Dundee · Scotland
External & façade joints in Muirhead, Dundee
External mastic for Muirhead and the surrounding area: careful preparation, the right product and tidy work. Ask us for a quick quote.
- Failed seals between different materials
- Failed sealant between panels on a façade
- Moss and dirt in joints with no sealant left
How we handle external mastic in Muirhead
Low-level joints can usually be done from the ground. For joints higher up, give us some details of the building and we will confirm what access is needed. We work on façade panels, copings & trims and render & cladding joints, and people most often call us about leaking joints around cladding and façade panels and weeds or debris growing in open joints.
Older stone buildings need a sealant that suits the stone, not an acetoxy product that can mark or attack it. Newer houses need their movement joints and roofline trims kept sound.
We guarantee the work for a year. If something isn’t right with it in that time, tell us and we’ll put it right.
- Location
- Muirhead (DD2)
- Wider area
- Dundee
- Guarantee
- One year on every job
- Price
- A clear price before we start
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Can I do it myself?
A DIY attempt doesn’t rule out a professional job. We remove it and do the joint properly, so tell us about it when you ask for a quote.
Some sealant jobs are within reach of a careful DIYer, like a short, easy-to-reach joint indoors. Where it goes wrong is sealing over the old bead, working on a wet joint or overloading the gap.
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Muirhead questions
Is Muirhead in your area for external mastic?
Yes, Muirhead is within the area we cover. We work across all of Scotland. You can drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and let us know what needs doing, and we’ll give you a clear quote.
Is Muirhead within the area you cover?
Yes. Muirhead is within the area we cover, which takes in towns, villages and rural addresses. We work across all of Scotland. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the route when you book.
What do you put in the joint?
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.
Can you match the colour of my brickwork?
We choose a sealant colour to suit the brick, stone or render so the joint blends in. Exterior sealants come in a good range of colours.
Do you hold any approvals?
Yes. We’re approved under the ARBOMaster scheme, which is run for the Arbo sealant brand.
When will the joints need doing again?
There’s no fixed answer: sunny, exposed elevations and busy joints wear faster. Check them each year and reseal when they split or harden. Our work comes with a one-year guarantee.
When is the sealant fully cured?
Most sealants are touch-dry well before they’re fully cured. We’ll tell you how long to leave the joint.
Can I do it myself?
Some simple jobs can be done by a careful DIYer. Most DIY failures come from sealing over old material, wet joints or too much sealant.
Outside joints around Muirhead
Under the Repairing Standard, private landlords in Scotland have to keep homes wind and watertight, and failed outside joints work against that. Plenty of Scottish homes have harled walls, and joints where harling meets other materials need a sealant that can grip and flex.
If you let a flat or house near Invergowrie station, outside joints that have cracked can let damp into a rental, so check them between lets. Camperdown House, about 1.3 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Muirhead. For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Menzieshill High School, its movement joints, gutters and trims need looking after like any other building’s.
Muirhead is about 4 miles north-west of Dundee, in Dundee. If you need external mastic in Muirhead, please drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk for a quick quote. We are based in Crawley and cover Dundee, Muirhead included. Our area takes in 50 places across Dundee.
Here we cover the DD2 postcode area for external mastic. That includes homes and businesses on Coupar Angus Road, Quarry Road and Inver Terrace and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Birkhill (1 mile east), Liff (1 mile south-west), Camperdown (1 mile south-east), Invergowrie (2 miles south) and St Marys (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Dundee (4 miles south-east), Broughty Ferry (8 miles east), Stobswell (4 miles south-east), Monifieth (9 miles east), Blackness (4 miles south-east) and Barnhill (8 miles east).
What’s near Muirhead
Muirhead’s nearest station is Invergowrie station, about 2.9 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Royal Dundee Liff Hospital (1 mile south) and Fowlis Castle (1.6 miles south-west). Not far away are Trottick Mill Ponds and Balgay Hill.
Landlords, agents and businesses in Muirhead
Landlords and letting agents in Muirhead can book us as well as homeowners. Sealant work between tenants keeps a property looking cared for before the next move-in.
Failed sealant is one of the commonest items on a check-out report, and it’s quick to put right between tenancies. Several properties can be quoted together.
Why it’s worth doing now in Muirhead
Done well, a resealed joint is a neat, straight line that suits the wall. A rushed bead with no backing looks untidy and doesn’t last. Exposed walls in smaller Scottish places take a lot of wind and rain, and once water gets behind a failed joint, damp in stone or harled walls is slow to dry out.
Combining jobs into one visit usually makes better use of the time than several visits, so it’s worth mentioning everything you’d like done. You’ll get one clear quote for the whole job.
Why choose Mr Mastic in Muirhead
- Neat joints and a tidy finish
- Full insurance on every job
- 20+ years of sealant experience
- ARBOMaster approved applicator
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Keeping the joints in good condition
No joint lasts for ever, but care makes a real difference. A few tips:
- Make sure movement joints aren’t pointed over
- Point out the joints to other trades
- Walk round the building once a year and look at the joints
- Ask before painting over external sealant
Don’t let soil, plants or ivy build up against the new joints. Anything that holds water against the joint wears it out sooner.
Once a joint cannot move, the wall finds another way, usually as cracking in the brickwork or render nearby. Resealing it early helps prevent that.
When it isn’t the sealant
We will always be straight with you, so here’s what sealant can’t fix:
- Subsidence or other structural problems
- Cracked brickwork or render that needs a builder or plasterer
- Rising or penetrating damp from elsewhere in the wall
If in doubt, send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk and we’ll say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Copings & trims
- Joints between brick and frames
- Façade panels
- Render & cladding joints
- Concrete & block
- Brickwork movement joints
What affects the cost of external mastic
Every job gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Any working-time requirements on site
- How many areas need sealing
- Mould in or behind the old joints
- How easy the joints are to reach
Every job is a little different, so we quote each one individually. Size, access and the product the joint needs all make a difference.
Asking for a quote
Photos help, but a description is a good start. Please mention:
- Pictures of the joints, sent by email
- What’s wrong with the joints now
- Roughly how big the job is
- If it’s domestic, commercial or a hotel
Asking for a quote is easy: let us know the job and the location and its rough size. A few photos by email make the job easier to understand, and we’ll take it from there.
How it works
When we get to you, we check the joints match what you told us. If we find something unexpected, we talk it through with you first. After that, the work takes a few hours to a few days, depending on the length of joint and the access. Outdoor work around Muirhead depends on the weather, as sealant needs a dry surface, so an outdoor job can move if the forecast changes. Work indoors is not affected.
- Each joint is checked and the colour of the new sealant agreed.
- Failed sealant is removed back to clean, sound faces.
- Closed-cell backing rod is pushed in so the sealant bonds to two sides only.
- Primer is applied wherever the sealant needs it.
- We gun in low-modulus sealant and tool it neatly.
Before we arrive
- For business premises, tell us about site rules or sign-in
- Clear the area around the work
- Mention any tricky access
Ask for a quote
The more we know about the job, the more useful the quote. Tell us where the job is, what’s wrong and how much there is, and email photos if that’s easy.