Mastic sealing for building owners and managing agents in The Grange, Edinburgh
Mastic sealing for building owners, managing agents and housing associations in The Grange. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Draught complaints from residents or tenants
- Water getting in round frames after rain
- Mastic failing across several blocks on an estate
Need mastic sealing in The Grange?
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Mastic sealing in The Grange: the local picture
The Grange is within about 3 miles of the coast. On buildings near the shore, the side facing the weather typically needs its mastic renewed first. The 2 miles around The Grange include four care or nursing homes. Care home owners need frame and external mastic kept sound without unsettling residents.
Owners of student blocks near University of Edinburgh, 0.6 miles north of The Grange, can schedule frame and external mastic for the summer vacation. For agents with blocks near Edinburgh Waverley station (1.2 miles north of The Grange), a block-wide mastic programme deals with frames, balconies and entrances in one go. Site managers at schools like Sciennes Primary School can fit frame mastic into the summer works.
The Grange is about 1 mile south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Commercial clients in The Grange use us for work on mastic joints. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, The Grange among them.
Postcode districts covered here: EH9, EH8 and EH3 for mastic joints. If your site is on Lauder Road, Meadow Lane and Grange Road or close by, send details and we will quote for mastic joints. With the A700 nearby, The Grange is easy to get to with materials and equipment. Nearby places we also cover include Burgh Muir (1 mile south-east), Sciennes (1 mile north), Marchmont (1 mile north-west), Newington (1 mile east) and St Leonard's (1 mile north-east). A short drive away, we cover Leith (3 miles north), North Leith (3 miles north), Queensferry (9 miles north-west), Timber Bush (3 miles north), South Portobello (3 miles east) and Southhouse (3 miles south-east).
Around The Grange
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to National Museums Scotland Library, St Crispin's School and 15-16 Argyle Place pub. Other local landmarks include The Meadows (0.5 miles north-west) and James Gillespie's High School (0.5 miles west). For rail, the closest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, roughly 1.2 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Merchiston Tower (1 mile west) and Morita Museum of Fine Art (0.6 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Salisbury Crags and The New Leaf Co-op.
How we handle mastic sealing in The Grange
On a residential block, the work happens around people’s lives. The sequence, the areas and the dates are settled with you, giving you what you need to notify residents. Entrances and stairwells are kept in use while we work. We work on shopfronts below residential blocks, external wall and movement joints and communal entrances and stairwells, and what we’re called in for most is brittle perimeter mastic across a building and occupiers reporting cold air round windows. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in The Grange from the first photographs to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Scotland’s city blocks are largely sandstone or, in Aberdeen, granite, and replacement windows set into those walls need a perimeter sealant that won’t mark the stone.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Location
- The Grange (EH9, EH8, EH3)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What the job involves on each surface
Tenement and older buildings
Older buildings, including Scotland’s sandstone tenements, have their own joint details. We look at the substrate before choosing a sealant.
Estate-wide resealing programmes
Consistent products and colours across an estate make future maintenance simpler.
Cost factors for mastic joints
We price every job individually. The things that drive the figure:
- Which sealant the job calls for
- The size and state of each joint
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- The site’s rules and procedures
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
What we need to price the job
We can often quote from photos and a few details. It helps to include:
- Your programme or deadline
- The site address and postcode
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
FAQs: The Grange
Can work in a care setting near The Grange go ahead while residents are there?
Yes. We work around residents’ routines, a room or two at a time. Tell us about any infection-control or safeguarding requirements and we’ll work to them.
We manage a building near Edinburgh Waverley station. Can you help?
Yes. Managing agents, landlords, property factors and housing associations are who this service is for. Give us the building’s details and say how residents are notified, and we will quote and plan to suit.
How long before the joints can be used?
That comes down to the sealant and the temperature. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, so we’ll confirm the curing time on the day.
What paperwork can you provide?
Let us know your requirements: tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm with the quote. We hold CHAS accreditation and Constructionline membership.
Which sealant will you use?
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.
How long do sealant joints last?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, because life depends on how much the joint moves, how exposed it is and how it’s cleaned and used. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
Do you do block-wide mastic programmes?
Block-wide and estate programmes are common. The quote can be split however suits your budgeting.
Also near The Grange
What else we do in The Grange
Maintenance after handover
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. In particular:
- Keep bins and bikes away from communal door frames
- Check sealant joints during planned building inspections
- Mention RAMS, insurance or CSCS requirements up front
- Share the asbestos register when you send details
Keep bins, bikes and deliveries away from low-level joints where you can. Damage at low level is the most common reason communal joints fail early.
Planned resealing is easier to budget than emergency repairs. We can quote buildings in priority order and work down the list.
From enquiry to sign-off
On arrival, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before any cutting starts, and the work typically takes anything from a day to a few weeks, depending on the number of buildings and joints. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- We check the asbestos register for older buildings and look at the joints.
- The products and programme are set out in a fixed quote.
- Failed mastic is removed completely.
- Joint faces are cleaned, backed and resealed.
- We finish each building before moving to the next.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Getting a fixed quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Advice
Work for main contractors and building owners
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we’re straightforward to vet for your supplier list. We’re fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
What happens if it’s left?
A bead run over old mastic can look like a repair. It doesn’t bond and typically fails within a short time. Full removal and proper preparation is what lasts. Scottish city buildings take plenty of rain, so a split or hardened joint lets water into the wall. Resealing promptly protects the stone and the interior.
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.
What you get with us
- A range of standard colours, depending on the product
- Colours confirmed for the specified product
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Colours chosen to suit frames, cladding or finishes where possible
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.