Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Newbigging, Angus
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Newbigging and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out
- Damp patches beside frames
Mastic sealing near Newbigging
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle mastic sealing in Newbigging
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. The enquiries we see most involve draughts at frames across a block and patchy repairs in mismatched sealant, on window and door perimeters on blocks, balcony and threshold joints and external wall and movement joints. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Newbigging, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Around Newbigging, outside mastic waits for dry weather and the right temperature. We agree a window with some flexibility.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Newbigging (DD5)
- Region
- Angus
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
General trades versus a specialist
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong usually costs more in the end than doing them right.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
What affects the price in Newbigging
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, because every site is different. What we look at:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- How much there is to seal
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Which sealant the job calls for
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
What we need to price the job
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Let us know:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Access details, including height
- Specification clauses that apply
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
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, ring 01277 525 020 or email us.
Our process
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. For a building near Newbigging, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- You get a fixed quote, per block or for the whole programme.
- We agree the programme and dates with you.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
Ask for a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with what you know.
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After the work
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. In particular:
- List the paperwork your organisation requires when you send details
- Log resealing dates block by block
- Protect low-level joints in entrances
- Start inspections with the most exposed faces
Add mastic joints to your cyclical inspections. Check for splits, open joints, brittle mastic and lifting edges, and note the building and elevation.
Water getting in round frames can damage plaster, decoration and the frames themselves. Resealing early keeps the job small.
FAQs: Newbigging
Is a smaller place like Newbigging outside your area?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. We work across every Scottish council area. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Do you work for managing agents with blocks near Monifieth station?
Yes, we work for agents, landlords and housing associations with blocks of every size. Send the address, photos of the elevations and your access arrangements, and we’ll give a fixed quote.
What guarantee do you give on resealing?
There is a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, backed by public liability insurance.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
We can. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn starting wherever is most urgent.
How soon can the area be used again?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and sign any area that should be left alone.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance.
Do you work with property factors and landlords?
Yes. Most of our mastic sealing is for agents, factors, housing associations and portfolio landlords, and we quote building by building or as a programme.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Whether you’re a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we are straightforward to vet for your supplier list. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
Blocks and managed buildings in Newbigging
Newbigging is within about 3 miles of the coast. For owners and agents with buildings near the sea, exposed elevations are where frame mastic fails first. The east of Scotland, where Newbigging is, gets less rain than the west. Cold mornings still limit when outside mastic can go on. We plan block programmes with some give for it
Churches, halls and community buildings such as Newbigging Parish Church And War Memorial are looked after by trustees and committees like any other owner, and their frames, doors and external joints need mastic renewed in time. Buildings close to stations like Monifieth station (to the south of Newbigging) are often flats over shops, with frame mastic to keep sound.
Newbigging is about 3 miles north-east of Broughty Ferry, in Angus. We cover Newbigging and the rest of Angus, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Newbigging is one of 65 places in Angus on our list. For work in that direction, see our Dundee page (7 miles or so).
Work on mastic joints is covered throughout DD5. Among the streets we cover are Templehall Place, Sanderson Place and Pitairlie Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Nearby places we also cover include Drumsturdy (1 mile south-west), Kingennie (1 mile west), Monikie (2 miles north), Wellbank (2 miles west) and Bucklerheads (2 miles west). Further afield, our area takes in Arbroath (9 miles east), Forfar (9 miles north), Carnoustie (4 miles east), Kirriemuir (13 miles north-west), Hunter's Town (4 miles east) and Gardynebourg (3 miles east).
Near you in Newbigging
Newbigging’s nearest station is Monifieth station, roughly 2.5 miles south. A little further out are Ashludie Hospital (1.9 miles south) and Ardestie Castle (1.7 miles south).
What we can’t put right
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Cracked or crumbling render, brick or stone at the joint edges (we’ll tell you if so)
- Leaks through the frame itself rather than the perimeter
- Old mastic suspected of containing asbestos, which must be tested and dealt with by a specialist first
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- External wall and movement joints