Southhouse mastic sealing
Sealant work in Southhouse for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations, with a fixed quote first.
- No planned programme for sealant
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
Mastic sealing across Southhouse
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle mastic sealing in Southhouse
Owners and agents normally inherit a building’s mastic rather than choose it, and it ages quietly: window perimeters, door frames, external joints and communal junctions all rely on it. When it hardens, splits or pulls away, water and draughts follow, and occupiers start reporting it. If you have open joints in brickwork or panels and brittle perimeter mastic across a building, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Most enquiries from Southhouse 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.
Sandstone tenements in most Scottish cities, and granite in Aberdeen, need mastic that suits the stone, and replacement windows set into those walls need a perimeter sealant that won’t mark the stone.
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
- Southhouse (EH17, EH16)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Building owners, agents and FMs in Southhouse
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Blocks and managed buildings in Southhouse
Two care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Southhouse. For owners and operators of care buildings, window perimeters and external joints are best renewed in planned phases around residents. Southhouse is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Frost and condensation on winter mornings can still delay outside mastic.
If you look after a block within reach of Shawfair station, 2.8 miles north-east of Southhouse, frame and balcony mastic can be renewed on one programme. Landlords with units on estates such as Eldin Industrial Estate, 1 mile to the south-east of Southhouse, can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme.
Southhouse is about 4 miles south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Across the EH17 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, from busy centres to rural villages.
Work on mastic joints is covered throughout EH17 and EH16, for business premises of every kind. Among the streets we cover are Tor Lane, Soutra Road and Mansion Lane. Just outside Southhouse, we also work in Gracemount (1 mile north), Kaimes (1 mile west), Howden Hall (1 mile north-west), Alnwickhill (1 mile north-west) and Ellen's Glen (1 mile north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (4 miles north-west), Leith (6 miles north), Bonnington (5 miles north), Greenside (4 miles north), Broughton (4 miles north) and Bellevue (4 miles north).
What’s near Southhouse
Around Southhouse, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Drum Park and Liberton Parish Church. The nearest railway station is Shawfair station, about 2.8 miles north-east. Nearby you will also find Liberton Hospital (0.6 miles north) and Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (1.8 miles north). Not far away are Blackford Hill and Duddingston Loch.
Your questions answered
How is mastic work on a tenement’s shared parts in Southhouse usually organised?
Usually the owners agree it together, and a property factor often handles the arrangements. We can quote to the factor or to the owners, for a single close or a whole block.
Is Eldin Industrial Estate, near Southhouse, within your area?
Yes, sites like Eldin Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Southhouse. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
Is asbestos a concern with old mastic?
We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials. If old sealant is suspected, work stops until it’s tested, and the duty to manage asbestos sits with the dutyholder.
What do you charge?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. For yours, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
When can the area be used after sealing?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
Will you quote for a small job?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
How long do sealant joints 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.
Also near Southhouse
What else we do in Southhouse
Different surfaces, different methods
Planned maintenance
How long mastic lasts depends on exposure, movement and the product used. Inspecting joints regularly keeps programmes on track.
Tenement and older buildings
Traditional buildings have joints that need a careful approach. We look at the substrate before choosing a sealant.
When to bring in a specialist
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, 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.
Our process
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- We check the asbestos register for older buildings and look at the joints.
- The products and programme are set out in a fixed quote.
- We strip out the old sealant.
- Joint faces are cleaned, backed and resealed.
- We finish each building before moving to the next.
Getting the site ready
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Point out any areas we must not close
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the site address and an outline of the work. Our quote form is another easy route.
Related advice
What affects the price in Southhouse
What shapes the price:
- Distance, for remote addresses
- How much existing material needs removing
- The size and state of each joint
- Which sealant the job calls for
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Sending details for a quote
However big the job, the same details help:
- Specification clauses that apply
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
When to call us in Southhouse
Occasionally the substrate fails, not the sealant for example where render or brick edges crumble. If the edges are unsound, we say so before quoting the sealing.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- No planned programme for sealant
- Brittle perimeter mastic across a building
If your remit includes a building such as Gracemount High School, frame and door mastic can be programmed for the holidays.
Before you book anyone
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- The named product and why it was chosen