Gorgie mastic sealing
Sealant work in Gorgie for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations, quoted at a fixed price.
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
Mastic sealing for businesses in Gorgie
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Frames, entrances and external joints in Gorgie
With the shore within about 3 miles, Gorgie counts as a coastal location. On buildings near the shore, the side facing the weather normally needs its mastic renewed first, so it’s worth inspecting those sides more often. Seven care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Gorgie. Frame mastic on care buildings is best renewed elevation by elevation, with the manager deciding timings.
For owners of several units at places like West Gorgie Park Industrial Estate, 0.5 miles south-west of Gorgie, one programme can deal with frame and external mastic across the lot. Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Slateford station, 0.6 miles to the south-west of Gorgie, and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building. Older buildings near Gorgie, from historic houses such as Whitefoord House (to the north-east of Gorgie) to more modest stock, need compatible products when frames are resealed.
Gorgie is about 1 mile south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover Gorgie, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including Gorgie.
Business premises anywhere in EH11, EH14 and EH10 are within our area. If your site is on Appin Lane, Cowan Road and Gorgie Road or close by, we can quote for mastic joints. Close to Gorgie, our area also takes in Shandon (1 mile east), Polwarth (1 mile south-east), Westfield (1 mile north-west), Slateford (1 mile south-west) and Chesser (1 mile south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Leith (4 miles north-east), Bonnington (3 miles north-east), Gayfield (3 miles north-east), Pilrig (3 miles north-east), North Leith (4 miles north-east) and Queensferry (7 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Gorgie
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Athletic Arms, Gabrielle Keiller Library and Harrison Park and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include Boroughmuir High School (1 mile east) and Iain Tomlin School of Music (0.8 miles east). Gorgie’s nearest station is Slateford station, about 0.6 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Royal Edinburgh Hospital (0.8 miles south-east) and Merchiston Tower (0.8 miles east). Open spaces near Gorgie include Craiglockhart Hill and Dunsapie Loch.
Mastic sealing in Gorgie, done properly
Our clients include managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios. A planned, building-by-building programme often works better than reacting to each complaint, with each block quoted and scheduled in turn. Site teams most often ask us about damp patches beside frames and complaints coming in block by block, across external wall and movement joints, balcony and threshold joints and communal entrances and stairwells. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Gorgie is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
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.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. Should something we installed fail, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will come back to it.
- Where
- Gorgie (EH11, EH14, EH10)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
More services for Gorgie
Why it’s worth doing now in Gorgie
Resealing ahead of leaks keeps it to a maintenance task. Once water has tracked in, the repair list grows, and the complaints come with it. Getting access arranged for a building in Gorgie takes time, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
No two sites price the same: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Why appoint us
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- A range of standard colours, depending on the product
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
Common questions from Gorgie clients
Will you work in a care home in Gorgie without moving residents out?
Yes, with the manager deciding the order and timing of rooms. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
Will you take on a block within reach of Slateford station?
Yes, we work for agents, landlords and housing associations with blocks of every size. Give us the building’s details and say how residents are notified, and we’ll quote and plan to suit.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
Outside, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Inside work is seldom held up.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Can you send RAMS and CSCS details before starting?
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 do block-wide mastic programmes?
We can. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn, and the programme can start with the worst.
What if the old mastic contains asbestos?
Asbestos removal isn’t part of our work. Anything suspect is tested before we carry on in line with the dutyholder’s asbestos management.
What the job involves on each surface
Tenement and older buildings
Traditional buildings have joints that need a careful approach. The material either side of the joint shapes the product choice.
Estate-wide resealing programmes
Priority order can follow condition, complaints or your maintenance plan. Quotes can be per block or for the full programme.
General trades versus a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
Owners, agents and contractors
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we’re straightforward to vet for your supplier list. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
What sealant work can’t fix
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Leaks through the frame itself rather than the perimeter
- Asbestos-containing sealant, which we don’t remove
- Broken glass or failed sealed units
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Gorgie
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. 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.
- Each block or building is walked and the failed joints recorded with the likely cause.
- We send a fixed quote that sets out the joints, the products and the programme.
- Dates, areas and access are agreed so residents or tenants can be told in advance.
- Old sealant is stripped and each face prepared back to firm material.
- Deep joints get backing rod, faces are primed if the manufacturer specifies it, then the joint is sealed and tooled.
- Finished joints are looked over and the 12-month guarantee confirmed.
Preparing the site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Getting a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.