Melrose mastic sealing
Planning work on a mastic joint in Melrose? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- Draughts at frames across a block
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
Mastic sealing for Melrose sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Surface by surface
Planned maintenance
How long mastic lasts depends on exposure, movement and the product used. Regular inspection is the best way to plan resealing.
Tenement and older buildings
Traditional buildings have joints that need a careful approach. The material either side of the joint shapes the product choice.
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in Melrose
Different joints need different sealants. Low-modulus neutral-cure silicone suits many window perimeters and external movement joints, and MS polymer sealants stick well to many substrates and often take paint, and colours are confirmed for whichever product is used. Most enquiries involve window mastic that has split and shrunk and leaks at window and door perimeters, across balcony and threshold joints, communal entrances and stairwells and window and door perimeters on blocks. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Melrose it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Travel to smaller places like Melrose is planned so several buildings can be done on one trip. Send addresses and photographs for a quote covering the batch.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Place
- Melrose (TD6)
- Region
- Scottish Borders
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
For managing agents and facilities managers
Whether you’re a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Maintenance after handover
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Track which buildings were done and when
- Reduce knocks to communal area joints
- Mention RAMS, insurance or CSCS requirements up front
- Check sealant joints during planned building inspections
Encourage occupiers to report water or draughts at frames. A quick report keeps a small repair small.
Planned resealing is easier to budget than emergency repairs. A programme can start with the worst buildings so spending is spread.
When something else is needed
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Old mastic suspected of containing asbestos, which must be tested and dealt with by a specialist first
- Broken glass or failed sealed units
- Cracked or crumbling render, brick or stone at the joint edges (we’ll tell you if so)
If you’re not sure, just ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
Why it’s worth doing now in Melrose
Leaving failed external joints lets water reach the structure behind. Damp patches, stained plaster and decorating claims can follow and those cost far more to put right. Exposed buildings in Scotland take a lot of weather, and for a smaller place like Melrose, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
What a job costs comes down to the quantity of joints, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote when you’re ready.
Why us?
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Constructionline member
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Colours confirmed for the specified product
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and insurance.
Common questions from Melrose clients
Is Tweedbank Industrial Estate, near Melrose, within your area?
Yes, sites like Tweedbank Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Melrose. To start, just ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is Melrose too small for you to travel to?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. We work across every Scottish council area. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
Can you take on resealing for a block portfolio?
Yes. Most of our mastic sealing is for agents, factors, housing associations and portfolio landlords and work can be quoted per building or as a whole.
How do we ask for a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email. Include photographs or drawings if you have them.
Can you seal joints high up on a block?
Access is discussed and agreed before the quote is fixed. Tell us the building height and any access already in place, and we will tell you how we’d approach it.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
What will the job cost?
We don’t publish prices, as every site differs. With photos or drawings, we can give you a fixed quote.
Nearby places to Melrose
Other services in Melrose
Our process
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. For work around Melrose, 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.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- You get a fixed quote, per block or for the whole programme.
- Dates and areas are agreed so occupiers can be told.
- Failed sealant is removed and the faces prepared.
- Joints are resealed and tooled.
- Each building is checked and signed off with the 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Send your site hours and access windows
Ask for a quote
Every quote starts with the facts: 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.
Advice
Block-wide mastic in Melrose
The east of Scotland, where Melrose is, gets less rain than the west. Frost and condensation on winter mornings can still delay outside mastic. Programmes allow for that
Landlords with units on estates such as Tweedbank Industrial Estate, 1.3 miles west of Melrose, can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme. Student blocks close to universities like Heriot-Watt University - Scottish Borders Campus (2.5 miles west of Melrose) are easiest to work on between tenancies. For agents with blocks near Tweedbank station, 1.5 miles west of Melrose, a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go.
Melrose is about 3 miles east of Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. We cover commercial sites throughout Melrose, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Melrose is one of 91 places we cover in the Scottish Borders. Our Edinburgh page has more on work in that area.
If you need mastic sealing in TD6, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We cover commercial and managed buildings on High Street, Market Square and St Dunstan's Park. Main routes into Melrose include the B6359 and B6361, useful when we plan access and materials. Just outside Melrose, we also work in Gattonside (1 mile north), Darnick (1 mile west), Newstead (1 mile east), Tweedbank (2 miles west) and Bowden (2 miles south). A short drive away, we cover Galashiels (3 miles west), Hawick (12 miles south), Kelso (11 miles east), Selkirk (6 miles south-west), Jedburgh (11 miles south-east) and Wilton (12 miles south).
Local landmarks in Melrose
For rail, the closest station is Tweedbank station, roughly 1.5 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Commendators House Museum (less than half a mile east) and Castle Holydean (2.4 miles south). For a walk, there’s Eildon Hill North and Bemersyde Moss.