Mastic sealant contractors in Inverleith
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Inverleith. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Communal area joints that look neglected
Mastic sealing for businesses in Inverleith
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Questions we are asked in Inverleith
Does the sea air around Inverleith change the choice of sealant?
It can, yes: buildings near the sea take more wind-driven rain, and salt in the air nearer the shore. We check the specified product suits the exposure and pay close attention to preparation.
How do tenement owners in Inverleith get shared-part mastic done?
In most tenements, the owners agree shared repairs, and many use a property factor to arrange them. Send details and photos, and we will quote to whoever is arranging it.
Do you check for asbestos in old sealant?
Some mastics in pre-2000 buildings contain asbestos. We ask for the asbestos register or survey before work starts, and if it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested.
Which sealant will you use?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
Do you work with property factors and landlords?
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.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it.
How long does a typical visit take?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. You will have an expected duration with the quote.
Mastic sealing in Inverleith, done properly
Blocks are lived in, so access and disruption have to be thought through. The sequence, the areas and the dates are settled with you so you can let residents know what is happening. Communal entrances and stairs stay usable while we work. Most enquiries involve cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block and draughts at frames across a block, on shopfronts below residential blocks, external wall and movement joints and communal entrances and stairwells. Whoever orders the work in Inverleith, the brief is normally the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Many of Scotland’s city tenements are looked after by property factors. 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 in Edinburgh. Should something we installed fail, ring 01277 525 020 or email us and we will come back to it.
- Where
- Inverleith (EH5, EH3, EH4)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Nearby places to Inverleith
What else we do in Inverleith
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 where general trades tend to cut corners.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Our process
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. City jobs in Inverleith usually need parking and loading planned. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- The quote is fixed and split as suits you.
- 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.
What we need from you
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Request a quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Advice
Commercial clients in Inverleith
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Planned mastic for Inverleith portfolios
The sea is no more than about 1 mile from Inverleith. Sea-facing elevations take driven rain and salt, and their mastic shows it before the sheltered sides do, and they deserve more regular inspection. Inverleith is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Frost and condensation on winter mornings can still delay outside mastic. Programmes allow for that
Owners of student blocks near University of Edinburgh - Lauriston Campus (1.6 miles south of Inverleith) can schedule frame and external mastic for the summer vacation. For a school such as Broughton High School, perimeter mastic on windows and doors is a holiday job.
Inverleith is about 2 miles north of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Across the EH5 postcode area, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Inverleith among them.
Work on mastic joints is covered throughout EH5, EH3 and EH4. Among the streets we cover are Ferry Road, Clark Road and Wardie Road. Close to Inverleith, our area also takes in Goldenacre (1 mile north-east), Warriston (1 mile east), Stockbridge (1 mile south), Boswall (1 mile north) and Comely Bank (1 mile south). Further afield, our area takes in Queensferry (7 miles west), Burgh Muir (3 miles south-east), South Portobello (4 miles east), Southhouse (5 miles south-east), Mayfield (3 miles south-east) and Gilmerton (5 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Inverleith
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Hamilton's Bar & Kitchen, Stockbridge public library and Trinity Academy. Also close by are King George V Park (0.8 miles south-east) and London Street Primary School (1.1 miles south-east). Inverleith’s nearest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 1.4 miles south-east. A little further out are Waverley Mall (1.3 miles south-east) and Edinburgh Castle (1.3 miles south). The countryside around Inverleith includes Salisbury Crags and Dunsapie Loch.
Why act early in Inverleith
Open external joints let water into walls and around frames. That can lead to damp, staining and damage to finishes and those cost far more to put right. In a Scottish city, access often needs scaffold, permits or factor approval, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What you get with us
- Constructionline member
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
Read our cost guide and how we’re accredited.
Surface by surface
Estate-wide resealing programmes
An estate of similar buildings suits a rolling programme. We quote building by building and work through them in turn.
External movement joints
External movement joints take up expansion and contraction. Once that sealant goes, rain can reach the wall.
What we are called out for in Inverleith
We often find joints filled solid with no backing rod, so the mastic is glued to the joint bottom too. That three-sided adhesion stops it stretching and it tears.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Draughts at frames across a block
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
For owners of several units at places like Beaverbank Business Park (0.8 miles east of Inverleith), one programme can deal with frame and external mastic across the lot.
Comparing quotes
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?