Mastic sealant contractors in Lochee
Mastic sealing in Lochee, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- A mix of products and colours from past repairs
- Draughts at frames across a block
- No planned programme for sealant
Mastic sealing near Lochee
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
For owners and agents in Lochee
Lochee sits close to the coast, within about 2 miles. For owners and agents with buildings near the sea, exposed elevations are where frame mastic fails first; plan inspections around that. Lochee has 10 care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Care home owners need frame and external mastic kept sound without unsettling residents.
Landlords with units on estates such as Ardyle Industrial Estate, less than half a mile to the west of Lochee, can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme. Churches, halls and community buildings such as Lochee Baptist Church are looked after by trustees and committees like any other owner, and their frames, doors and external joints need mastic renewed in time.
Lochee is about 1 mile west of Dundee, in Dundee. Lochee sits inside our coverage, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Our Dundee coverage takes in 28 places.
If you need mastic sealing in DD2 and DD3, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. If your site is on Ancrum Road, High Street and St Ann Lane or close by, send details and we will quote for mastic joints. Access to Lochee is via the A923 among other routes, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. Sites close to Lochee are covered too, including Dryburgh (1 mile north-west), Balgay (1 mile south-west), Logie (1 mile south), Charleston (1 mile west) and Ardler (1 mile north). Bigger towns within reach include Broughty Ferry (6 miles east), Barnhill (6 miles east), Pitkerro (3 miles east), Whitfield (3 miles east), Douglas (4 miles east) and Craigiebank (3 miles east).
Landmarks near Lochee
We work on buildings around Scottish School of Contemporary Dance, Cox Branch Library and Balgay Hill and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Dundee station, about 1.9 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Dudhope Castle (1.2 miles south-east) and Tayside Medical History Museum (1.1 miles south-east). Open spaces near Lochee include Balgay Hill and Trottick Mill Ponds.
How we handle mastic sealing in Lochee
Older blocks and commercial buildings can have mastic that contains asbestos. We check the asbestos register or survey before any old sealant is cut out and if it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials. We work on shopfronts below residential blocks, external wall and movement joints and balcony and threshold joints, and the failures we are asked to look at most are worn sealant at communal door frames and brittle perimeter mastic across a building. For commercial sealant work in Lochee, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Scotland’s city blocks are largely sandstone or, in Aberdeen, granite, and replacement windows set into those walls need a perimeter sealant that won’t mark the stone.
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.
- Location
- Lochee (DD2, DD3)
- Region
- Dundee
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
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Commercial clients in Lochee
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Lochee can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.
Leave it or put it right?
Draughts round window perimeters cost occupiers comfort, and they often blame the windows. Resealing the perimeters is often the simpler fix when the frames themselves are sound. 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, and so does the preparation. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why clients in Lochee choose us
- Colours chosen to suit frames, cladding or finishes where possible
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Colour options checked against the specified product
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
Keeping the joints sound
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. Our advice:
- Make mastic part of routine maintenance checks
- Have the asbestos survey to hand for older buildings
- Keep a record of when each building was resealed
- Make it easy for occupiers to report draughts
Where a paintable product was specified, it can be painted after curing. Silicone normally can’t be painted, so keep decorators off it.
The longer failed joints are left, the more likely the substrate edges break up. Once that happens, repairs come before resealing and the job grows.
Lochee: questions and answers
Will you work in a care home in Lochee without moving residents out?
Yes. We agree rooms and times with the manager and work a few areas at a time. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
Who arranges mastic work on a tenement in Lochee?
In most tenements, the owners agree shared repairs, and many use a property factor to arrange them. We can quote to the factor or to the owners, for a single close or a whole block.
How do I request a quote?
There are four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit.
What about access for upper-floor joints?
Every block is different. We agree access with you at quote stage so there are no surprises.
How do you choose the sealant?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
How long does a job like this take?
It depends on the scope, but the work typically 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.
What we’re called out for in Lochee
Poor preparation explains many failed joints. Without clean, sound faces and a primer where the product needs one, the bead peels off one side.
Clients usually get in touch after noticing something like this:
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Complaints coming in block by block
If your remit includes a building such as Menzieshill High School, frame and door mastic can be programmed for the holidays.
What your quote should include
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- Who will actually carry out the work
On site: what to expect
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Lochee, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- Each block or building is walked and the failed joints recorded with the likely cause.
- We send a fixed quote that sets out the joints, the products and the programme.
- Dates, areas and access are agreed so residents or tenants can be told in advance.
- We remove the old mastic completely and clean the joint faces back.
- Deep joints get backing rod, faces are primed if the manufacturer specifies it, then the joint is sealed and tooled.
- Completed joints are inspected and carry a 12-month workmanship guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Request a quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Related advice
Quoting for work in Lochee
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Access and working height
- The total length or number of joints
- Which sealant the job calls for
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
What to include in your enquiry
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. Please tell us:
- The product your specification calls for
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- The type of building and who uses it
- Access details, including height
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.