Edinburgh · Scotland
External Mastic in Ratho Station
Sealing brickwork movement joints, render, cladding and façade joints for homes and businesses in Ratho Station and across Edinburgh. ARBOMaster approved applicators, fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Weeds or debris growing in open joints
- Movement joints with cracked, split or missing sealant
- Gaps where render, brick and frames meet
FAQs for Ratho Station
Can you help a landlord with a rental near Edinburgh Gateway station?
Yes, rental work is part of what we do. Just send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk and tell us about the property, and we will send you a clear quote.
Will you come out to Ratho Station?
Yes, Ratho Station is covered. We work across all of Scotland, from towns to the smallest places. The journey is planned ahead, so it helps to know about access.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Mr Mastic is fully insured.
Where are you based?
We work from Crawley. We cover Ratho Station and the rest of Edinburgh, along with the rest of our area.
Will it make a mess?
Not at all. The area is protected while we work and cleaned up afterwards.
Can new sealant go over the old?
No, it will not last. It can look neat for a few weeks, but the new layer lifts away from the old one. Removing the old sealant completely is the only lasting way.
What colours does the sealant come in?
We choose a sealant colour to suit the brick, stone or render so the joint blends in. There’s a wide choice of exterior colours.
Do the sealants smell?
Some sealants have a smell while they cure, but it fades. Opening a window helps.
External mastic in Ratho Station, done properly
Where two different materials meet, such as brick and render or blockwork and metal, they move at different rates. A flexible exterior sealant takes up that movement. We work on concrete & block, render & cladding joints and façade panels, and common reasons people get in touch are rigid filler in a joint that should flex and hard, crazed mastic that has stopped moving.
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.
Your job is guaranteed for a year, as with all our work.
- Place
- Ratho Station (EH28)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A year, on every job
- Price
- A clear quote up front
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Should I try it myself first?
Too much sealant is as bad as too little. A thick, smeared bead looks untidy and doesn’t move well, and getting the depth right matters as much as the look.
A careful DIYer can reseal a simple joint, such as a straightforward joint indoors. The common mistakes are sealing over old sealant, sealing a damp joint and using far too much.
Do you need external mastic in Ratho Station?
Sometimes a movement joint was filled with mortar or a rigid filler by mistake. The joint cannot move, so the wall cracks somewhere else instead.
These are the problems we are asked about most:
- Plants rooting in failed movement joints
- Damp patches traced to an open external joint
- Old sealant gone brittle and cracked
- Failed seals between different materials
If you let a flat or house near Edinburgh Gateway station, split movement joints are easy to miss on a rental until damp shows inside.
What to look for in a quote
- Is VAT in the price?
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Which sealant they’ll use, and why
- How the colour is chosen
Landlord and commercial work in Ratho Station
Landlords and agents in Ratho Station can book us as well as householders. Resealing between tenancies keeps a property looking cared for.
Hotels need rooms back in use, so we plan the work room by room around your bookings where we can. We’ve worked in hotels as well as homes and businesses.
Quotes for external mastic in Ratho Station
The quote reflects the job in front of us. We take into account:
- Mould in or behind the old joints
- The number and length of the joints
- The number of rooms or windows
- Working hours on commercial sites
A failed joint rarely gets cheaper to fix by waiting. If you’re not sure whether it needs doing, email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we will give you an honest view and a quote.
Asking for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, have a think about:
- If someone has resealed it before
- What the problem is, such as mould, gaps, leaks or cracking
- Any access issues, like height or stairs
- Where the property is
A good description makes for an accurate quote. Let us know the location, the problem and roughly how many joints, and email pictures if that is easy.
Also in Ratho Station
How it works
You do not need to clear the whole room or building, only the area right around the joints. We protect the rest, and the job takes a few hours to a few days, depending on the length of joint and the access in most cases. In smaller Scottish places, parking is usually less of an issue than access and distance. Tell us how to find the property and how to reach the work.
- We look at every joint and agree a colour to suit the wall.
- Failed sealant is removed back to clean, sound faces.
- Backing rod goes in so the sealant can stretch between the two faces.
- We prime the faces where required.
- A low-modulus exterior sealant is gunned in and tooled to a neat finish.
Getting ready for the visit
- For business premises, tell us about site rules or sign-in
- Let us know about stairs, lifts or work at height
- For indoor joints, keep the area dry beforehand if you can
Ask for a quote
Call for a quick quote, or send an email if you’d rather. Describe what needs sealing and we’ll talk you through the work and send you a clear quote.
Advice
Honest limits
We’ll always be straight with you, so here’s what new sealant won’t do:
- Structural movement, which needs a surveyor or engineer
- Walls that need new movement joints cut into them
- Render that’s blown, hollow or coming away
If in doubt, drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we’ll say what we think.
What we seal
- Joints between brick and frames
- Copings & trims
- Brickwork movement joints
- Concrete & block
- Render & cladding joints
- Façade panels
What external mastic looks like in Ratho Station
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. Plenty of Scottish homes have harled walls, and joints where harling meets other materials need a sealant that can grip and flex.
Homes close to Ratho Parish Church and Lady's Well include some older properties, and an extension built onto an older house moves differently, and the joint between them takes the strain.
Ratho Station is about 3 miles south of Queensferry, in Edinburgh. Across the EH28 area, our applicators can take on external mastic. Across Edinburgh, we cover 175 places, Ratho Station among them. You can also see our page for Edinburgh, roughly 7 miles from Ratho Station.
Every address in EH28 is covered for external mastic, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need external mastic at a property on Station Road, Lilybank Road and Hillwood Road or a nearby road, we can help. We also cover Ingliston (1 mile east), Ratho (1 mile south), Gogar (2 miles east), Lennie (2 miles north-east) and Hermiston (3 miles east). Further out, we also cover Edinburgh (7 miles east), Leith (9 miles east), Bonnington (8 miles east), Greenside (8 miles east), Broughton (8 miles east) and Bellevue (8 miles east).
Landmarks near Ratho Station
For rail, the closest station is Edinburgh Gateway station, roughly 2.6 miles east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Illieston Castle (2.5 miles south-west) and Linburn Centre (2.6 miles south). Open spaces near Ratho Station include Corstorphine Hill and Dundas Loch.
Why act early in Ratho Station
Pointing a movement joint with mortar might seem a neat fix, but it locks the joint solid. The movement then cracks the brickwork or render nearby. The correct repair is a flexible sealant with the right backing. In an older home around Ratho Station, damp from a failed joint can get into timber and plaster, which is a far bigger job than the sealant.
Homes and businesses are quoted the same way: the amount of work, the access and the products needed, along with when we can work on site. Ask us for a quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Why book with us
- Neat joints and a tidy finish
- Every job guaranteed for a year
- Rated 4.9 stars on Google
- Old sealant always removed completely