Piershill mastic sealing
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Piershill and across Edinburgh. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
Mastic sealing in Piershill
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
How we handle mastic sealing in Piershill
We diagnose before we prescribe: what has failed, what caused it and whether new sealant will actually solve it. Failed mastic is stripped, the faces taken back to sound material, primed where the manufacturer specifies and resealed and backing rod used wherever a joint is deep. The enquiries we see most involve occupiers reporting cold air round windows and a mix of products and colours from past repairs, on communal entrances and stairwells, external wall and movement joints and shopfronts below residential blocks. Whoever orders the work in Piershill, the brief is normally the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
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.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Place
- Piershill (EH7, EH8, EH15)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Why act early in Piershill
Looking at mastic during planned maintenance costs little. Waiting until leaks appear means working under pressure and less choice about when. Failed sealant in a shared building in Piershill can affect more than one owner, which makes early repair simpler for everyone. Acting early avoids disputes and bigger repairs.
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote when you are ready.
Why us?
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- RAL and finish matching where the product range allows
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Constructionline member
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations.
On site: what to expect
When we get to site, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, with the work itself typically taking one or more days per building, depending on the joint lengths and the access. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we’ll work to them.
- We inspect the joints, building by building, and record what has failed and why.
- We send a fixed quote that sets out the joints, the products and the programme.
- Dates, areas and access are agreed so residents or tenants can be told in advance.
- Failed mastic is removed and the faces taken back to sound, dry material.
- Deep joints get backing rod, faces are primed if the manufacturer specifies it, then the joint is sealed and tooled.
- Each building is checked on completion and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Request a quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
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Signs you need mastic sealing in Piershill
Topping up old mastic is a common shortcut. New sealant won’t grip failed sealant and the repair soon fails.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Patchy repairs in mismatched sealant
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Communal area joints that look neglected
Student accommodation around universities such as University of Edinburgh - Holyrood Campus (1.4 miles west of Piershill) is usually managed block by block, which suits a planned mastic programme.
Questions to ask before you book
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
What sets the cost
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we look at:
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Location, for remote and island sites
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Before you send an enquiry
There’s no need for a formal survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- The site address and postcode
- When you need the work done
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Blocks and managed buildings in Piershill
Piershill is within about 2 miles of the coast. Blocks and commercial buildings facing the sea take the most weather on their window perimeters and external joints; plan inspections around that. Piershill is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Cold mornings still limit when outside mastic can go on. We plan block programmes with some give for it
Trustees of buildings like Willowbrae Parish Church can bring frame and external mastic into a planned maintenance list. Buildings close to stations like Edinburgh Waverley station (to the west of Piershill) are often flats over shops, with frame mastic to keep sound.
Piershill is about 3 miles east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We send applicators to Piershill for mastic joints, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, Piershill among them.
If you need mastic sealing in EH7, EH8 and EH15, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Loaning Road, Abercorn Road and Loganlea Road. Piershill sits on or close to the A1140, useful when we plan access and materials. If your building is just outside Piershill, we cover Jock's Lodge (1 mile west), Willowbrae (1 mile south-west), Restalrig (1 mile north-west), Mountcastle (1 mile south-east) and Craigentinny (1 mile north-east). Further afield, our area takes in Edinburgh (3 miles west), West End (3 miles west), Stockbridge (3 miles west), West Coates (3 miles west), Merchiston (3 miles south-west) and Queensferry (10 miles west).
Landmarks near Piershill
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Duddingston Kirk, Lochend Park and Public House, among other places. Other local landmarks include Portobello Library (1.1 miles east) and Mannafields Christian School (1.1 miles west). The nearest railway station is Edinburgh Waverley station, roughly 1.8 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Hibernian Football Club Museum (1 mile north-west) and Craigmillar Castle (2 miles south). For a walk, there’s The New Leaf Co-op and Whinny Hill.
Questions we’re asked in Piershill
Our building in Piershill is near the coast: does that change the sealant?
It can. Coastal exposure works external joints harder than inland weather. We check the specified product suits the exposure and pay close attention to preparation.
Can work in a care setting near Piershill go ahead while residents are there?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. Tell us about any infection-control or safeguarding requirements and we will work to them.
Do you guarantee the mastic work?
Our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee, backed by public liability insurance.
Can you reseal a whole block or estate?
We can. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn, and the programme can start with the worst.
Do you work for managing agents and housing associations?
Yes, block and estate work is a core part of what we do. Buildings are scheduled in turn so you can plan around it.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
How long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, but the work usually takes one or more days per building, depending on the joint lengths and the access. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Doing it in-house
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
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What the job involves on each surface
Tenement and older buildings
Natural stone can be marked by the wrong sealant, so we pick a grade that won’t mark it.
External movement joints
External movement joints take up expansion and contraction. Once that sealant goes, rain can reach the wall.