Mastic sealant contractors in Newcraighall
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Newcraighall and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
Mastic sealing in Newcraighall
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Mastic sealing in Newcraighall
There isn’t one mastic for every joint on a building. 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. We’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product. If you have cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block and mastic failing across several blocks on an estate, we can put it right. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Newcraighall first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
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 stand by our work: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant.
- Place
- Newcraighall (EH21, EH15, EH22)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
For owners and agents in Newcraighall
Newcraighall sits close to the coast, within about 1 mile. Blocks and commercial buildings facing the sea take the most weather on their window perimeters and external joints, so it’s worth inspecting those sides more often. Newcraighall has four care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Frame mastic on care buildings is best renewed elevation by elevation, with the manager deciding timings.
Student accommodation around universities such as Queen Margaret University (0.6 miles south-east of Newcraighall) is normally managed block by block, which suits a planned mastic programme. With historic buildings such as Melville Castle (to the south of Newcraighall) in the wider area, owners of older properties around Newcraighall should expect mastic to need a product that suits old masonry.
Newcraighall is about 1 mile west of Musselburgh, in Edinburgh. We send applicators to Newcraighall for mastic joints. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Newcraighall among them.
Postcode districts covered here: EH21, EH15 and EH22 for mastic joints. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Benhar Road, Glennie Road and Denholm Road and the roads nearby. We also cover Shawfair (1 mile south), Eastfield (1 mile north), Joppa (1 mile north), Old Craighall (1 mile south-east) and Musselburgh (1 mile east) for mastic joints. Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (5 miles west), Leith (4 miles north-west), Bonnington (4 miles north-west), Greenside (4 miles north-west), Broughton (4 miles north-west) and Bellevue (4 miles north-west).
Around Newcraighall
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Portobello Library and Abercorn Park and the streets around them. Newcraighall has its own railway station: Newcraighall station. Other landmarks nearby include Craigmillar Castle (2.1 miles west) and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (2 miles south-west). Not far away are Duddingston Loch and Whinny Hill.
When it isn’t the sealant
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. You’ll hear from us if the cause turns out to be one of these:
- Broken glass or failed sealed units
- Frames that are rotten, warped or broken
- Substrate edges that need repairing first
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work in Newcraighall
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- External wall and movement joints
- Balcony and threshold joints
Places near Newcraighall
What else we do in Newcraighall
FAQs: Newcraighall
Will you take on a block within reach of Newcraighall station?
Yes. Managing agents, landlords, property factors and housing associations are who this service is for. Photos of each elevation help us quote accurately.
Do you work in occupied care homes around Newcraighall?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
How long before the joints can be used?
We will confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure.
Can you take on resealing for a block portfolio?
Yes. Managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios are our main clients for this work and work can be quoted per building or as a whole.
Do you cover Newcraighall?
Yes. We cover Newcraighall, and you can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos to get started.
How do you choose the sealant?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Do you do block-wide mastic programmes?
Yes. We survey and price each building, then work through them in order, and the programme can start with the worst.
Commercial clients in Newcraighall
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Newcraighall can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
What sets the cost
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It takes account of:
- How much there is to seal
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Any access equipment needed
We don’t publish prices, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
Sending details for a quote
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Where the site is, with the postcode
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Surface by surface
Planned maintenance
Adding mastic to planned maintenance avoids reactive repairs and spreads the work.
Estate-wide resealing programmes
Using the same products throughout keeps the estate consistent.
From enquiry to sign-off
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself typically takes a few days for most blocks, with larger programmes scheduled building by building, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. For premises in Newcraighall, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, and we’ll plan the work to suit, phased where areas need to stay in use.
- We inspect each building and record the joints that have failed.
- 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.
- New sealant goes in with backing rod and primer where needed.
- Each building is checked and signed off with the 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Related advice
What we’re called out for in Newcraighall
Much failed sealant was laid on dirty, dusty or damp surfaces. Where the faces weren’t cleaned or primed as specified, the bead peels off one side.
Most enquiries start with one or more of the following:
- Communal area joints that look neglected
- Failed external movement joints
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
- No planned programme for sealant
For owners of several units at places like Newhailes Industrial Estate, which lies north-east of Newcraighall, one programme can deal with frame and external mastic across the lot.
What to look for in a quote
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards