Edinburgh · Scotland
Alnwickhill External Mastic
Sealing brickwork movement joints, render, cladding and façade joints for Alnwickhill, backed by a 12-month guarantee. Ask us for a quote.
- Damp patches traced to an open external joint
- Rigid filler in a joint that should flex
- Movement joints with cracked, split or missing sealant
Alnwickhill: your questions answered
Can you do external mastic in Alnwickhill?
Yes. We work across all of Scotland, and Alnwickhill is part of that. You can email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk and let us know what needs doing, and we will send you a clear quote.
I let a flat near Shawfair station. Can you help?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for, and several properties can be quoted together. Just email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk with the address and what needs doing, and we’ll send you a clear quote.
Can you seal over the old sealant?
No. We remove every bit of old sealant first.
Can you seal joints between two different materials?
Yes. Where different materials meet is one of the most common joints we seal. The sealant is chosen to bond to both sides.
Do I have to be there?
Access is agreed with you when the job is booked. For inside work, that normally means someone being in.
How do you reach high-level joints?
It depends on the building. Tell us the height, the number of joints and what’s below them and we’ll confirm how they can be reached safely.
How long does external mastic take?
A typical job takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on the building, including preparation and clearing up. Your quote will say how long we expect yours to take.
Will it make a mess?
Tidy work is part of the job. Nearby surfaces are protected, and we clear up when we’re done.
External mastic for homes and businesses in Alnwickhill
Ground-floor and low-level joints are straightforward to reach. Where joints are higher up, tell us about the building when you get in touch and we’ll confirm what access is needed. If you’re dealing with old sealant gone brittle and cracked and damp patches traced to an open external joint, we can put it right, on concrete & block, joints between brick and frames and brickwork movement joints alike.
Stone-built tenements in Scotland’s cities share their roof, gutters and outside walls between every flat in the building. In Alnwickhill, work on shared parts of a tenement is usually agreed between owners, often with a factor arranging it.
There’s a 12-month guarantee on every job, whatever its size.
- Location
- Alnwickhill (EH16, EH17)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on all our work
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Why act early in Alnwickhill
A failed movement joint lets water into the wall and can run behind render or cladding. Resealing early keeps the job to the joint itself, instead of the wall and finishes around it. Wind-driven rain gets into any failed joint on the outside of a city building, and in a tall building in Alnwickhill, damp can travel a long way before it shows.
Homes and businesses are quoted the same way: the amount of work, the access and the products needed, along with when we can work on site. Call for a quick quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What you get with us
- 180+ five-star Google reviews
- Quality sealants from Arbo and Everbuild
- Colour agreed with you before work begins
- White, clear, grey or another colour, product permitting
Read what affects the cost and what customers say.
What we’re called out for in Alnwickhill
Many joints fail because they were sealed too deep or with nothing behind them. If the sealant sticks to the back as well as the sides, it cannot stretch and rips as the joint opens.
People normally contact us when they notice one of these:
- Movement joints filled with mortar instead of sealant
- Failed sealant between panels on a façade
- Brick movement joints where the sealant has split
- Sealant pulling away from one side of the joint
Letting a property close to Shawfair station? Then failed wall and movement joints let damp in, so they’re worth checking between tenancies.
Questions to ask before booking
- Is VAT in the price?
- What the cure time is
- Whether all the old sealant comes out first
- How the colour is chosen
How the visit works
Before we leave, we go over the finished joints with you and tell you how long to leave it. The work normally takes a few hours to a few days, depending on the length of joint and the access, depending on how much there is to do. Parking in city streets around Alnwickhill can be tight or controlled, so it helps to know about permits or nearby bays. For flats, mention the door entry system and any shared-stair arrangements.
- First we look over the joints with you, agree which to renew and talk through access.
- Old sealant and any debris are cut and raked out.
- Both sides are cleaned back to sound material and primed if needed.
- We push in closed-cell backing rod so the sealant is the right depth and bonds to the sides only.
- A flexible exterior sealant is applied and tooled in a colour to suit the wall.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about any previous sealing or DIY attempts
- Move anything stored near the joints
- Tell us about any water getting in
Getting a quote
A good description makes for an accurate quote. Tell us where the job is, what’s wrong and how much there is, and email pictures if that is easy.
Related advice
Landlords, agents and businesses in Alnwickhill
Water getting past a failed joint can damage the building, which matters even more when someone else lives there. Resealing at the right time is simple maintenance.
We regularly work with letting and managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and the access arrangements and we will quote.
Can I do it myself?
Overfilling a joint is a classic DIY mistake. A heavy bead looks messy and copes badly with movement, and the joint depth matters as much as the finish.
If you do try it yourself, take your time over the preparation: take out all the old sealant, make sure the joint is clean and dry, and give it the full cure time. If it fails, we can still redo it.
When it isn’t the sealant
Before booking, it’s worth knowing the limits too:
- Adding movement joints to masonry that has none
- Rising or penetrating damp from elsewhere in the wall
- Cracks in the bricks or render themselves, away from the joints
If you’re not sure, just drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Where we work in Alnwickhill
- Joints between brick and frames
- Concrete & block
- Render & cladding joints
- Copings & trims
- Brickwork movement joints
- Façade panels
What external mastic looks like in Alnwickhill
Historic houses like Melville Castle (about 2.7 miles east) are a reminder that the area around Alnwickhill has older buildings as well as new. Where a home is older, older brick and stone need a sealant that suits them, at the right joint depth. Harled (roughcast) walls are common in Scotland, and where harling meets frames, pipes and other materials, the joint needs a flexible sealant that grips a rough surface.
Schools such as Gracemount High School are buildings too, and movement joints, cladding joints and gutters on larger buildings need the same care as a house’s. Melville Castle, about 2.7 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Alnwickhill, and older homes nearby need a sealant that suits their walls.
Alnwickhill is about 3 miles south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Our applicators cover external mastic for homeowners, landlords and businesses in Alnwickhill and the surrounding area. 175 places in Edinburgh are on our list.
We work across the EH16 and EH17 postcode area for external mastic and the streets around it. You will find streets such as Soutra Road, Little Road and Kedslie Road, and we cover them all. We also cover the places around Alnwickhill: Howden Hall (1 mile south-east), Kaimes (1 mile south), Gracemount (1 mile east), Mortonhall (1 mile west) and Southhouse (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Edinburgh (3 miles north-west), Leith (5 miles north), Bonnington (5 miles north), Greenside (4 miles north), Broughton (4 miles north) and Bellevue (4 miles north).
Near you in Alnwickhill
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Inch Park and Liberton Parish Church, among other places. The nearest railway station is Shawfair station, about 3.2 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Liberton Hospital (0.6 miles east) and Natural History Collections (1.3 miles north). The countryside around Alnwickhill includes The New Leaf Co-op and Blackford Hill.
Towns and villages near Alnwickhill
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Quotes for external mastic in Alnwickhill
There’s no set price list. What we look at:
- How easy the joints are to reach
- Any mould that needs treating
- The product the joint needs
- The size of the job
No two jobs are quite the same, so we quote each one individually. The number of joints, how easy they are to reach and the sealant needed all play a part.
Helping us quote
Photos help, but a description is a good start. Try to tell us:
- How we’d reach the joints
- The type of property
- What’s wrong with the joints now
- Roughly how big the job is
Asking for a quote is easy: let us know the job and the location, and roughly how big it is. A few photos by email make the job easier to understand, and we’ll come back to you with a quote.