Selkirk mastic sealing
We carry out mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Selkirk. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
Mastic sealing for Selkirk sites
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
General trades versus a specialist
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.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Mastic sealing in Selkirk
Our clients include managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios. A planned, building-by-building programme often works better than reacting to each complaint, with each block quoted and scheduled in turn. We work on communal entrances and stairwells, balcony and threshold joints and window and door perimeters on blocks, and what we are called in for most is open joints in brickwork or panels and occupiers reporting cold air round windows. Most enquiries from Selkirk start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
In smaller Scottish places like Selkirk, managed property is mostly small blocks, sheltered housing, hotels and community buildings. Exposed walls take Scottish weather hard, and frame mastic shows it first.
Work we carry out in the Scottish Borders comes with a 12-month guarantee. If an installation problem shows up, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will arrange a return visit.
- Location
- Selkirk (TD7)
- Wider area
- Scottish Borders
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Places near Selkirk
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What sets the cost
These are the things that shape the price:
- The total length or number of joints
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- The size and state of each joint
Cost follows what’s involved: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote.
Before you send an enquiry
Good information means a firmer quote. Helpful details to send:
- Your programme or deadline
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
When to call us in Selkirk
Many failed joints were sealed without backing rod so the mastic is bonded on three sides. That three-sided adhesion stops it stretching and it tears.
Clients usually get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Occupiers reporting cold air round windows
- No planned programme for sealant
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Estate-wide sealant that is simply worn out
Churches, halls and community buildings such as Church Of Our Lady And St Joseph are looked after by trustees and committees like any other owner, and their frames, doors and external joints need mastic renewed in time.
What to look for in a quote
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
Leave it or put it right?
Open external joints let water into walls and around frames. That can lead to damp, staining and damage to finishes and those cost far more to put right. Around smaller places like Selkirk, halls, stores and seasonal buildings may not be checked often, so a failed joint has time to cause damage. Early resealing prevents it.
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.
What you get with us
- Matching to RAL references, product permitting
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.
Your questions answered
Do you take on block-wide or estate-wide mastic work in Selkirk?
Yes. Planned programmes across a building, block or estate are a core part of this service. Send the addresses and photos and we will give a fixed quote.
Is a smaller place like Selkirk outside your area?
Not at all. Selkirk is within our area. We cover the whole of Scotland. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
Do you check for asbestos in old sealant?
In older buildings, old mastic can contain asbestos. We ask for the asbestos register or survey before work starts, and if it’s suspected, work stops until it’s tested.
Can people stay in the building while you reseal?
We plan around people living or working in the building. Dates and areas are agreed with you so residents or tenants can be told, and entrances stay in use.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it.
Do you work with property factors and landlords?
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.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.
Work for main contractors and building owners
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We’re fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Selkirk can sit alongside others in a wider programme across the Scottish Borders.
Planned mastic for Selkirk portfolios
The east of Scotland, where Selkirk is, gets less rain than the west. External mastic still needs a dry joint and the right temperature, and winter mornings can be frosty. We plan block programmes with some give for it
Buildings close to stations like Galashiels station (to the north of Selkirk) are often flats over shops, with frame mastic to keep sound. Schools and community buildings such as Selkirk High School need frame and external mastic kept sound like any building.
Selkirk is about 5 miles south of Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. We send applicators to Selkirk for mastic joints. Our the Scottish Borders coverage takes in 91 places, large and small. Our Edinburgh page has more on work in that area (31 miles or so).
We take on mastic joints across the TD7 postcode area. Streets here include High Street, Market Place and Station Road. With the A7 and A707 nearby, Selkirk is straightforward for us to reach. Sites close to Selkirk are covered too, including Boleside (3 miles north-east), Midlem (4 miles east), Broadmeadows (4 miles west), Ashkirk (4 miles south) and Yarrowford (4 miles west). A short drive away, we cover Galashiels (5 miles north), Hawick (9 miles south), Peebles (15 miles north-west), Jedburgh (12 miles south-east), Wilton (9 miles south) and Innerleithen (10 miles north-west). Among the larger centres in the Scottish Borders is Selkirk, and its commercial and public buildings are all within our area.
What’s near Selkirk
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Town Arms Inn. Selkirk’s nearest station is Galashiels station, about 5 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Borders General Hospital (5 miles north-east) and Peel Hill (under half a mile south). The countryside around Selkirk includes Hare and Dunhog Mosses and Haining Loch.
Our process
At the end of each section, 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. For work around Selkirk, we aim for one trip, so photographs, sizes and a full list matter. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- We inspect the joints, building by building, and record what has failed and why.
- A fixed quote follows, split by block or building if that suits you.
- The programme is fixed with you, including dates you can pass on to residents or tenants.
- Old sealant is stripped and each face prepared back to firm material.
- Backing rod and primer go in as the joint requires, then the new bead is placed and tooled.
- Finished joints are looked over and the 12-month guarantee confirmed.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Getting a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.