Mastic Sealing in Stenhouse
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in Stenhouse. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Old repairs sealed over failed mastic
- Movement joints with sealant missing
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
Mastic sealing across Stenhouse
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Our process
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. For premises in Stenhouse, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- Each block or building is walked and the failed joints recorded with the likely cause.
- A fixed quote follows, split by block or building if that suits you.
- Dates, areas and access are agreed so residents or tenants can be told in advance.
- Old sealant is stripped and each face prepared back to firm material.
- Deep joints get backing rod, faces are primed if the manufacturer specifies it, then the joint is sealed and tooled.
- Finished joints are looked over and the 12-month guarantee confirmed.
What we need from you
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Ask for a quote
For a fixed quote, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over. Our quote form is another easy route.
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About our mastic sealing in Stenhouse
Our clients include managing agents, property factors in Scotland, housing associations and landlords with block or commercial portfolios. Many prefer a planned programme to one-off visits and we quote and schedule each building in turn. We work on window and door perimeters on blocks, balcony and threshold joints and external wall and movement joints, and what we are called in for most is communal area joints that look neglected and old repairs sealed over failed mastic. Whoever orders the work in Stenhouse, the brief is typically the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Tenements are a large part of the housing in Scotland’s cities, and shared repairs often go through a property factor. Shared-part mastic work is typically agreed by the owners, often through the factor, and can cover a whole close or block.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Where
- Stenhouse (EH11, EH12, EH14)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
When it isn’t the sealant
Being straight saves everyone time. New sealant won’t cure:
- Failed window or door frames, which need a window contractor
- Roof leaks, gutters or failed flashings that aren’t sealant joints
- Asbestos-containing sealant, which we don’t remove
If you’re not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work in Stenhouse
- Communal kitchens and washrooms
- Balcony and threshold joints
- External wall and movement joints
- Shopfronts below residential blocks
- Communal entrances and stairwells
- Window and door perimeters on blocks
Stenhouse: questions and answers
Can you quote for a block close to Slateford station?
Yes. Managing agents, landlords, property factors and housing associations are who this service is for. Send the address, photographs of the elevations and your access arrangements, and we’ll give a fixed quote.
Our building in Stenhouse is near the coast: does that change the sealant?
It can, yes: buildings near the sea take more wind-driven rain, and salt in the air nearer the shore. That puts more weight on product choice, primers where the manufacturer specifies them, and correct joint sizing.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it.
Can you plan resealing across several buildings?
Block-wide and estate programmes are common. The quote can be split however suits your budgeting.
Can you take on resealing for a block portfolio?
Yes, that’s exactly who this service is for. Buildings are scheduled in turn so you can plan around it.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Internal work is far less affected.
What else we do in Stenhouse
When to bring in a specialist
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
Commercial clients in Stenhouse
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
What the job involves on each surface
Estate-wide resealing programmes
Using the same products throughout keeps the estate consistent and easier to manage.
Window and door perimeters on blocks
Window and door perimeters are where most mastic failure shows. We remove the failed mastic, prepare the faces, add backing rod if the joint is deep and reseal.
Planned mastic for Stenhouse portfolios
The sea is no more than about 3 miles from Stenhouse. For owners and agents with buildings near the sea, exposed elevations are where frame mastic fails first. Stenhouse has nine care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. For owners and operators of care buildings, window perimeters and external joints are best renewed in planned phases around residents.
Student blocks close to universities like Edinburgh Napier University, 0.6 miles south-east of Stenhouse, are easiest to work on between tenancies. Landlords with units on estates such as Edinburgh West Retail Park, 0.6 miles to the south-east of Stenhouse, can bring frame, door and external mastic across several units into one programme.
Stenhouse is about 2 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover Stenhouse and the rest of Edinburgh, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including Stenhouse.
Postcode districts covered here: EH11, EH12 and EH14 for mastic joints. Among the streets we cover are Ford's Road, Elfin Square and Whitson Road. Stenhouse sits on or close to the A71, useful when we plan access and materials. Just outside Stenhouse, we also work in Saughton (1 mile south-west), Carrick Knowe (1 mile north-west), Chesser (1 mile south-east), Parkhead (1 mile south) and Longstone (1 mile south). Nearby towns on our patch include Leith (5 miles north-east), Bonnington (4 miles north-east), Greenside (3 miles north-east), Broughton (3 miles north-east), Bellevue (3 miles north-east) and Silvermills (3 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Stenhouse
Around Stenhouse, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Cross Keys Tavern, Gabrielle Keiller Library and Scotus Academy, among other places. Nearby too are Merchiston Castle School (1.4 miles south) and Saughton Park (under half a mile east). The closest station to Stenhouse is Slateford station, about 0.8 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Corstorphine Hospital (0.8 miles north-west) and Craigcrook Castle (1.6 miles north). For a walk, there’s Craiglockhart Hill and Dunsapie Loch.
Common problems we fix in Stenhouse
The edges of the material itself sometimes break away for instance where render or brick edges crumble. If the edges are unsound, we say so before quoting the sealing.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Leaks at window and door perimeters
- Damaged joints in communal entrances and corridors
- Window mastic that has split and shrunk
- Movement joints with sealant missing
If you look after a block within reach of Slateford station, which lies south-east of Stenhouse, frame and balcony mastic can be renewed on one programme.
Before you book anyone
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- How they handle RAMS and site documents