Lady mastic sealing
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Lady and the surrounding area. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Damp patches beside frames
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
Mastic sealing for Lady sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Mastic sealing in Lady, done properly
On a residential block, the work happens around people’s lives. 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 throughout. We work on communal kitchens and washrooms, communal entrances and stairwells and balcony and threshold joints, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are draught complaints from residents or tenants and damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in Lady, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
For buildings around Lady, we group the work to keep travel and visits down. A list of addresses and photos lets us quote for them together.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Place
- Lady (KW17)
- Wider area
- Orkney Islands
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
When it isn’t the sealant
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Frames that are rotten, warped or broken
- Leaks from above rather than through a joint
- Misted or failed double-glazed units
If you’re not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Lady
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- External wall and movement joints
Other services in Lady
Leave it or put it right?
Resealing ahead of leaks keeps it to a maintenance task. Once water has tracked in, the repair list grows and occupiers notice. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, and for a smaller place like Lady, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote.
Why appoint us
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- One contact handling all your sites
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
When to call us in Lady
Frames, panels and masonry expand and contract through the year, and the sealant takes up that movement. 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:
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Draughts at frames across a block
- Water getting in round frames after rain
Around Lady, a planned programme renews failed mastic across a building or estate in one go.
Questions to ask before you book
- How they’ll work around occupants
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
Lady: questions and answers
Do you work on the island where Lady is?
Yes. Islands are part of our area, Lady included. We plan island jobs around the ferry and the forecast, and bring everything the job needs on the first crossing.
Can one quote cover a number of our buildings near Lady?
Yes, we quote for single buildings and for programmes across several blocks. Send the addresses and photographs and we’ll give a fixed quote.
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.
What guarantee do you give on resealing?
Every building we reseal has a 12-month guarantee. It covers our workmanship, not later building movement, damage or frame failures.
Can people stay in the building while you reseal?
We plan around people living or working in the building. Dates and areas are agreed with you so residents or tenants can be told, and entrances stay in use.
Can you take on resealing for a block portfolio?
Yes, block and estate work is a core part of what we do. We work through buildings in a planned order with dates agreed in advance.
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.
What sets the cost
We price every job individually. The main factors are:
- The product specified
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and how the joints are reached. Call for a quote once you have the details.
Sending details for a quote
For an accurate fixed quote, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- Any specification or named product
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Access details, including height
- Where the site is, with the postcode
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Block-wide mastic in Lady
The sea is no more than about 1 mile from Lady. Sea-facing elevations take driven rain and salt, and their mastic shows it before the sheltered sides do, so it’s worth inspecting those sides more often. Lady is on Scotland’s drier eastern side. Outside mastic still waits for dry, frost-clear conditions. Programmes allow for that
For a building around Lady, a look at every elevation first shows which joints need renewing now and which can wait.
Lady is about 24 miles north-east of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. Any commercial site in Lady is covered. Across the Orkney Islands, 51 places are covered, including Lady.
Business premises anywhere in KW17 are within our area. If your building is just outside Lady, we cover Broughtown (2 miles west), Wardhill (10 miles south), Pierowall (16 miles west), Rackwick (16 miles west) and Brinian (18 miles south-west). Where a site is remote or on an island, we plan travel and materials carefully.
Local landmarks in Lady
A little further out are Warsetter Farm Museum (0.8 miles south-west). Open spaces near Lady include Loch of Baasley.
Owners, agents and contractors
If you look after buildings for someone else, 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.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules.
How a job runs
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work typically 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. For a building near Lady, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- First we look at the mastic on each building and note what needs replacing.
- We send a fixed quote that sets out the joints, the products and the programme.
- The programme is fixed with you, including dates you can pass on to residents or tenants.
- Failed mastic is removed and the faces taken back to sound, dry material.
- Backing rod and primer go in as the joint requires, then the new bead is placed and tooled.
- Finished joints are looked over and the 12-month guarantee confirmed.
Getting the site ready
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Getting a fixed 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 will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.