Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in New Town, Edinburgh
Need mastic sealing in New Town? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Damp patches beside frames
Mastic sealing near New Town
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
What the job involves on each surface
Planned maintenance
Mastic wears out like any building component; how fast comes down to movement, weather, UV and the product. Inspecting joints regularly keeps programmes on track.
Communal areas
Communal entrances, stairwells and corridors have joints at door frames, screens, skirting and floor edges. Fresh joints make shared areas look looked after.
Mastic sealing in New Town, done properly
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. The enquiries we see most involve old repairs sealed over failed mastic and complaints coming in block by block, on shopfronts below residential blocks, balcony and threshold joints and communal entrances and stairwells. Most enquiries from New Town 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.
Sandstone tenements in most Scottish cities, and granite in Aberdeen, need mastic that suits the stone, 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 our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- New Town (EH3, EH1, EH2)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
For owners and agents in New Town
New Town is within about 2 miles of the coast. For owners and agents with buildings near the sea, exposed elevations are where frame mastic fails first. The 2 miles around New Town include eight care or nursing homes. For owners and operators of care buildings, window perimeters and external joints are best renewed in planned phases around residents.
If your remit includes a building such as London Street Primary School, frame and door mastic can be programmed for the holidays. If you own or manage units on a site such as Beaverbank Business Park, which lies north of New Town, failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit.
New Town is about 1 mile north of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Looking for mastic sealing in New Town? We can help, as we do across Edinburgh. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, large and small.
Commercial sites across EH3, EH1 and EH2 are covered. We cover commercial and managed buildings on York Lane, Meuse Lane and Canon Lane. We also cover Bellevue (1 mile north-east), Broughton (1 mile east), Canonmills (1 mile north), Greenside (1 mile east) and Gayfield (1 mile east). Nearby towns on our patch include Queensferry (8 miles west), South Portobello (3 miles east), Southhouse (4 miles south-east), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Slateford (3 miles south-west) and Gracemount (4 miles south-east).
What’s near New Town
Around New Town, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Stockbridge public library, Drummond Community High School and King George V Park, among other places. You will also find St Cuthbert's Church (0.5 miles south-west) and The Standing Order pub (under half a mile south). New Town has its own railway station: Edinburgh Waverley station. A little further out are Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh (0.6 miles south-east) and Waverley Mall (under half a mile south-east). For a walk, there’s The New Leaf Co-op and Salisbury Crags.
What sets the cost
Before we quote, we look at:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Working within restricted access windows
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Distance, for remote addresses
Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
What we need to price the job
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. It helps to include:
- The site address and postcode
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- The product your specification calls for
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
For a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
From enquiry to sign-off
A typical day starts with protection: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself normally takes anything from a day to a few weeks, depending on the number of buildings and joints, and we clear our waste as we work. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- We check the asbestos register for older buildings and look at the joints.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Agree which areas must stay open
Request a quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form to discuss it first.
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FAQs: New Town
Who arranges mastic work on a tenement in New Town?
Typically through the property factor, once the owners have agreed. Send details and photographs, and we will quote to whoever is arranging it.
Can you work at a site such as Beaverbank Business Park, by New Town?
Yes, sites like Beaverbank Business Park are within our area, along with the rest of New Town. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Can people stay in the building while you reseal?
Occupiers stay in the building throughout. We flag any areas that need internal access well before the dates so you can arrange it with occupiers.
Do you need to see the site first?
It depends on the job. Simple work can often be priced from photographs, and bigger or more complex jobs normally get a visit.
What paperwork can you provide?
Let us know your requirements: tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Is asbestos a concern with old mastic?
Some mastics in pre-2000 buildings contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register or survey before disturbing it and suspect material is tested first.
When to call us in New Town
Frames, panels and masonry expand and contract through the year, and every joint has to stretch and squeeze with them. If the joint or the product wasn’t suited to the movement, it splits and fails early.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
For agents with blocks near Edinburgh Waverley station, which lies south-east of New Town, a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go.
What to look for in a quote
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Leaks from above rather than through a joint
- Old mastic suspected of containing asbestos, which must be tested and dealt with by a specialist first
- Broken glass or failed sealed units
If you’re not sure, just ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work in New Town
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- External wall and movement joints
Why act early in New Town
Adding sealant to cyclical maintenance is an easy win. Leaving it until there’s a leak turns it into reactive work with less control over timing. Getting access arranged for a building in New Town takes time, so deal with all failing joints while access is up.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
Why clients in New Town choose us
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Fully insured
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Clear, fixed quotes
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and insurance.