Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Lyness, Orkney Islands
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations across Lyness, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Complaints coming in block by block
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
Mastic sealing in Lyness
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Your questions answered
Will you price a mastic programme across our Lyness portfolio?
Yes. Planned programmes across a building, block or estate are a core part of this service. We can phase the programme to suit your budgets and notice periods.
Is Lyness inside the area you cover, given it’s on an island?
Yes. We work across every Scottish council area, and that includes island locations such as Lyness. Ferry times and the weather set the plan, so we ask for photographs and a full list first.
Does the weather affect the 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. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
How do you choose the sealant?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Do you guarantee the mastic work?
Our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee and we hold public liability insurance.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
Can people stay in the building while you reseal?
Residents and tenants carry on as normal. If any flats or units need access, we’ll tell you in advance so you can arrange it with occupiers.
Mastic sealing in Lyness, done properly
Managing agents and housing associations usually need paperwork before anyone starts. 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. Most enquiries involve estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out and failed external movement joints, on communal kitchens and washrooms, window and door perimeters on blocks and communal entrances and stairwells. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Lyness it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
In smaller Scottish places like Lyness, managed property is mostly small blocks, sheltered housing, hotels and community buildings. Frames on exposed elevations are where mastic normally fails first.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: twelve months on the work we carried out. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Where
- Lyness (KW16)
- Wider area
- Orkney Islands
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Aftercare for building managers
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Ask residents or tenants to report leaks and draughts early
- Track which buildings were done and when
- Prioritise elevations facing the weather
- Protect low-level joints in entrances
Our workmanship is covered for 12 months, so report any failure in that time. Beyond that, routine checks spot the next round of repairs.
Planned resealing is easier to budget than emergency repairs. We can quote buildings in priority order so spending is spread.
How the job changes by surface
Communal areas
We keep entrances and stairs open throughout. We work in sections so access is never blocked.
Tenement and older buildings
Natural stone can be marked by the wrong sealant, so we pick a grade that won’t mark it.
What sealant work can’t fix
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Substrate edges that need repairing first
- Roof leaks, gutters or failed flashings that aren’t sealant joints
- Misted or failed double-glazed units
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will say what we think before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- External wall and movement joints
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
Block-wide mastic in Lyness
Lyness is within about 1 mile of the coast. Sea-facing elevations take driven rain and salt, and their mastic shows it before the sheltered sides do; plan inspections around that. Island jobs, Lyness among them, are planned around the ferry and the forecast. We group island buildings so each crossing covers as much as possible.
Wherever your building is in or near Lyness, we look at the whole elevation before quoting, so you know what needs doing now. Owners near Lyness can renew frame and external mastic block by block on one programme.
Lyness is about 13 miles south-west of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. Commercial clients in Lyness use us for work on mastic joints, as part of our coverage of the Orkney Islands. We work across 51 places in the Orkney Islands, from busy centres to rural villages.
Business premises anywhere in KW16 are within our area for mastic joints. Being close to the B9048, Lyness is straightforward for us to reach. Close to Lyness, our area also takes in Longhope (2 miles south), Midland (6 miles north), Hoy (7 miles north-west), Orphir (7 miles north) and Clestrain (7 miles north). Remote and island addresses take more planning, from travel and ferries to the weather, so give the site location in your enquiry.
Local landmarks in Lyness
Nearby you’ll also find Scapa Flow Museum (less than half a mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Binga Fea and Loch of Greenhill.
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Why it’s worth doing now in Lyness
Draughts round window perimeters cost occupiers comfort and the windows usually get the blame. Resealing the perimeters is often the simpler fix where the frames themselves are sound. Buildings that aren’t in daily use, such as halls and seasonal premises, may let water in unnoticed, giving water time to get in. Early resealing prevents it.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
What you get with us
- Colours confirmed for the specified product
- CHAS accredited
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations.
What affects the price in Lyness
Before we quote, we look at:
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- How much there is to seal
- Location, for remote and island sites
The specified product makes a difference, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Before you send an enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- The type of building and who uses it
- Your programme or deadline
- The postcode of the building
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email the details over if you’d rather talk the job through.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. For work around Lyness, we aim for one trip, which is why we ask for photographs and a full list first. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- We check the asbestos register for older buildings and look at the joints.
- The products and programme are set out in a fixed quote.
- We strip out the old sealant.
- Joint faces are cleaned, backed and resealed.
- We finish each building before moving to the next.
Getting the site ready
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Get a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.