Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in Sighthill, Edinburgh
Work needed on a mastic joint in Sighthill? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Open joints in brickwork or panels
Mastic sealing in Sighthill
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Quoting for work in Sighthill
Each job is priced on its own details. The main factors are:
- Working within restricted access windows
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The total length or number of joints
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
Pricing mastic joints depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, plus any specification you’re working to. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Before you send an enquiry
We can often quote from photos and a few details. It helps to include:
- Your programme or deadline
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- The postcode of the building
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
About our mastic sealing in Sighthill
Most buildings come with mastic joints nobody has looked at since handover, and it ages quietly: window perimeters, door frames, external joints and communal junctions all rely on it. Once it cracks, hardens or comes away, draughts and water find a way in, and occupiers start reporting it. Most enquiries involve failed external movement joints and window mastic that has split and shrunk, across window and door perimeters on blocks, communal entrances and stairwells and external wall and movement joints. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Sighthill it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Tenements are a large part of the housing in Scotland’s cities, and shared repairs often go through a property factor. Mastic around windows and on shared parts can be renewed across a close or a whole block, with the owners agreeing the work.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Where
- Sighthill (EH11, EH14, EH12)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
For managing agents and facilities managers
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Sighthill. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Signs you need mastic sealing in Sighthill
Many failed joints were sealed without backing rod, so the mastic is glued to the joint bottom too. It can’t stretch properly and it tears.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Worn sealant at communal door frames
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Repeated reactive repairs to the same buildings
Older buildings near Sighthill, from historic houses such as Caroline Park (4.5 miles north-east of Sighthill) to more modest stock, need compatible products when frames are resealed.
Comparing quotes
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
Sighthill: questions and answers
Who do we deal with for shared-part sealing on a tenement in Sighthill?
Work on shared parts is normally agreed by the owners, often through a property factor. Send details and photos, and we’ll quote to whoever is arranging it.
Can work in a care setting near Sighthill go ahead while residents are there?
Yes, with the manager deciding the order and timing of rooms. We follow the home’s own procedures throughout.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
It can, for external work. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Internal work is far less affected.
What will the job cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. For yours, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
How many days will you need on site?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we’re given. You will have an expected duration with the quote.
Can you send RAMS and CSCS details before starting?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Can you take on resealing for a block portfolio?
Yes, that’s exactly who this service is for. Buildings are scheduled in turn with dates agreed in advance.
Why deal with it now?
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. 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.
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
What you get with us
- Standard and matched colours in many product ranges
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- CSCS-carded applicators
See our cost guide and our accreditations.
Places near Sighthill
What else we do in Sighthill
Mastic sealing in Sighthill: the local picture
The east of Scotland, where Sighthill is, gets less rain than the west. Cold mornings still limit when outside mastic can go on. Sighthill has six care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Owners of care premises can bring window and door mastic into a phased programme planned around the home.
For agents with blocks near Wester Hailes station, 0.5 miles south of Sighthill, a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go. Landlords with units on estates such as Sighthill Shopping Centre (to the north of Sighthill) can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme.
Sighthill is about 3 miles south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Looking for mastic sealing in Sighthill? We can help, as we do across Edinburgh. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, large and small.
Work on mastic joints is covered throughout EH11, EH14 and EH12. If your site is on Calder Road, Sighthill Road and Westburn Avenue or close by, send details and we’ll quote for mastic joints. Just outside Sighthill, we also work in Wester Hailes (1 mile south-east), The Calders (1 mile south-west), Broomhouse (1 mile north-east), Baberton (1 mile south) and Clovenstone (1 mile south-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (3 miles north-east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (5 miles north-east), Greenside (5 miles north-east), Broughton (5 miles north-east) and Bellevue (4 miles north-east).
Near you in Sighthill
Recent enquiries here include premises near Merchiston Castle School and Saughton Park and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Wester Hailes station, about 0.5 miles south. A little further out are The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.6 miles north-west) and War Poets Collection (under half a mile north-west). Not far away are Craiglockhart Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
How a job runs
Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. Once we are cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. City jobs in Sighthill usually need parking and loading planned. Shared closes, stairs and the property factor may need to be part of the plan.
- 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 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.
- Completed joints are inspected and carry a 12-month workmanship guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Get a fixed quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
Related advice
What we can’t put right
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Substrate edges that need repairing first
- Broken glass or failed sealed units
- Old mastic suspected of containing asbestos, which must be tested and dealt with by a specialist first
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- External wall and movement joints
- Balcony and threshold joints
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
- Communal kitchens and washrooms