Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Roxburgh, Scottish Borders
Looking for mastic sealing in Roxburgh? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Damp patches beside frames
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Draughts at frames across a block
Mastic sealing for Roxburgh sites
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
What happens if it’s left?
Mixed repairs by different contractors leave a patchwork of products and colours. A block-wide reseal gives one product, one colour and one guarantee and one 12-month guarantee. Renewing every failing joint on one visit is the sensible approach for a place like Roxburgh. Send photos and we’ll quote for everything together.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Why appoint us
- One contact handling all your sites
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- A fixed quote before work starts
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
About our mastic sealing in Roxburgh
Mastic Doctor has sealed joints on commercial and residential blocks since 2005. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and the work is backed by public liability insurance. Resealed mastic joints in Roxburgh carry our 12-month guarantee. Site teams most often ask us about damp patches beside frames and a mix of products and colours from past repairs, across balcony and threshold joints, communal kitchens and washrooms and external wall and movement joints. Most enquiries from Roxburgh start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
For buildings around Roxburgh, we group the work to keep travel and visits down. Send addresses and photos for a quote covering the batch.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Location
- Roxburgh (TD5)
- Wider area
- Scottish Borders
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
Before we leave any area, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Roxburgh is planned so the job is finished in one visit where possible, which is why we ask for photos and a full list first. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- We check the asbestos register for older buildings and look at the joints.
- A fixed quote covers the joints, products and order of work.
- We strip out the old sealant.
- Joint faces are cleaned, backed and resealed.
- Buildings are completed in turn.
Getting the site ready
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Quotes
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over to discuss it first.
Related advice
Also in Roxburgh
Do you need mastic sealing in Roxburgh?
The edges of the material itself sometimes break away, such as crumbling render, brick arrises or frame edges. We will tell you if the joint edges need repairing before resealing.
Look out for the following:
- Damp patches beside frames
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
- No planned programme for sealant
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
Trustees of buildings like Roxburgh Parish Church can bring frame and external mastic into a planned maintenance list.
Before you book anyone
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
When something else is needed
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’re upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Old mastic suspected of containing asbestos, which must be tested and dealt with by a specialist first
- Leaks from above rather than through a joint
- Cracked or crumbling render, brick or stone at the joint edges (we will tell you if so)
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- External wall and movement joints
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Balcony and threshold joints
How the quote is worked out
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we look at:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- The product specified
- How much existing material needs removing
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
Details that help us quote
Good information means a firmer quote. When you get in touch, include:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- The product your specification calls for
- Access details, including height
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
How the job changes by surface
External movement joints
External movement joints take up expansion and contraction. Failed sealant in a movement joint lets water in.
Estate-wide resealing programmes
Housing associations and agents often manage many similar blocks. We quote building by building and work through them in turn.
FAQs: Roxburgh
Do you cover business parks and estates near Roxburgh, such as Spylaw Road Industrial Estate?
Yes. We cover Roxburgh and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Spylaw Road Industrial Estate. 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.
Is a smaller place like Roxburgh outside your area?
Not at all. Roxburgh is within our area. We work across every Scottish council area. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
What if the old mastic contains asbestos?
Some mastics in pre-2000 buildings contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register or survey before disturbing it and suspect material is tested first.
Can you quote from photos?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photos and measurements, and bigger or more complex jobs typically get a visit.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
Yes. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn starting wherever is most urgent.
How long will the new sealant last?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
What about access for upper-floor joints?
Every block is different. How upper joints are reached is agreed before work is booked so there are no surprises.
Frames, entrances and external joints in Roxburgh
Being in the east of Scotland, Roxburgh gets less rain than the west coast. Outside mastic still waits for dry, frost-clear conditions. We plan block programmes with some give for it
Property owners at sites such as Spylaw Road Industrial Estate (to the north-east of Roxburgh) can have mastic renewed between lettings.
Roxburgh is about 13 miles east of Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. Across the TD5 postcode area, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Roxburgh is one of 91 places we cover in the Scottish Borders for mastic joints. For work in that direction, see our Edinburgh page (39 miles or so).
We take on mastic joints across the TD5 postcode area, whatever the building. If your site is on Bowmont Court and Teviot Road or close by, we can quote for mastic joints. If your building is just outside Roxburgh, we cover Heiton (1 mile east), Kelso (3 miles north-east), Nisbet (4 miles south-west), Sprouston (4 miles north-east) and Ednam (5 miles north-east). Further afield, our area takes in Galashiels (13 miles west), Selkirk (14 miles west), Jedburgh (7 miles south-west), Duns (15 miles north), Melrose (10 miles west) and Earlston (9 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Roxburgh
Well-known places in the area include Kelso Museum And Turret Gallery (2.4 miles north-east) and Kelso Hospital (2.7 miles north-east). Not far away are Wooden Loch and Peniel Heugh.