Aberdeenshire · Scotland
Kirktown of Fetteresso External Mastic
Professional external mastic in and around Kirktown of Fetteresso, with old sealant always removed completely and a one-year guarantee.
- Weeds or debris growing in open joints
- Brick movement joints where the sealant has split
- Sealant pulling away from one side of the joint
Kirktown of Fetteresso: your questions answered
Will you come out to Kirktown of Fetteresso?
Yes. Kirktown of Fetteresso is within the area we cover, which takes in towns, villages and rural addresses. Our work covers the whole of Scotland. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do you work for landlords with property near Stonehaven station?
Yes, we work for landlords and letting agents. You can drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk with the address and a few details, and we will give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Will the new joint stand out?
We choose a sealant colour to suit the brick, stone or render. There’s a wide choice of exterior colours.
Should I point up the gap in my brickwork?
No. A mortar-filled joint can’t move, so the movement cracks the wall elsewhere. Use a flexible sealant with backing rod.
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 tell you what we’re using.
Is it worth trying 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.
How long before the joint can be used?
Many sealants skin over quickly but take longer to cure fully. We will tell you how long to leave the joint.
What’s an expansion joint in brickwork?
Brickwork, render and cladding all move a little, so long walls have planned gaps to take that movement. The gap is sealed with a flexible sealant over backing rod.
External mastic in Kirktown of Fetteresso, done properly
We are ARBOMaster approved applicators, and each external joint gets a sealant suited to it. Porous or awkward surfaces are primed where the sealant needs it and we use one wherever it does. If you have sealant that has lost its bond to the brick or render and hard, crazed mastic that has stopped moving, we can put it right, whatever the surface.
Outside joints can only be sealed when they’re dry, so work in Kirktown of Fetteresso depends on the weather, and longer journeys are planned in advance. Tell us how to reach each wall, gutter and roofline.
Big or small, it’s backed by our 12-month guarantee in Kirktown of Fetteresso and across Aberdeenshire.
- Where
- Kirktown of Fetteresso (AB39)
- Region
- Aberdeenshire
- Cover
- One year on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
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What else we do in Kirktown of Fetteresso
How to look after the new joints
No joint lasts for ever, but care makes a real difference. Our tips:
- Never let anyone fill a movement joint with mortar
- Keep soil, plants and ivy away from the joints
- Act on the first splits you see
- Deal with leaking gutters that soak the joints below
Keep the joints clear of soil, plants and climbing growth. Damp material against the sealant shortens its life.
A joint that has stopped moving pushes the movement elsewhere, often as cracks near the joint. Catch it early and you reduce the risk.
The process
You don’t need to clear the whole room or building, just the space around the work. Everything nearby is protected, and the job takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on the building for a typical job. Around Kirktown of Fetteresso, distance and access matter more than parking. Tell us how to find the property and how to reach the work, and the visit is planned around that.
- First, the joints are inspected and the access agreed.
- Every bit of old sealant and any mortar or debris is cut out.
- Joint faces are cleaned back and primed if the sealant needs it.
- Backing rod sized to the joint goes in to set the depth.
- The exterior sealant is applied, tooled and checked along its length.
Getting ready for the visit
- For indoor joints, keep the area dry beforehand if you can
- Keep children and pets away from the work area
- Tell us about any previous sealing or DIY attempts
How to get a quote
Need a quote? Please send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk with a few details. We will explain what we’d do and give you a clear quote before work begins.
Related advice
Common problems we fix in Kirktown of Fetteresso
The wrong product in a moving joint is a classic cause. A stiff, general-purpose sealant cannot cope with a joint that moves a lot, so it pulls away from the edges.
It’s worth asking for a quote if you see:
- Failed sealant between panels on a façade
- Joints with sealant missing in places
- Joints where the bead has come unstuck
- Cracked joints where brick meets render or frames
Letting a property close to Stonehaven station? Then failed wall and movement joints let damp in, so they’re worth checking between tenancies.
Comparing quotes
- How the joint is cleaned and prepared
- What the quote includes, VAT included or not
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Is the old sealant removed completely?
Work for landlords, hotels and businesses
Hotels need rooms back in use, so the work can be planned room by room around your bookings where we can. Hotel work is part of what we do, alongside homes and businesses.
Housing providers, facilities teams and property managers book us too. Several sites can be quoted together, and we’re fully insured for the work.
Leave it or put it right?
Mortar or ordinary filler might look like a quick way to close an open joint, but it locks the joint solid. The wall then cracks somewhere else. A flexible sealant over backing rod is what the joint needs. In a place like Kirktown of Fetteresso, small leaks are easy to put off, but water through a failed joint keeps working away until it’s fixed.
Homes and businesses are quoted the same way: how much there is to do, how we reach it and what it needs. Ask us for a quote and we will explain what it covers.
Why book with us
- Tidy, careful work
- Anti-fungal silicone where joints get wet
- We’re fully insured
- Arbo and Everbuild products
Read how sealant jobs are priced and customer reviews.
Can I do it myself?
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. Everything old must be removed first.
Some sealant jobs are within reach of a careful DIYer, like a short, easy-to-reach joint indoors. The common mistakes are sealing over old sealant, sealing a damp joint and using far too much.
Kirktown of Fetteresso buildings and the weather
Kirktown of Fetteresso is within about 2 miles of the coast, where wind-driven rain is a fact of life and, nearer the shore, so is salt air. That is 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 sound outside sealant is part of that.
For an older house near a landmark such as Fetteresso Old Parish Church And Graveyard, the joints between older walls, newer extensions and the roofline need a sealant that can move. If you look after a building such as Mackie Academy, movement joints, cladding joints and gutters on larger buildings need the same care as a house’s.
Kirktown of Fetteresso is about 14 miles south of Aberdeen, in Aberdeenshire. Our applicators cover external mastic for householders, landlords and businesses in Kirktown of Fetteresso and the surrounding area, as part of our work across Aberdeenshire. Our Aberdeenshire coverage runs to 161 places, and Kirktown of Fetteresso is one of them. Aberdeen is on our list too, around 14 miles away.
We cover every part of AB39 for external mastic and the streets around it. If you need external mastic at a property on Broomhill Avenue, Broomhill Road and Broomhill Crescent or a nearby road, our applicators can take on the job. Other places close to Kirktown of Fetteresso include Stonehaven (1 mile east), Redcloak (1 mile north), Cowie (2 miles east), Glithno (2 miles north) and Rickarton (3 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Westhill (13 miles north), Banchory (11 miles north-west), Laurencekirk (12 miles south-west), Newtonhill (6 miles north-east), Inverbervie (8 miles south) and Elrick (13 miles north).
What’s near Kirktown of Fetteresso
The closest station to Kirktown of Fetteresso is Stonehaven station, about 0.7 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Kincardine Community Hospital (0.6 miles north-east) and Fetteresso Castle (0.7 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Megray Hill.
Surface by surface
Joints between dissimilar materials
Different materials may need different primers. We prepare both faces so the sealant bonds properly.
Copings and trims
Coping joints that leak let water straight down into the wall. Sealing them early saves the wall below.