Sciennes mastic sealing
We carry out mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Sciennes and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- The same joint failures repeated across a portfolio
- Cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
Mastic sealing near Sciennes
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Your questions answered
Can you work at a site such as Blackford Business Park, by Sciennes?
Yes. Our area takes in Sciennes and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Blackford Business Park included. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
Will you take on a block within reach of Edinburgh Waverley station?
Yes, and several blocks can go on one quote. Give us the building’s details and say how residents are notified, and we’ll quote and plan to suit.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
We can. Each building is inspected, quoted and scheduled in turn starting wherever is most urgent.
Do you guarantee the mastic work?
Every building we reseal has a 12-month guarantee. It applies to our workmanship rather than damage or problems with the frames.
How many days will you need on site?
It depends on the scope, but the work usually takes anything from a day to a few weeks, depending on the number of buildings and joints. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we’ll give you a timescale with the quote.
How do you choose the sealant?
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.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.
Mastic sealing for commercial buildings in Sciennes
For blocks and buildings in Sciennes and across Edinburgh, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Addresses, photographs of typical joints and a rough idea of quantities let us give a quick quote or we can visit. Most enquiries involve estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out and cracked, hardened mastic round windows on a block, across external wall and movement joints, communal kitchens and washrooms and balcony and threshold joints. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Sciennes? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
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.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Place
- Sciennes (EH9, EH8, EH3)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Nearby places to Sciennes
Also in Sciennes
Looking after buildings in and around Sciennes
Sciennes is within about 3 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. Sciennes is on Scotland’s drier eastern side. Frost and condensation on winter mornings can still delay outside mastic. We plan block programmes with some give for it
For agents with blocks near Edinburgh Waverley station (0.9 miles north of Sciennes), a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go. If you’re responsible for a building such as St Catherine's Argyle Church, frame and door mastic needs the same attention as any other property.
Sciennes is about 1 mile south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. If you’re looking for mastic sealing in Sciennes, we can help. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places, large and small.
We cover the EH9, EH8 and EH3 postcode districts for mastic joints. If your site is on Lauder Road, Meadow Lane and Grange Road or close by, we can quote for mastic joints. Access to Sciennes is via the A700, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. Nearby places we also cover include The Grange (1 mile south), Marchmont (1 mile west), Newington (1 mile east), Burgh Muir (1 mile south) and Buccleuch (1 mile north) for mastic joints. Bigger towns within reach include Leith (3 miles north), North Leith (3 miles north), Queensferry (9 miles west), Timber Bush (3 miles north), South Portobello (3 miles east) and Southhouse (3 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Sciennes
We work on buildings around The Meadows, St Trinnean's School and James Gillespie's High School, among other places. You’ll also find 15-16 Argyle Place pub (under half a mile west), St Cuthbert's Church (1.1 miles north-west) and National Museums Scotland Library (0.6 miles north). Sciennes’s nearest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, roughly 0.9 miles north of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Meadows Dental Clinic (under half a mile south-west) and Edinburgh Castle (0.9 miles north-west). The countryside around Sciennes includes Dunsapie Loch and The New Leaf Co-op.
Maintenance after handover
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. Our advice:
- Reduce knocks to communal area joints
- List the paperwork your organisation requires when you send details
- Avoid piecemeal callouts where you can
- Look at the sunniest and most exposed elevations first
Protect entrance and corridor joints from knocks where possible. Damage at low level is the most common reason communal joints fail early.
Planned resealing is easier to budget than emergency repairs. A programme can start with the worst buildings and work down the list.
Signs you need mastic sealing in Sciennes
Previous repairs often sealed new mastic over old. New silicone has nothing to grip on old silicone, so these repairs rarely last.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
- Patchy repairs in mismatched sealant
Schools and community buildings such as Sciennes Primary School need frame and external mastic kept sound like any building.
What your quote should include
- Their public liability cover
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
Building owners, agents and FMs in Sciennes
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
Cost factors for mastic joints
Quotes vary with the job. It mainly depends on:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The total length or number of joints
- How accessible the joints are
- Phasing around occupants
The specified product makes a difference, and so does the preparation, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Before you send an enquiry
Good information means a firmer quote. When you get in touch, include:
- Your programme or deadline
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Specification clauses that apply
- Clear photos of the problem areas
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 send details through our quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
Our process
Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Sciennes, and we’ll plan the work to suit, phased where areas need to stay in use.
- A building-by-building inspection lists the failed joints.
- You get a fixed quote, per block or for the whole programme.
- Dates and areas are agreed so occupiers can be told.
- Failed sealant is removed and the faces prepared.
- New sealant goes in with backing rod and primer where needed.
- Each building is checked and signed off with the 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Ask for a quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Related advice
How the job changes by surface
Window and door perimeters on blocks
We normally work through a block’s windows in a planned order. How each joint is reached is agreed at quote stage.
Planned maintenance
How long mastic lasts depends on exposure, movement and the product used. Inspecting joints regularly keeps programmes on track.