Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Parkhead, Edinburgh
Work needed on a mastic joint in Parkhead? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
Mastic sealing near Parkhead
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
What we’re called out for in Parkhead
Buildings move with temperature and moisture, and every joint has to stretch and squeeze with them. A joint that was too narrow, too thin or the wrong product can’t cope long before it should.
Look out for the following:
- Complaints coming in block by block
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
Historic properties like Whitefoord House (3.7 miles north-east of Parkhead) show the age of some local stock, where frame mastic must suit soft brick or stone.
What your quote should include
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in Parkhead
We work for building owners, landlords with commercial or block portfolios, managing agents and housing associations. A planned, building-by-building programme often works better than reacting to each complaint, with each block quoted and scheduled in turn. We work on balcony and threshold joints, communal entrances and stairwells and window and door perimeters on blocks, and the failures we are asked to look at most are window mastic that has split and shrunk and patchy repairs in mismatched sealant. Searching for sealant specialists in Parkhead? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Scotland’s city blocks are largely sandstone or, in Aberdeen, granite, so perimeter mastic around replacement windows has to be neutral-cure and kind to the masonry.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. Should something we installed fail, call 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll come back to it.
- Location
- Parkhead (EH14, EH11)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Common questions from Parkhead clients
Do you work in occupied care homes around Parkhead?
Yes, with the manager deciding the order and timing of rooms. Tell us about any infection-control or safeguarding requirements and we’ll work to them.
Who do we deal with for shared-part sealing on a tenement in Parkhead?
In most tenements, the owners agree shared repairs, and many use a property factor to arrange them. We are happy to deal with the factor directly.
Do you cover Parkhead?
Yes. We cover Parkhead, and the simplest way to start is to ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
Block-wide and estate programmes are common. You get a fixed quote per building or for the whole job.
When is resealing likely to be due?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Do you work with property factors and landlords?
We do. 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.
Who decides which product is used?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
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How the quote is worked out
Quotes vary with the job. It mainly depends on:
- How much there is to seal
- Working within restricted access windows
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Which sealant the job calls for
A quote for mastic joints depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, and any specification that applies. Call for a quote.
Before you send an enquiry
For an accurate fixed quote, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
In a busy building, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed before we move to the next. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- First comes a look at the joints and, for older buildings, the asbestos records.
- A fixed quote covers the joints, products and order of work.
- We strip out the old sealant.
- Joint faces are cleaned, backed and resealed.
- We finish each building before moving to the next.
Before we start on site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Getting a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Related advice
Looking after the joints
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Mention RAMS, insurance or CSCS requirements up front
- Group repairs into a planned programme
- Make it easy for occupiers to report draughts
- Include mastic in your cyclical inspections
Add mastic joints to your cyclical inspections. Watch for splits, open gaps, hard or chalky surfaces and mastic pulling away, and note the building and elevation.
One failed perimeter normally means others on the same building are close so a single failure is a sign to check the rest. Doing them together saves going back again and again.
Looking after buildings in and around Parkhead
Parkhead is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Outside mastic still waits for dry, frost-clear conditions. The 2 miles around Parkhead include 10 care or nursing homes. Frame mastic on care buildings is best renewed elevation by elevation, with the manager deciding timings.
Owners of student blocks near Edinburgh Napier University (to the east of Parkhead) can schedule frame and external mastic for the summer vacation. For a school such as Merchiston Castle School, perimeter mastic on windows and doors is a holiday job.
Parkhead is about 2 miles south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover commercial sites throughout Parkhead, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Parkhead is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list for mastic joints.
If you need mastic sealing in EH14 and EH11, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. For a building on Redhall Road, New Mart Road and Longstone Road or nearby, we can quote for mastic joints. Access to Parkhead is via the A71 among other routes, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. Just outside Parkhead, we also work in Longstone (1 mile south-west), Redhall (1 mile south-east), Kingsknowe (1 mile south), Chesser (1 mile north-east) and Saughton (1 mile north-west). A short drive away, we cover Leith (5 miles north-east), Bonnington (4 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles north-east), Broughton (4 miles north-east), Bellevue (4 miles north-east) and Silvermills (3 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Parkhead
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Cross Keys Tavern, Balgreen Primary School and Saughton Park, among other places. Parkhead has its own railway station: Kingsknowe station. Other landmarks nearby include War Poets Collection (1.2 miles west) and Merchiston Tower (1.8 miles east). Not far away are Craiglockhart Hill and Duddingston Loch.
Doing it in-house
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Owners, agents and contractors
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Parkhead can form part of a wider programme.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.