Reiss mastic sealing
Commercial sealant work in Reiss for contractors, FMs and building owners: mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations, with a fixed quote first.
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
- Draughts at frames across a block
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
Need mastic sealing in Reiss?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Why deal with it now?
Sealing over failed mastic looks tidy for a while. It won’t grip the old sealant and soon comes away. Cutting out and resealing properly does it once. For buildings near Reiss, dealing with all the failing joints at once saves return trips. Photos of each area help us quote the whole job.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Why us?
- Colour agreed before work starts
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Failed material removed, not covered up
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in Reiss
We diagnose before we prescribe: which joints have failed, why, and whether sealant is the right answer. Old mastic is removed entirely, the faces prepared, primer used where the maker specifies it and new sealant tooled in and backing rod used wherever a joint is deep. Site teams most often ask us about draughts at frames across a block and no planned programme for sealant, on external wall and movement joints, communal entrances and stairwells and shopfronts below residential blocks. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Reiss it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
In smaller Scottish places like Reiss, managed property is mostly small blocks, sheltered housing, hotels and community buildings. Frames on exposed elevations are where mastic normally fails first.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Location
- Reiss (KW1)
- Region
- Highland
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
On site: what to expect
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. We sign and contain the area we are in, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. Where we can, we combine work around Reiss with other jobs nearby, to make the most of each trip. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- The quote is fixed and split as suits you.
- We agree the programme and dates with you.
- Old mastic is removed and the joint faces prepared.
- Joints are resealed and tooled.
- Each building is checked and signed off with the 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Flag any permit to work we will need
Ask for a quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we will put a fixed quote together. To get it moving, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
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Common problems we fix in Reiss
The edges of the material itself sometimes break away, such as crumbling render, brick arrises or frame edges. If the edges are unsound, we say so before quoting the sealing.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
If you own or manage units on a site such as Lochshell Business Park, 2 miles south-east of Reiss, failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit.
Questions to ask before you book
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Proof of insurance
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
Common questions from Reiss clients
Do you cover business parks and estates near Reiss, such as Lochshell Business Park?
Yes. Our area takes in Reiss and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Lochshell Business Park included. To start, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do you work for managing agents with blocks near Wick station?
Yes, we work for agents, landlords and housing associations with blocks of every size. We work to your notice and access arrangements.
Do you guarantee the mastic work?
A 12-month guarantee covers our work. It covers our workmanship, not later building movement, damage or frame failures.
Do you check for asbestos in old sealant?
In older buildings, old mastic can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register or survey before disturbing it, and if it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested.
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.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we’ll price the work to it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
When is resealing likely to be due?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Quoting for work in Reiss
We price every job individually. The main factors are:
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Access and working height
- Working within restricted access windows
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. Call for a quote.
Sending details for a quote
The more we know, the firmer the quote. When you get in touch, include:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- The site address and postcode
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- The product your specification calls for
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 drawings and photos.
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What the job involves on each surface
Communal areas
Communal entrances, stairwells and corridors have joints at door frames, screens, skirting and floor edges. Fresh joints make shared areas look looked after.
Planned maintenance
Resealing can be scheduled alongside other planned works, building by building.
Should maintenance staff do it?
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint.
Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Mastic sealing in Reiss: the local picture
Reiss sits close to the coast, within about 2 miles. Sea-facing elevations take driven rain and salt, and their mastic shows it before the sheltered sides do, and they deserve more regular inspection. Reiss is on Scotland’s drier eastern side. Cold mornings still limit when outside mastic can go on.
Blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings often cluster around stations such as Wick station (to the south-east of Reiss) and their window and balcony mastic tends to age at the same rate across a building.
Reiss is about 16 miles south-east of Thurso, in Highland. We cover Reiss and the rest of Highland, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Reiss is one of 256 places we cover in Highland.
Commercial sites across KW1 are covered. Streets here include Nordwall Park and Plover Place. You will find Reiss on or near the A99. Close to Reiss, our area also takes in Ackergillshore (2 miles east), Haster (2 miles south), Wick (3 miles south-east), Staxigoe (4 miles south-east) and Whiterow (4 miles south-east). For island and remote sites, travel and materials need planning ahead.
Landmarks near Reiss
The nearest railway station is Wick station, about 3 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Castle Sinclair Girnigoe (2.9 miles east) and Caithness General Hospital (3.1 miles south-east). The countryside around Reiss includes Loch of Killimster.