Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Greenbank, Edinburgh
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Greenbank. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Communal area joints that look neglected
- Draughts at frames across a block
- Complaints coming in block by block
Need mastic sealing in Greenbank?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. Several sites can go on one quote, which keeps the paperwork simple.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Mastic sealing in Greenbank, done properly
For over 20 years we have resealed joints for owners, agents and landlords. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and the work is backed by public liability insurance. Resealed mastic joints in Greenbank carry our 12-month guarantee. Site teams most often ask us about mastic failing across several blocks on an estate and repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings, across communal kitchens and washrooms, shopfronts below residential blocks and external wall and movement joints. Searching for sealant specialists in Greenbank? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
In Scotland’s cities, housing associations look after blocks and estates of every age. A planned programme deals with failed mastic across an estate, block by block, with residents given notice through the landlord.
The 12-month guarantee is for workmanship rather than wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Place
- Greenbank (EH10, EH13, EH14)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
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Planned mastic for Greenbank portfolios
Greenbank is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Cold mornings still limit when outside mastic can go on. We plan block programmes with some give for it The 2 miles around Greenbank include six care or nursing homes. For owners and operators of care buildings, window perimeters and external joints are best renewed in planned phases around residents.
Site managers at schools like Firrhill High School can fit frame mastic into the summer works. Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Slateford station (to the north-west of Greenbank) and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building. If you manage student housing near a university such as Edinburgh Napier University - Merchiston Campus (1.2 miles north of Greenbank), the summer turnaround is the time for mastic.
Greenbank is about 2 miles south of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Greenbank sits inside our coverage and the rest of Edinburgh, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Greenbank is one of 174 places we cover in Edinburgh for mastic joints.
We take on mastic joints across the EH10, EH13 and EH14 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. Streets here include Braid Road, Comiston Road and Greenbank Road. Access to Greenbank is via the A702. Nearby places we also cover include Comiston (1 mile south-east), Firrhill (1 mile west), Oxgangs (1 mile south), Colinton Mains (1 mile south-west) and Morningside (1 mile north-east) for mastic joints. Further afield, our area takes in Leith (5 miles north-east), Bonnington (4 miles north), Greenside (3 miles north-east), Broughton (3 miles north), Bellevue (3 miles north) and Silvermills (3 miles north).
Landmarks near Greenbank
We work on buildings around Craiglockhart Primary School, Iain Tomlin School of Music and Harrison Park, among other places. Greenbank’s nearest station is Slateford station, roughly 1.2 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Edinburgh City Hospital (less than half a mile west) and Merchiston Tower (1.2 miles north). Not far away are Duddingston Loch and Craiglockhart Hill.
Quoting for work in Greenbank
We price every job individually. The main factors are:
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- How much there is to seal
- How much existing material needs removing
Pricing mastic joints depends on quantities, condition and access, and any specification that applies. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Details that help us quote
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. It helps to include:
- The type of building and who uses it
- The site address and postcode
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Your programme or deadline
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, phone 01277 525 020 or email us.
Greenbank: questions and answers
Do you work for managing agents with blocks near Slateford station?
Yes, and several blocks can go on one quote. We work to your notice and access arrangements.
Who arranges mastic work on a tenement in Greenbank?
Typically the owners agree it together, and a property factor often handles the arrangements. Send details and photographs, and we’ll quote to whoever is arranging it.
How do you choose the sealant?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Can people stay in the building while you reseal?
We plan around people living or working in the building. We agree the programme so you can notify occupiers and communal access is kept open.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
Yes. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn, and the programme can start with the worst.
How long do sealant joints last?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, because life depends on how much the joint moves, how exposed it is and how it’s cleaned and used. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
Surface by surface
Window and door perimeters on blocks
Blocks have a mix of frame materials, and the product is matched to the frame material and the masonry. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Tenement and older buildings
Older buildings, including Scotland’s sandstone tenements, have their own joint details. The material either side of the joint shapes the product choice.
What happens if it’s left?
Sealing over failed mastic looks tidy for a while. It doesn’t bond and usually fails within a short time. Cutting out and resealing properly does it once. In a tenement or shared city building, water from a failed joint can reach other owners’ property. Fixing it promptly keeps repairs small.
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote when you’re ready.
Why us?
- Colour agreed before work starts
- One number for every site we cover
- RAL and finish matching where the product range allows
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
Doing it in-house
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
How a job runs
A typical day starts with protection: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. On site, the work usually takes anything from a day to a few weeks, depending on the number of buildings and joints, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. 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.
- Failed sealant is removed and the faces prepared.
- Joints are resealed and tooled.
- We check the finished work and confirm the guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.