Dundee · Scotland
External & façade joints in Balgowan, Dundee
We cover Balgowan for sealing brickwork movement joints, render, cladding and façade joints. Old sealant removed completely, joints prepared properly.
- Hard, crazed mastic that has stopped moving
- Joints with sealant missing in places
- Rigid filler in a joint that should flex
DIY sealant or a professional job?
Sealing over old silicone is the commonest DIY error. New silicone won’t bond to old, so it lifts and traps water and mould underneath. All the old material has to come out first.
Some jobs are best left to a professional: high-level joints, fire-rated gaps, external movement joints and big jobs need the right product, the right access and the right method.
External mastic in Balgowan
Getting the depth right is half the job. Backing rod controls how deep the sealant goes and keeps it off the back of the joint, leaving it bonded to two faces so it can move with the wall. We work on concrete & block, façade panels and copings & trims, and the jobs we see most are brick movement joints where the sealant has split and weeds or debris growing in open joints.
Scotland’s cities also have plenty of modern blocks with rendered or clad walls and sealed movement joints. Around Balgowan, as anywhere, those joints dry out and crack over time, letting water behind the face of the building.
Our work is backed for twelve months, and the guarantee is the same wherever you are.
- Where
- Balgowan (DD3, DD2)
- Region
- Dundee
- Guarantee
- One year on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Keeping the joints in good condition
No joint lasts for ever, but care makes a real difference. A few tips:
- Get split or bare joints resealed while the damage is small
- Check external joints each spring
- Keep high-pressure jets off the joints
- Don’t let climbing plants root in the sealant
Follow the cure time we give you before the joint is knocked or disturbed. Most exterior sealants skin fast but take longer to cure right through.
Gaps, plants or missing sealant in a joint are worth getting looked at. Early work is quicker and leaves a better finish.
Your questions about external mastic in Balgowan
How do repairs to the shared parts of a tenement in Balgowan get organised?
Shared parts of a tenement, such as the roof and outside walls, are generally repaired with the agreement of the owners, often through a property factor. Where the title deeds are silent, the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 fills the gaps. Windows often belong to the individual flat, but it’s worth checking your deeds.
Can you help a landlord with a rental near Dundee station?
Yes, we work for letting agents and landlords. You can send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk with the address and a few details, and we’ll give you a fixed price before work begins.
Do you take out the old sealant first?
Yes. We cut out all the old sealant and clean the joint.
Why do you put foam in the joint first?
We fit closed-cell backing rod wherever the joint depth needs controlling. It sets the sealant depth and prevents three-sided bonding so the bead can stretch.
Can you quote for more than one area?
Yes. Just list everything you need and you’ll get one quote.
Which products do you use?
We choose the sealant for the joint, not the other way round. Movement, water and weather all affect the choice, and we’ll explain our choice.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, for a year. If anything isn’t right with the work within the year, let us know and we will sort it.
How long before the joint can be used?
Most sealants are touch-dry well before they’re fully cured. We’ll give you the cure time for the product we used before we leave.
Towns and villages near Balgowan
More services for Balgowan
Outside joints around Balgowan
Balgowan is close to the coast, and homes near the sea take more wind-driven rain, with salt in the air closer to the shore. Both are hard on movement joints and outside wall joints, which can dry out and crack sooner where a building faces the weather. Historic houses like Camperdown House (about 1.9 miles south-west) are a reminder that the area around Balgowan has older buildings as well as new. In older buildings, older brick and stone need a sealant that suits them, at the right joint depth.
Homes close to St Luke's Episcopal Church include some older properties, and an extension built onto an older house moves differently, and the joint between them takes the strain. If you let a flat or house near Dundee station, split movement joints are easy to miss on a rental until damp shows inside.
Balgowan is about 2 miles north-west of Dundee, in Dundee. Homes, rented property, offices and hotels in Balgowan is covered for external mastic. The work is guaranteed for a year. Across Dundee, we cover 50 places, and Balgowan is one of them.
All of DD3 and DD2 is within our area for external mastic. Streets in the area include Cloan Road, Loftus Road and Baldovan Road, and we cover them all. Nearby, we also carry out external mastic in Downfield (1 mile south), Claverhouse (1 mile east), Woodside (2 miles south-east), Dundee (2 miles south-east) and Mill of Mains (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Broughty Ferry (5 miles east), Monifieth (7 miles east), Blackness (3 miles south), Barnhill (6 miles east), Pitkerro (3 miles east) and Whitfield (3 miles east).
Around Balgowan
We work in homes and buildings around Scottish School of Contemporary Dance and Cox Branch Library. The nearest railway station is Dundee station, roughly 3 miles south. Nearby you will also find Strathmartine Castle (1.6 miles north-west) and Wellgate Centre (2.5 miles south-east). Open spaces near Balgowan include Balgay Hill and Trottick Mill Ponds.
Do you need external mastic in Balgowan?
Buildings move more than people expect. Brickwork grows a little over the years, blockwork and concrete shrink, and all of it moves with heat and moisture. All of that ends up in the joint sealant.
These are the problems we’re asked about most:
- Water getting into walls through failed joints
- Weeds or debris growing in open joints
- Sealant pulling away from one side of the joint
- Movement joints with cracked, split or missing sealant
Managing a site like Baldragon Academy? Then movement joints, cladding joints and gutters on larger buildings need the same care as a house’s.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether all the old sealant comes out first
- How long the guarantee is
- When the joint can take water or movement
How it works
There is not much for you to do on the day. Point us to the joints and we will get on with it. The job generally takes a few hours for a handful of joints, longer for a whole elevation. For a tenement in Balgowan, work inside your flat is between us and you, while shared parts may need the factor or neighbours to agree. Tell us which applies when you book.
- Each joint is checked and the colour of the new sealant agreed.
- We take out the old sealant until the faces are sound.
- Backing rod goes in so the sealant can stretch between the two faces.
- Primer is applied wherever the sealant needs it.
- We gun in low-modulus sealant and tool it neatly.
Getting ready for the visit
- On commercial sites, let us know about site rules
- Plan for the work area to be out of bounds to pets and children
- Tell us about any water getting in
Ask for a quote
We quote each job on its own, so the first step is telling us about yours. Simply drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and describe the job, and pictures are welcome.
Advice
What we can’t put right
To be straight with you, some problems need a different trade:
- Rising or penetrating damp from elsewhere in the wall
- Render that is blown, hollow or coming away
- Cutting new joints into brickwork, which is building work rather than sealant work
If in doubt, send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work in Balgowan
- Brickwork movement joints
- Render & cladding joints
- Joints between brick and frames
- Façade panels
- Concrete & block
- Copings & trims
Why it’s worth doing now in Balgowan
An open joint keeps letting water into the wall with every downpour. In cold weather, frost can damage wet brick and render around the joint, so the problem grows beyond the joint itself. Wind-driven rain gets into any failed joint on the outside of a city building, and in a tall building in Balgowan, damp can travel a long way before it shows.
A few things move the cost up or down: how much old sealant there is and how stubborn it is, any mould to treat, and whether we need extra access for height. We take all of that into account in your quote.
Why book with us
- Colour picked to suit the job
- You choose the colour before work begins
- Over 20 years’ experience
- A 12-month guarantee on all work
Landlord and commercial work in Balgowan
We work for landlords and agents as well as householders. Sealant work between tenants is a simple way to keep a property in good order before the next move-in.
In hotels, rooms out of use cost money, so we plan the work room by room around your bookings where we can. Hotel work is part of what we do, alongside homes and businesses.