Orkney Islands · Scotland
External & façade joints in Lyness, Orkney Islands
Sealing brickwork movement joints, render, cladding and façade joints for Lyness, backed by a one-year guarantee. Call for a quick quote.
- Failed sealant between panels on a façade
- Sealant pulling away from one side of the joint
- Movement joints filled with mortar instead of sealant
About our external mastic in Lyness
Where two different materials meet, such as brick and render or blockwork and metal, they move at different rates. A flexible sealant bridges the two where mortar or filler would crack. Common call-outs are for weeds or debris growing in open joints and movement joints with cracked, split or missing sealant, on brickwork movement joints, joints between brick and frames and concrete & block.
Outside joints can only be sealed when they’re dry, so work in Lyness depends on the weather, and longer journeys are planned in advance. Tell us how to reach each wall, gutter and roofline.
Whatever the size of the job, you get the same 12-month guarantee.
- Where
- Lyness (KW16)
- Region
- Orkney Islands
- Cover
- A year, on every job
- Quote
- A clear quote up front
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Water gets in through a failed movement joint. Dealing with it early keeps the repair to the joint, instead of the wall and finishes around it. Around Lyness, water from a failed joint in an older stone home can soak into timber and plaster.
What you pay reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we ask a few questions first and agree the price before starting.
Why us?
- Neat joints and a tidy finish
- Trusted Arbo and Everbuild sealants
- Fully insured
- Sanitary silicone with an anti-fungal additive in wet areas
Take a look at our cost guide or our reviews.
Lyness: your questions answered
Will you come out to Lyness?
Yes. Lyness is within the area we cover, which takes in towns, villages and rural addresses. 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 Lyness affect outside sealant?
Coastal homes put outside sealant through more weather than inland ones, so the choice of sealant and the preparation matter even more. Walls facing the sea are generally the first to need attention.
Is it OK to seal over old sealant?
No. We remove every bit of old sealant first.
How long should I leave it?
Most sealants are touch-dry well before they’re fully cured. We’ll tell you how long to leave the joint before we leave.
Can you seal joints between render and window frames?
Yes. Joints between dissimilar materials are a big part of external work. We use a flexible sealant suited to both surfaces.
Where is Mr Mastic based?
Our base is Crawley, with over 20 years’ experience. Our area covers South East England, London and Scotland.
Is there a guarantee?
Yes: twelve months. If there’s a problem with our work in that time, tell us and we’ll put it right.
What should I tell you?
Just the basics: where it is, what you’ve noticed and how we reach it. Then send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk.
Lyness buildings and the weather
Lyness is within about 1 mile of 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. On the islands, wind and salt spray are hard on outside sealant.
For jobs in and around Lyness, choosing the right material for each joint is as important as a tidy finish.
Lyness is about 13 miles south-west of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. Wherever you are in the KW16 postcode area, we cover external mastic for homes and businesses. 51 places in the Orkney Islands are on our list.
All of KW16 is covered for external mastic. Being close to the B9048, Lyness is easy for our applicators to reach. If you are just outside Lyness, we cover Longhope (2 miles south), Midland (6 miles north), Hoy (7 miles north-west), Orphir (7 miles north) and Clestrain (7 miles north). Remote and island addresses need a little more planning, so please mention your location when you send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk.
Around Lyness
Other landmarks nearby include Scapa Flow Museum (under half a mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Binga Fea and Loch of Greenhill.
What affects the quote in Lyness
Call for a quick quote. What matters most is:
- The number of rooms or windows
- Whether the work is at height
- Whether there’s mould to deal with
- The product the joint needs
Homes and businesses are quoted the same way: how much there is to do, how we reach it and what it needs, along with when we can work on site. Ask us for a quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What we need to know
To make quoting easier, let us know:
- Roughly how big the job is
- What’s wrong with the joints now
- If it’s domestic, commercial or a hotel
- If someone has resealed it before
There’s no standard price list, because every job is different. Instead, your job gets its own clear quote. To get started, email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk.
DIY sealant or a professional job?
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 doesn’t work out, we can still put it right.
A DIY attempt doesn’t rule out a professional job. We remove it and do the joint properly, so just mention it when you contact us.
What else we do in Lyness
Landlords, agents and businesses in Lyness
We also work for property managers and facilities teams in Lyness and across the Orkney Islands. We can quote a run of properties together, and we’re fully insured for the work.
Businesses can book us for washrooms, kitchens, offices and more. For commercial premises, we can talk through working times when we quote.
What we do, step by step
There isn’t much for you to do on the day. Point us to the joints and we’ll get on with it. The work itself takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on the building. In smaller Scottish places, parking is generally less of an issue than access and distance. Let us know how to find you and how to reach the joints.
- First we look over the joints with you, agree which to renew and talk through access.
- We cut out the failed sealant and rake out any dirt or growth.
- We clean both faces of the joint and prime them where the product calls for it.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored near the joints
- Mention any sign-in or site rules at work premises
- Mention any tricky access
Get a quote
To get a quote, drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and tell us where the job is and what the problem looks like. You will have a clear quote before we start.
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What we are called out for in Lyness
UV, rain and frost all age exterior sealant. In time it goes hard, crazes on the surface and stops stretching, so the joint eventually tears or comes away from one side.
People generally contact us when they notice one of these:
- Panel joints letting water in
- Rain getting behind render or cladding at a joint
- Sealant that has lost its bond to the brick or render
- Brick movement joints where the sealant has split
Around Lyness, as everywhere, external mastic is only as good as the preparation behind it.
Questions to ask before you book
- How the colour is chosen
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How long the guarantee is
- What product goes in the joint
What sealant work cannot fix
It helps to know what we cannot do:
- Movement that is more than a sealant joint can take
- Cutting new joints into brickwork, which is building work rather than sealant work
- Cracked brickwork or render that needs a builder or plasterer
If you are not sure, just send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Joints between brick and frames
- Render & cladding joints
- Façade panels
- Copings & trims
- Concrete & block
- Brickwork movement joints