Holy Corner mastic sealing
We carry out mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Holy Corner. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
- Draughts at frames across a block
Mastic sealing near Holy Corner
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Why it’s worth doing now in Holy Corner
Dealing with failed joints one report at a time is slow and scattered. A planned programme treats each building once, under a single quote and a single programme. In a tenement or shared city building, water from a failed joint can reach other owners’ property. Acting early avoids disputes and bigger repairs.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Holy Corner
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Colour agreed before work starts
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
Mastic sealing in Holy Corner
Before work starts, most agents and landlords want the documents in order. For documents, 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, with public liability insurance. If you are dealing with failed external movement joints and old repairs sealed over failed mastic, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Holy Corner is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Housing associations and councils in Scotland’s cities manage large estates of flats and maisonettes. A planned programme deals with failed mastic across an estate, block by block.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Where
- Holy Corner (EH10, EH11, EH9)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Holy Corner: questions and answers
Can work in a care setting near Holy Corner go ahead while residents are there?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
How is mastic work on a tenement’s shared parts in Holy Corner usually organised?
Typically through the property factor, once the owners have agreed. We are happy to deal with the factor directly.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Do you work for managing agents and housing associations?
We do. Managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios are our main clients for this work, and we quote building by building or as a programme.
How long does a job like this take?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit usually takes anything from a day to a few weeks, depending on the number of buildings and joints. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Is any job too small?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Send details for a fixed quote.
Can you quote from photographs?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit.
Commercial clients in Holy Corner
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Maintenance after handover
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. Our advice:
- Ask residents or tenants to report leaks and draughts early
- Check sealant joints during planned building inspections
- Log resealing dates block by block
- Plan resealing building by building rather than complaint by complaint
Our workmanship is covered for 12 months, so report any failure in that time. Beyond that, routine checks spot the next round of repairs.
Joints on a building age together so a single failure is a sign to check the rest. A planned reseal saves repeated visits.
Honest limits
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Old mastic suspected of containing asbestos, which must be tested and dealt with by a specialist first
- Leaks through the frame itself rather than the perimeter
- Roof leaks, gutters or failed flashings that aren’t sealant joints
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us and we will say what we think before you book.
What we seal
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
Our process
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, 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. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Holy Corner, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- We check the asbestos register for older buildings and look at the joints.
- A fixed quote covers the joints, products and order of work.
- Failed mastic is removed completely.
- Joint faces are cleaned, backed and resealed.
- We finish each building before moving to the next.
Getting the site ready
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
Getting a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
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Signs you need mastic sealing in Holy Corner
Buildings move with temperature and moisture, and every joint has to stretch and squeeze with them. A joint that was too narrow, too thin or the wrong product can’t cope long before it should.
Clients normally get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Damp patches beside frames
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
- Failed external movement joints
Buildings close to stations like Haymarket station, 0.8 miles to the north-west of Holy Corner, are often flats over shops, with frame mastic to keep sound.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
For owners and agents in Holy Corner
Holy Corner lies within about 3 miles of the sea. Sea-facing elevations take driven rain and salt, and their mastic shows it before the sheltered sides do, and they deserve more regular inspection. There are four care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Holy Corner. Care home owners need frame and external mastic kept sound without unsettling residents.
Landlords with units on estates such as Russell Road Industrial Estate, 0.9 miles to the north-west of Holy Corner, can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme. If you manage student housing near a university such as Edinburgh Napier University - Merchiston Campus, under half a mile south-west of Holy Corner, the summer turnaround is the time for mastic.
Holy Corner is about 1 mile south of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Any commercial site in Holy Corner is covered. Holy Corner is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list for mastic joints.
Work on mastic joints is covered throughout EH10, EH11 and EH9, whatever the building. Streets here include Eden Lane, Spylaw Road and Canaan Lane, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Close to Holy Corner, our area also takes in Burghmuirhead (1 mile south), Greenhill (1 mile east), Church Hill (1 mile south), Merchiston (1 mile north) and Bruntsfield (1 mile north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Leith (4 miles north-east), Bonnington (3 miles north-east), North Leith (3 miles north), Queensferry (8 miles north-west), Timber Bush (3 miles north-east) and Lochend (3 miles north-east).
What’s near Holy Corner
Recent enquiries here include premises near St Cuthbert's Church, Tollcross Primary School and Bruntsfield Links. You’ll also find Boroughmuir High School (under half a mile north), National Museums Scotland Library (1.2 miles north-east) and Golf Tavern (0.5 miles north-east). Holy Corner’s nearest station is Haymarket station, about 0.8 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Bruntsfield Hospital (less than half a mile east) and Waverley Mall (1.5 miles north-east). Open spaces near Holy Corner include Blackford Hill and Dunsapie Loch.