Little France mastic sealing
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Little France. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
Mastic sealing for businesses in Little France
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in Little France
Most buildings come with mastic joints nobody has looked at since handover and it slowly wears out: window perimeters, door frames, external joints and communal junctions all rely on it. Once it cracks, hardens or comes away, draughts and water find a way in, and occupiers start reporting it. We work on shopfronts below residential blocks, window and door perimeters on blocks and communal kitchens and washrooms, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are occupiers reporting cold air round windows and cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block. Most enquiries from Little France start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
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.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, in Little France as everywhere else we work. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Little France (EH17, EH16)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
For owners and agents in Little France
Little France 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; plan inspections around that. There are four care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Little France. Care home owners need frame and external mastic kept sound without unsettling residents.
For a school such as Liberton High School, perimeter mastic on windows and doors is a holiday job. If you manage student housing near a university such as University of Edinburgh - Little France Campus (under half a mile north of Little France), the summer turnaround is the time for mastic.
Little France is about 2 miles south-east of Buccleuch, in Edinburgh. Looking for mastic sealing in Little France? We can help, as we do across Edinburgh. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including Little France.
We cover the EH17 and EH16 postcode districts. For a building on Gilmerton Road, Craigour Avenue and Kingston Avenue or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for mastic joints. You’ll find Little France on or near the A772, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. Close to Little France, our area also takes in Craigour (1 mile south), Moredun (1 mile south), Fernieside (1 mile south-east), Inch (1 mile west) and Ferniehill (1 mile south-east). Bigger towns within reach include Edinburgh (3 miles north-west), Leith (4 miles north), Bonnington (4 miles north-west), Greenside (3 miles north-west), Broughton (3 miles north-west) and Bellevue (3 miles north-west).
Near you in Little France
Recent enquiries here include premises near St Margaret's School, Craigmillar Castle Park and Liberton Parish Church. The closest station to Little France is Shawfair station, about 1.9 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Craigmillar Castle (less than half a mile north) and Natural History Collections (1.3 miles west). Not far away are The New Leaf Co-op and Duddingston Loch.
Common problems we fix in Little France
We often find joints filled solid with no backing rod so the mastic is bonded on three sides. That three-sided adhesion stops it stretching and it tears.
Clients usually get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Damp patches beside frames
- Estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
For owners of several units at places like Craigmillar Shopping Centre, 0.9 miles north of Little France, one programme can deal with frame and external mastic across the lot.
Comparing quotes
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
Keeping the joints sound
To get the most from the new sealant:
- Look at the sunniest and most exposed elevations first
- Mention RAMS, insurance or CSCS requirements up front
- Ask residents or tenants to report leaks and draughts early
- Avoid piecemeal callouts where you can
Protect entrance and corridor joints from knocks where possible. Knocks cause many early failures in communal areas.
The longer failed joints are left, the more likely the substrate edges break up. Then the edges may need repairing first.
Different surfaces, different methods
Commercial and mixed-use buildings
Landlords with commercial portfolios have shopfronts, office entrances and external joints to look after. We work across portfolios on a planned basis.
Planned maintenance
We can work into your cyclical maintenance plan, building by building.
Questions about Little France
We manage a building near Shawfair station. Can you help?
Yes. Blocks of any size are within what we do. Photos of each elevation help us quote accurately.
Will you work in a care home in Little France without moving residents out?
Yes. We work around residents’ routines, a room or two at a time. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
Yes. We survey and price each building, then work through them in order starting wherever is most urgent.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Internal work is far less affected.
Is Little France in your area?
Yes. We cover Little France, and you can phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form to get started.
Who decides which product is used?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
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.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
Places near Little France
What else we do in Little France
How a job runs
On arrival, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before any cutting starts, and the work normally takes one or more days per building, depending on the joint lengths and the access. City jobs in Little France typically need parking and loading planned. Shared closes, stairs and the property factor may need to be part of the plan.
- First comes a look at the joints and, for older buildings, the asbestos records.
- The products and programme are set out in a fixed quote.
- Failed mastic is removed completely.
- The joints are prepared and resealed with the right product.
- Buildings are completed in turn.
What we need from you
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Getting a fixed quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over with what you know.