Mastic Sealing in Garthdee
We carry out mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Garthdee and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- No planned programme for sealant
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Movement joints with sealant missing
Mastic sealing for businesses in Garthdee
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in Garthdee
Owners and agents typically inherit a building’s mastic rather than choose it and it slowly wears out: window perimeters, door frames, external joints and communal junctions all rely on it. Once it cracks, hardens or comes away, draughts and water find a way in along with complaints. Most enquiries involve leaks at window and door perimeters and the same joint failures repeated across a portfolio, across window and door perimeters on blocks, balcony and threshold joints and communal kitchens and washrooms. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Garthdee, 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. Mastic around windows and on shared parts can be renewed across a close or a whole block, with the owners agreeing the work.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Where
- Garthdee (AB10, AB15, AB12)
- Wider area
- Aberdeen
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Honest limits
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. These need a different solution:
- Leaks from above rather than through a joint
- Misted or failed double-glazed units
- Asbestos-containing sealant, which we don’t remove
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we seal
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- External wall and movement joints
After the work
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Share the asbestos register when you send details
- Ask residents or tenants to report leaks and draughts early
- Keep a record of when each building was resealed
- Start inspections with the most exposed faces
Add mastic joints to your cyclical inspections. Check for splits, open joints, brittle mastic and lifting edges, and note the building and elevation.
Leaks at window perimeters spoil finishes and can affect frames. Early resealing is far simpler than repairs inside.
For owners and agents in Garthdee
Garthdee sits close to the coast, within about 3 miles. 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. Being in the east of Scotland, Garthdee gets less rain than the west coast. Outside mastic still waits for dry, frost-clear conditions. Block programmes are built with that in mind
Historic properties like Friendville, 0.7 miles to the north of Garthdee, show the age of some local stock, where frame mastic must suit soft brick or stone. For owners of several units at places like Garthdee Retail Park, under half a mile to the east of Garthdee, one programme can deal with frame and external mastic across the lot.
Garthdee is about 2 miles south of Aberdeen, in Aberdeen. Looking for mastic sealing in Garthdee? We can help, as we do across Aberdeen. Our Aberdeen coverage takes in 40 places, large and small.
We cover the AB10, AB15 and AB12 postcode districts for mastic joints. If your site is on Ivanhoe Road, Ruthrie Road and Garthdee Road or close by, send details and we will quote for mastic joints. Close to Garthdee, our area also takes in Kaimhill (1 mile north-east), Broomhill (1 mile north-east), Braeside (1 mile north-west), Kincorth (1 mile east) and West End (1 mile north). A short drive away, we cover Berryden (3 miles north), Dyce (6 miles north), Tillydrone (3 miles north), Donside Village (4 miles north), Cummings Park (3 miles north) and Danestone (4 miles north).
Near you in Garthdee
Around Garthdee, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Duthie Park and Albyn School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Aberdeen station, roughly 2 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Pitfoddels Castle (0.6 miles south-west) and Trinity Centre (2.1 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Upper Lake and Portlethen Moss.
Garthdee: questions and answers
We manage a building near Aberdeen station. Can you help?
Yes, we work for agents, landlords and housing associations with blocks of every size. Photos of each elevation help us quote accurately.
Will you take on work at estates like Garthdee Retail Park, close to Garthdee?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Garthdee, Garthdee Retail Park among them, are all within reach. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
Do you work in Garthdee?
Yes. Garthdee falls within our area, and you can ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form to get started.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
Do you supply RAMS and insurance details?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm with the quote. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Do you check for asbestos in old sealant?
Some mastics in pre-2000 buildings contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register or survey before disturbing it, and if it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested.
How the quote is worked out
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- How much existing material needs removing
- Access and working height
- The product specified
- Phasing around occupants
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
What to include in your enquiry
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, these details speed things up:
- Access details, including height
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- The type of building and who uses it
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
Our process
Diagnose, treat, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. 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.
- We inspect each building and record the joints that have failed.
- You get a fixed quote, per block or for the whole programme.
- Dates and areas are agreed so occupiers can be told.
- Old mastic is removed and the joint faces prepared.
- Joints are resealed and tooled.
- Each building is checked and signed off with the 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Quotes
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Advice
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When to call us in Garthdee
We often find joints filled solid with no backing rod, so the mastic is glued to the joint bottom too. It can’t stretch properly and splits as the building moves.
Any of the following is a good reason to get the joints checked over:
- Estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Communal area joints that look neglected
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
Student blocks close to universities like Robert Gordon University, less than half a mile south-west of Garthdee, are easiest to work on between tenancies.
Comparing quotes
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- The named product and why it was chosen
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Certain joints really need a specialist: 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.
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.