Saughton mastic sealing
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations across Saughton, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
- Patchy repairs in mismatched sealant
Mastic sealing across Saughton
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Mastic sealing in Saughton, done properly
Blocks are lived in, so access and disruption have to be thought through. Dates, areas and the order of work are agreed with you in advance so you can let residents know what is happening. Entrances and stairwells are kept in use while we work. If you are dealing with open joints in brickwork or panels and worn sealant at communal door frames, we can put it right, on balcony and threshold joints, communal entrances and stairwells and shopfronts below residential blocks alike. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Saughton, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
In Scotland’s cities, housing associations look after blocks and estates of every age. Planned mastic programmes can renew frame and external joints block by block.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Where
- Saughton (EH11, EH14, EH12)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions about Saughton
Do you work in occupied care homes around Saughton?
Yes. We agree rooms and times with the manager and work a few areas at a time. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
Can you quote for a block close to Kingsknowe station?
Yes. Blocks of any size are within what we do. Photos of each elevation help us quote accurately.
Which sealant will you use?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
How many days will you need on site?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.
Do you work for managing agents and housing associations?
Yes. Most of our mastic sealing is for agents, factors, housing associations and portfolio landlords and work can be quoted per building or as a whole.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we will price the work to it.
What about access for upper-floor joints?
Access is discussed and agreed before the quote is fixed. Tell us the building height and any access already in place, and we will tell you how we’d approach it.
Work for main contractors and building owners
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Why deal with it now?
Replacing mastic before water gets in is a planned job. Once water has tracked in, the repair list grows, and the complaints come with it. 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 often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why clients in Saughton choose us
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- CHAS accredited
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
Take a look at our cost guide and how we’re accredited.
Also near Saughton
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Do you need mastic sealing in Saughton?
Communal entrances and corridors see a lot of wear, with joints near the floor and around doors suffering most. Cleaning products add to the wear.
Clients typically get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Draughts at frames across a block
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- Complaints coming in block by block
Trustees of buildings like St Salvador's Episcopal Church can bring frame and external mastic into a planned maintenance list.
What to look for in a quote
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
Our process
In a busy building, the work is phased so only one area is out of use at a time. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed, then handed back before the next one starts. For premises in Saughton, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- First we look at the mastic on each building and note what needs replacing.
- A fixed quote follows, split by block or building if that suits you.
- The sequence and the dates are fixed with you, giving you what you need to notify occupiers.
- We remove the old mastic completely and clean the joint faces back.
- Backing rod and primer go in where the joint and the product need them, then new sealant is applied and tooled.
- Finished joints are looked over and the 12-month guarantee confirmed.
Preparing the site
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Point out any areas we must not close
Getting a fixed quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
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When to bring in a specialist
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, 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.
Different surfaces, different methods
Planned maintenance
We can work into your cyclical maintenance plan on a timetable you set.
Estate-wide resealing programmes
An estate of similar buildings suits a rolling programme. We quote building by building and work through them in turn.
Frames, entrances and external joints in Saughton
There are 10 care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Saughton. For owners and operators of care buildings, window perimeters and external joints are best renewed in planned phases around residents. Saughton is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Outside mastic still waits for dry, frost-clear conditions.
Student accommodation around universities such as Edinburgh Napier University (0.7 miles south-east of Saughton) is normally managed block by block, which suits a planned mastic programme. If you own or manage units on a site such as Hailes Park Industrial Estate, 0.6 miles south of Saughton, failed mastic on frames, door surrounds and external joints can be dealt with unit by unit.
Saughton is about 3 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Any commercial site in Saughton is covered, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places.
Anyone looking for mastic sealing in EH11, EH14 and EH12 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are Saughton Road, Longstone Road and Stenhouse Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Main routes into Saughton include the A71, useful when we plan access and materials. Close to Saughton, our area also takes in Stenhouse (1 mile north-east), Carrick Knowe (1 mile north), Broomhouse (1 mile west), Parkhead (1 mile south-east) and Longstone (1 mile south-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (3 miles east), Leith (5 miles north-east), Bonnington (4 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles north-east), Broughton (4 miles north-east) and Bellevue (4 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Saughton
Around Saughton, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Merchiston Castle School, Saughton Park and Cross Keys Tavern and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Kingsknowe station, roughly 0.7 miles south. Nearby you’ll also find The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.9 miles west) and Corstorphine Hospital (1 mile north). Green spaces nearby include The New Leaf Co-op and Dunsapie Loch.