Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Old Town, Edinburgh
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Old Town. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
Mastic sealing near Old Town
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
About our mastic sealing in Old Town
We work for building owners, landlords with commercial or block portfolios, managing agents and housing associations. Many prefer a planned programme to one-off visits and we quote and schedule each building in turn. If you have occupiers reporting cold air round windows and cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block, we can put it right. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Old Town 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, so perimeter mastic around replacement windows has to be neutral-cure and kind to the masonry.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Place
- Old Town (EH1, EH8, EH3)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong usually costs more in the end than doing them right.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Old Town. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
How a job runs
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. 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. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we will work to them.
- 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.
- We finish each building before moving to the next.
Getting the site ready
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
Also in Old Town
Old Town: questions and answers
How is mastic work on a tenement’s shared parts in Old Town usually organised?
Normally the owners agree it together, and a property factor often handles the arrangements. One quote can cover a close or the whole block.
Can you work at a site such as Beaverbank Business Park, by Old Town?
Yes. Our area takes in Old Town and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Beaverbank Business Park included. To start, just phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.
Do you supply RAMS and insurance details?
Let us know your requirements: tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm with the quote. We hold CHAS accreditation and Constructionline membership.
Can you reseal a whole block or estate?
Yes. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn, and the programme can start with the worst.
What about access for upper-floor joints?
Every block is different. We agree access with you at quote stage so the fixed quote reflects it.
Do you work with property factors and landlords?
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 need mastic sealing in Old Town?
Communal entrances and corridors see a lot of wear, and low-level joints get damaged. Regular cleaning wears them further.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- No planned programme for sealant
Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Edinburgh Waverley station (less than half a mile north of Old Town) and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building.
Comparing quotes
- The named product and why it was chosen
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Their public liability cover
Why act early in Old Town
Reacting to every complaint means sending someone out block by block. A planned programme treats each building once and is simpler to manage and budget. In a Scottish city, access often needs scaffold, permits or factor approval, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
What you get with us
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Colour agreed before work starts
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.
Mastic sealing in Old Town: the local picture
Old Town lies within about 2 miles of the sea. 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. Old Town has eight care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Owners of care premises can bring window and door mastic into a phased programme planned around the home.
Schools and community buildings such as Tollcross Primary School need frame and external mastic kept sound like any building. Student accommodation around universities such as Old College (University of Edinburgh) (under half a mile east of Old Town) is usually managed block by block, which suits a planned mastic programme.
Old Town is about 1 mile north-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Old Town sits inside our coverage, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including Old Town.
Work on mastic joints is covered throughout EH1, EH8 and EH3, for business premises of every kind. Buildings on Meuse Lane, High Street and Meadow Lane are within our area for mastic joints. Nearby places we also cover include Lauriston (1 mile south-west), Buccleuch (1 mile south-east), Holyrood (1 mile north-east), Dumbiedykes (1 mile east) and Canongate (1 mile north-east) for mastic joints. Further afield, our area takes in Queensferry (8 miles west), South Portobello (3 miles east), Southhouse (4 miles south-east), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Muirhouse (3 miles north-west) and Gracemount (3 miles south-east).
Around Old Town
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to St Cuthbert's Church, Greyfriars Bobby Bar and The Meadows and the streets around them. Nearby too are Old Royal High School (0.6 miles north-east) and National Museums Scotland Library (less than half a mile south-east). There’s a railway station in Old Town itself: Edinburgh Waverley station. Well-known places in the area include Edinburgh Castle (under half a mile west) and Museum of Scotland (less than half a mile south-east). Not far away are Salisbury Crags and Dunsapie Loch.
Different surfaces, different methods
Planned maintenance
How long mastic lasts depends on exposure, movement and the product used. Inspecting joints regularly keeps programmes on track.
Tenement and older buildings
Stone needs a neutral-cure product, so we pick a grade that won’t mark it.