Mastic sealant contractors in Greenside
Looking for mastic sealing in Greenside? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
Need mastic sealing in Greenside?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we will work to them.
- First comes a look at the joints and, for older buildings, the asbestos records.
- A fixed quote covers the joints, products and order of work.
- We strip out the old sealant.
- The joints are prepared and resealed with the right product.
- We finish each building before moving to the next.
Before we start on site
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Point out any areas we must not close
Quotes
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we will put a fixed quote together. To get it moving, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Related advice
Mastic sealing in Greenside
We work for building owners, landlords with commercial or block portfolios, managing agents and housing associations. Many prefer a planned programme to one-off visits, with each block quoted and scheduled in turn. The enquiries we see most involve brittle perimeter mastic across a building and a mix of products and colours from past repairs, across external wall and movement joints, communal kitchens and washrooms and shopfronts below residential blocks. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Greenside tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Sandstone tenements in most Scottish cities, and granite in Aberdeen, need mastic that suits the stone, so perimeter mastic around replacement windows has to be neutral-cure and kind to the masonry.
Work we carry out in Edinburgh comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will come back to it.
- Where
- Greenside (EH7, EH1, EH3)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Commercial clients in Greenside
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Greenside can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
Blocks and managed buildings in Greenside
With the shore within about 2 miles, Greenside counts as a coastal location. On buildings near the shore, the side facing the weather normally needs its mastic renewed first. The east of Scotland, where Greenside is, gets less rain than the west. Frost and condensation on winter mornings can still delay outside mastic. Programmes allow for that
Older community buildings, St Cuthbert's Church among them, often have frames of mixed ages whose mastic varies. Landlords with units on estates such as Beaverbank Business Park (to the north-west of Greenside) can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme. Site managers at schools like London Street Primary School can fit frame mastic into the summer works.
Greenside is about 1 mile north-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We send applicators to Greenside for mastic joints. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including Greenside.
Work on mastic joints is covered throughout EH7, EH1 and EH3, whatever the building. For a building on York Lane, Meuse Lane and High Street or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for mastic joints. Access to Greenside is via the A900. Close to Greenside, our area also takes in Broughton (1 mile north-west), Gayfield (1 mile north), Bellevue (1 mile north-west), Canongate (1 mile south-east) and Holyrood (1 mile south). Nearby towns on our patch include Queensferry (8 miles west), South Portobello (3 miles east), Southhouse (4 miles south), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Muirhouse (3 miles west) and Slateford (3 miles south-west). Among the larger centres in Edinburgh is Greenside, and its commercial and public buildings are all within our area.
What’s near Greenside
Around Greenside, our work takes us to commercial buildings near King George V Park, McDonald Road Library and The Playfair pub and the streets around them. Nearby too are Old Royal High School (less than half a mile south-east) and Mannafields Christian School (0.6 miles north-east). Greenside has its own railway station: Edinburgh Waverley station. Well-known places in the area include St. James Centre (under half a mile south-west) and Victorian Pharmacy Museum (under half a mile west). For a walk, there’s The New Leaf Co-op and Dunsapie Loch.
How the job changes by surface
External movement joints
The joint width has to suit the movement and the sealant’s capability, often around 2:1 width to depth, as the manufacturer advises.
Estate-wide resealing programmes
A programme can start with the worst buildings and work down. You get one fixed quote per building or for the whole estate.
When it isn’t the sealant
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. You’ll hear from us if the cause turns out to be any of the following:
- Misted or failed double-glazed units
- Asbestos-containing sealant, which we don’t remove
- Leaks from above rather than through a joint
If in doubt, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- External wall and movement joints
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Balcony and threshold joints
FAQs: Greenside
Does your area include sites such as Beaverbank Business Park, near Greenside?
Yes. We cover Greenside and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Beaverbank Business Park. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Do you work for managing agents with blocks near Edinburgh Waverley station?
Yes, we work for agents, landlords and housing associations with blocks of every size. We work to your notice and access arrangements.
Can you reseal a whole block or estate?
Block-wide and estate programmes are common. The quote can be split however suits your budgeting.
How do you reach windows on upper floors?
It depends on the building. How upper joints are reached is agreed before work is booked so there are no surprises.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it.
When can the area be used after sealing?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
When to bring in 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 easy to get wrong without experience.
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong usually costs more in the end than doing them right.
Other services in Greenside
Keeping the joints sound
After handover, these steps help:
- Look at the sunniest and most exposed elevations first
- Share your contractor requirements early
- Make it easy for occupiers to report draughts
- Keep a record of when each building was resealed
Include sealant in planned building inspections. Watch for splits, open gaps, hard or chalky surfaces and mastic pulling away and record where they are.
Leaks at window perimeters spoil finishes and can affect frames. Early resealing is far simpler than repairs inside.