Shetland Islands · Scotland
Easter Skeld External Mastic
External mastic across Easter Skeld and nearby, with every bit of old sealant taken out first and a one-year guarantee.
- Joints with sealant missing in places
- Failed seals between different materials
- Panel joints letting water in
What affects the quote in Easter Skeld
Your quote is based on your job. We take into account:
- The size of the job
- When we can work, for business premises
- Any mould that needs treating
- The type of sealant required
The cost depends on the size of the job, how hard the old material is to remove and access to the work. You will have a clear quote before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, have a think about:
- The address or postcode of the job
- A few pictures by email, if you can
- What’s wrong with the joints now
- If it’s domestic, commercial or a hotel
Asking for a quote is easy: let us know the job and the location, and roughly how big it is. Photos by email help us understand the job, and we’ll come back to you with a quote.
External mastic for homes and businesses in Easter Skeld
Failed sealant is cut out, the depth set with closed-cell backing rod, and the joint resealed with a low-modulus sealant made for outside. We pick a colour that sits well with the wall so the joint doesn’t stand out. If you have rain getting behind render or cladding at a joint and old sealant gone brittle and cracked, we can help, on copings & trims, brickwork movement joints and façade panels alike.
Stone walls need a stone-friendly sealant, as acetoxy products can attack some stone. On newer homes, the movement joints and roofline trims are what need watching.
All of our work is guaranteed for twelve months.
- Place
- Easter Skeld (ZE2)
- Wider area
- Shetland Islands
- Cover
- 12 months on all our work
- Price
- A clear price before work begins
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Landlords, agents and businesses in Easter Skeld
We regularly work with letting and managing agents. Tell us the address, the job and how access works.
Housing providers, facilities teams and property managers book us too in Easter Skeld and across the Shetland Islands. Several sites can go on one quote, and we’re fully insured for the work.
FAQs for Easter Skeld
Is Easter Skeld within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Our work covers the whole of Scotland, including the islands, where work is planned around ferry crossings. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the route when you book.
Does the coastal weather in Easter Skeld affect outside sealant?
Near the coast, wind-driven rain and, nearer the shore, salt air make outside sealant work harder. The right product, a clean joint and the right depth all help it cope.
Do I have to be there?
That depends on where the joints are. For work indoors, someone needs to let us in, while outside work can sometimes be arranged differently.
What colours does the sealant come in?
We choose a sealant colour to suit the brick, stone or render. Exterior sealants come in a good range of colours.
Is it OK to seal over old sealant?
No. Fresh sealant doesn’t stick to old sealant, and it traps any mould or water underneath. It all has to come out first.
Is there any odour?
It depends on the product. Some products have a noticeable smell, others very little.
Can I do it myself?
You can, for simple jobs. The key is preparation: remove all the old material and work on a clean, dry joint. We can always put it right if it fails.
What is a movement joint?
Walls move with heat, cold and moisture, so long walls have planned gaps to take that movement. The gap is sealed with a flexible sealant over backing rod.
DIY versus a professional finish
If you’ve already had a go yourself, that’s fine. We cut it out and start again, so just mention it when you contact us.
Too much sealant is as bad as too little. A heavy bead looks messy and copes badly with movement, and getting the depth right matters as much as the look.
Walls and rooflines in Easter Skeld
Easter Skeld is within about 1 mile of the coast, where wind-driven rain is a fact of life and, nearer the shore, so is salt air. That’s hard on movement joints and outside wall joints, especially on the side facing the sea. Private landlords in Scotland must meet the Repairing Standard, which includes keeping a home wind and watertight, and failed outside joints work against that.
In and around Easter Skeld, as anywhere, good external mastic starts with a clean, dry, properly prepared joint. Homes close to Reawick Congregational Church include some older properties, and older walls, gutters and the joints where extensions meet them need a flexible sealant.
Easter Skeld is in the Shetland Islands. Jobs in Easter Skeld get the same care as everywhere else we work: old sealant removed completely, careful preparation and a one-year guarantee. Across the Shetland Islands, we cover 63 places, Easter Skeld among them.
Here we cover the ZE2 postcode area for external mastic. Close by, we work in Walls (5 miles north-west), Kalliness (6 miles north-east), Scalloway (6 miles south-east), Hamnavoe (7 miles south-east) and Aith (7 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Lerwick (10 miles east), Sound (10 miles east), Brae (15 miles north) and Sandwick (15 miles south-east). For island and remote addresses, a little more planning is needed, so let us know when you get in touch.
Near you in Easter Skeld
Not far away are Ward of Culswick and Loch of Arg.
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the joints looking good and working properly:
- Check external joints each spring
- Keep water from gutters off the wall
- Never let anyone fill a movement joint with mortar
- Wash walls gently around the sealant
Do not let soil, plants or ivy build up against the new joints. Anything that holds water against the joint wears it out sooner.
Act while the splits are small. At that stage it’s a simple cut out and reseal with no damage behind it to deal with.
How the visit works
Good joint work is mostly preparation, so that’s where we spend the time. Every joint is cleaned and dried before new material goes in. All told, the work takes a few hours for a handful of joints, longer for a whole elevation. Outdoor work around Easter Skeld depends on the weather, as sealant needs a dry surface, so external jobs may need to move if the day turns wet. Work indoors is not affected.
- We look at every joint and agree a colour to suit the wall.
- We take out the old sealant until the faces are sound.
- Backing rod goes in so the sealant can stretch between the two faces.
- We prime the faces where required.
- We gun in low-modulus sealant and tool it neatly.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear the area around the work
- For indoor joints, keep the area dry beforehand if you can
- On commercial sites, let us know about site rules
Getting a quote
For external mastic in Easter Skeld, email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk. A short description of the job and where it is helps us quote, and you will get a clear quote before work begins.
Related advice
When it isn’t the sealant
A few problems are outside what sealant work can do:
- Structural movement, which needs a surveyor or engineer
- Rising or penetrating damp from elsewhere in the wall
- Cracking across the wall rather than at a joint
Not sure which it is? You can email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work in Easter Skeld
- Render & cladding joints
- Façade panels
- Concrete & block
- Copings & trims
- Brickwork movement joints
- Joints between brick and frames
Why it’s worth doing now in Easter Skeld
A low-modulus sealant is chosen because it moves without pulling hard at the edges. That matters on brick, render and concrete, which can be weaker at the face. Too stiff a sealant can pull at the edges and break them. Around Easter Skeld, water from a failed joint in an older stone home can soak into timber and plaster, which is a far bigger job than the sealant.
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 the work is at height. Your quote takes all of that into account.
Why Easter Skeld clients choose us
- Anti-fungal sanitary silicone in wet areas
- Experience in homes, commercial sites and hotels
- Old sealant always removed completely
- A 12-month guarantee on all work
Read our cost guide or what customers say.