mile north), Alford (1 mile south-east), Tullynessle (1 mile north), Kirkton of Tough (4 miles south-east) and Auchleven (6 miles north-east) for mastic joints. Further afield, our area takes in Inverurie (13 miles east), Huntly (14 miles north), Garioch (13 miles east), Kemnay (10 miles east), Kintore (14 miles east) and Aboyne (12 miles south).
Around Forbes
Nearby you will also find Grampian Transport Museum (1.2 miles south-east) and Asloun Castle (2.1 miles south-west). Open spaces near Forbes include Coiliochbar Hill.
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Your questions answered
Is Forbes too small for you to travel to?
Not at all. Forbes is within our area. Our area covers all of Scotland, cities, towns and islands alike. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
What site paperwork comes with a job in Forbes?
RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details: list what the site needs and we will confirm it with the quote. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we carry £5m public liability insurance.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos. Include photographs or drawings if you have them.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
Block-wide and estate programmes are common. You get a fixed quote per building or for the whole job.
Do you need to see the site first?
It depends on the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photographs and measurements, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, including public liability cover.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, when the joints are outside. 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.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Forbes
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Signs you need mastic sealing in Forbes
UV and rain age external sealant. The surface chalks, the body stiffens and cracks appear most of all on the sunniest and most exposed elevations.
Things that typically lead to an enquiry:
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- Complaints coming in block by block
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
Site managers at schools like Alford Academy can fit frame mastic into the summer works.
What your quote should include
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
Keeping the joints sound
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Make mastic part of routine maintenance checks
- Check the asbestos register before any old mastic is disturbed
- Prioritise elevations facing the weather
- Keep a record of when each building was resealed
Our workmanship is covered for 12 months, so report any failure in that time. Beyond that, routine checks spot the next round of repairs.
One failed perimeter typically means others on the same building are close, so it pays to look at the whole elevation. A planned reseal saves repeated visits.
On site: what to expect
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. Where we can, we combine work around Forbes with other jobs nearby. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- 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 programme is fixed with you, including dates you can pass on to residents or tenants.
- 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.
- Completed joints are inspected and carry a 12-month workmanship guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
Quotes
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Advice
Leave it or put it right?
Dealing with failed joints one report at a time is slow and scattered. A planned programme treats each building once and is simpler to manage and budget. Renewing every failing joint on one visit is the sensible approach for a place like Forbes. Photos of each area help us quote the whole job.
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why appoint us
- Matching to RAL references, product permitting
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations.
When it isn’t the sealant
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Substrate edges that need repairing first
- Water coming in from the roof or rainwater goods
- Broken glass or failed sealed units
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- External wall and movement joints
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Shopfronts below residential blocks