Edinburgh · Scotland
External & façade joints in Redford, Edinburgh
Sealing brickwork movement joints, render, cladding and façade joints for homeowners, landlords and businesses in Redford. Fully insured, ARBOMaster approved and guaranteed for a year.
- Joints where the bead has come unstuck
- Movement joints with cracked, split or missing sealant
- Gaps where render, brick and frames meet
FAQs for Redford
How do repairs to the shared parts of a tenement in Redford get organised?
Most tenements arrange shared repairs through the owners or a property factor. The Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 sets the rules for common parts if the deeds do not.
Do you cover Redford for external mastic?
Yes. Our work covers the whole of Scotland, and Redford is part of that. Just drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk with a few details of the job.
What does external mastic cost?
Every job is different, so each one gets its own quote. For a quick quote, email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk and tell us what needs doing and where.
Is it OK to fill a movement joint with cement?
No. A mortar-filled joint cannot move, so the movement cracks the wall elsewhere. Use a flexible sealant with backing rod.
Which products do you use?
It depends on the joint: sanitary silicone where it gets wet, and sealants suited to movement or weather elsewhere. We use products from Arbo and Everbuild.
Can you seal joints between two different materials?
Yes. The old joint is removed, both surfaces cleaned and primed where needed, and a flexible sealant applied. We pick a colour that works with both materials.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes: twelve months. If there’s a problem with our work in that time, tell us and we’ll put it right.
What colours does the sealant come in?
The aim is a neat, even joint in a colour that suits the wall. Colour is agreed with you before we begin from the range available.
How we handle external mastic in Redford
We cut out failed sealant, set the joint depth with closed-cell backing rod and reseal with a low-modulus exterior sealant. The colour is chosen to suit the brick or render so the joint doesn’t stand out. If you have water getting into walls through failed joints and panel joints letting water in, we can help, on brickwork movement joints, façade panels and concrete & block alike.
Stone-built tenements in Scotland’s cities share their roof, gutters and outside walls between every flat in the building. For a tenement in Redford, repairs to shared parts are usually agreed between the owners, often through a property factor.
The work is guaranteed for twelve months. If something is not right with it in that time, tell us and we’ll put it right.
- Location
- Redford (EH13, EH14, EH10)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- One year on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
DIY versus a professional finish
Overfilling a joint is a classic DIY mistake. A thick, smeared bead looks untidy and doesn’t move well, and the joint depth matters as much as the finish.
The difference is mostly in the preparation and the product. Joints are cleaned back to sound surfaces and dried, and the sealant is matched to the joint and its conditions.
What we do, step by step
We work through the job in order: protect, prepare, seal, tidy. Typically it takes a few hours to a few days, depending on the length of joint and the access. Many homes in Scotland’s cities are tenement flats, reached through a shared close and up a common stair. For a job in Redford, tell us the floor, how the door entry system works and where we can park nearby.
- We start by walking round the building and agreeing the joints and the access.
- 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.
- We fit closed-cell backing rod to control the depth.
- We apply the sealant, tool it and check the whole run.
Before we arrive
- Try not to wet indoor joints just before the visit
- Let us know if you’ve seen damp or leaks
- For business premises, tell us about site rules or sign-in
How to get a quote
For external mastic in Redford, email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk. Tell us what the problem is and where, and you will get a clear quote before we start.
Related advice
Nearby places to Redford
What else we do in Redford
How to look after the new joints
So the new joints stay in good condition:
- Keep high-pressure jets off the joints
- Tell anyone working on the walls about the movement joints
- Make sure movement joints aren’t pointed over
- Have failed joints looked at early
Don’t let soil, plants or ivy build up against the new joints. Damp material against the sealant shortens its life.
Small splits are the time to act. Then it’s a straightforward cut-out and reseal before water has had years to get in.
Work for landlords, hotels and businesses
We also work for businesses, from offices to washrooms and kitchens. On commercial sites, working times can be discussed when we quote.
Housing providers, facilities teams and property managers book us too in Redford and across Edinburgh. Several sites can be quoted together.
Common problems we fix in Redford
The wrong product in a moving joint is a classic cause. A high-modulus or general-purpose sealant can be too rigid for a busy joint, so it pulls away from the edges.
It’s worth asking for a quote if you see:
- Plants rooting in failed movement joints
- Leaking joints around cladding and façade panels
- Hard, crazed mastic that has stopped moving
- Joints with sealant missing in places
If you look after a building such as Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming, its movement joints, gutters and trims need looking after like any other building’s.
What to look for in a quote
- How hidden problems are handled
- Whether you can choose the colour
- How the joint is cleaned and prepared
- The length of the guarantee
What external mastic looks like in Redford
The Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 sets out how owners share the upkeep of common parts like the roof and outside walls, and many buildings use a factor to arrange it. Your title deeds say which parts are shared. With historic houses such as Whitefoord House (about 4 miles north-east) nearby, there’s older building stock in the area around Redford as well as newer homes. Where a home is older, older walls and rooflines need a sealant that moves with them and suits the material.
Rented homes near Kingsknowe station change hands often, and outside joints that have cracked can let damp into a rental, so check them between lets. For an older house near a landmark such as St Johns Colinton Mains Church, old and new materials meet at the roofline and walls, which is where sealant earns its keep.
Redford is about 2 miles south-west of Merchiston, in Edinburgh. Redford gets the same service as everywhere we cover: the old material taken out, joints prepared properly and a 12-month guarantee. Across Edinburgh, we cover 175 places, and Redford is one of them.
All of EH13, EH14 and EH10 is within our area for external mastic. We cover properties on Redford Road, Patie's Road and Thorburn Road and the roads around them. With the A720 close by, Redford is easy for our applicators to reach. We also cover the places around Redford: Colinton (1 mile west), Colinton Mains (1 mile east), Firrhill (1 mile north-east), Oxgangs (1 mile east) and Greenbank (1 mile north-east). Further out, we also cover Edinburgh (3 miles north-east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (5 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles north-east), Broughton (4 miles north-east) and Bellevue (4 miles north-east).
Around Redford
Around Redford, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Saughton Park and Firrhill High School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Kingsknowe station, roughly 1.2 miles north-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Craiglockhart Hydropathic (0.7 miles north) and War Poets Collection (2.2 miles north-west). The countryside around Redford includes Craiglockhart Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
How the job changes by surface
Joints between dissimilar materials
Wherever two materials meet, they move differently. We seal the joint with a flexible exterior sealant.
Concrete and blockwork
Blockwork and concrete shrink over time and move with the seasons. Their movement joints are sealed over backing rod with a flexible sealant.
What we cannot put right
It helps to know what we cannot do:
- Subsidence or other structural problems
- Loose or hollow render, which needs re-rendering
- Cracks in the bricks or render themselves, away from the joints
If in doubt, drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we will say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Façade panels
- Brickwork movement joints
- Copings & trims
- Render & cladding joints
- Joints between brick and frames
- Concrete & block