Edinburgh · Scotland
Fire Rated Sealant in Colinton
Problem with your fire-stopping gaps in Colinton? We remove the old material, prepare the joints and seal them properly, and the work is guaranteed for a year.
- Open gaps behind door architraves
- Gaps around pipes and cables through fire-resisting walls
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
How we handle fire rated sealant in Colinton
Fire stopping only performs as intended if it’s done to the detail: correct depth, correct backing and a product suited to the surfaces. That detail is what we take care over. If you have gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs and gaps flagged on a fire risk assessment, we can put it right.
Scotland has its own building regulations, with their own technical handbooks. For buildings in Colinton, fire-rated sealant is installed to the manufacturer’s tested details, and washroom and kitchen sealant is chosen for heavy use.
Our work is backed for twelve months, in Colinton and everywhere else we cover.
- Location
- Colinton (EH13, EH14)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on all our work
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
How to look after the new joints
Looking after new joints is easy:
- Tell trades working in the building that fire seals must be put back
- Do not fill fire-stopping gaps with ordinary foam or silicone
- Include fire stopping when you schedule refits
- Ask which product was used before you paint
Do not add foam, filler or ordinary sealant over a fire seal. If it needs repair, use the same type of product. We can tell you which product we used.
Small gaps around services are simple to deal with while there are only a few. Leave them and each new job adds another hole and the job gets bigger.
Leave it or put it right?
Fire-rated sealants need more care than everyday sealant. How it’s installed changes how it performs, so we follow the maker’s details on every gap. Wind-driven rain gets into any failed joint on the outside of a city building, and in Colinton, damp can spread through stone and plaster before anyone sees it.
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 go through it with you.
What you get with us
- Anti-fungal sanitary silicone in wet areas
- Arbo and Everbuild products
- A 12-month guarantee on all work
- Approved under the ARBOMaster scheme
See our cost guide or customer reviews.
How the visit works
There’s no need to move everything out, only the area right around the joints. We protect the rest, and the work takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are in most cases. Inside a flat in Colinton, the job is planned with you; outside, shared parts may need the factor or other owners involved. Tell us which applies when you book.
- We begin by agreeing the list of gaps from your assessor’s or designer’s requirements.
- We measure every gap and note what it’s in and what passes through.
- Any non-fire-rated filler is removed and the faces cleaned.
- We fit backing where needed and apply the fire-rated sealant to depth.
- We hand over a list of locations and products for your records.
Before we arrive
- For indoor joints, keep the area dry beforehand if you can
- Tell us about any water getting in
- Keep children and pets away from the work area
Getting a quote
Call for a quick quote, or email us if that is easier. Describe what needs sealing and we’ll talk you through the work and give you a clear price.
Related advice
DIY sealant or a professional job?
If you’ve already had a go yourself, that’s fine. We cut it out and start again, so just mention it when you contact us.
Overfilling a joint is a classic DIY mistake. A heavy bead looks messy and copes badly with movement, and the joint depth matters as much as the finish.
Places near Colinton
More services for Colinton
How the job changes by surface
Door frames
Behind most architraves is a gap between frame and wall. Where it’s open, we seal it to the product’s details for that gap size.
Plasterboard walls
Service holes in plasterboard are often rough and oversized. Where a hole is bigger than the sealant’s tested range, it needs another approach, and we will tell you.
What we cannot put right
Honest advice matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what sealant cannot fix:
- Assessing a building’s fire safety
- Issuing a fire rating or certificate for a building
- Doors that are not fire doors in the first place
If you’re not sure, just drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Service penetrations
- Door frames
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Linear gaps
- Flats & HMOs
Questions from Colinton
How do Scotland’s building regulations apply to fire-rated sealant in Colinton?
Scotland has its own building regulations, the Building (Scotland) Regulations, with their own technical handbooks. Whatever the rules, fire-rated sealant has to be installed to the manufacturer’s tested details, and that is how we fit it. We do not certify buildings or do fire risk assessments; your assessor or building control can tell you what’s required.
Is Colinton in your area for fire rated sealant?
Yes. Our work covers the whole of Scotland, and Colinton is part of that. Just drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk with a few details of the job, and we will give you a clear price.
Do I need to be at home?
That depends on where the joints are. For work indoors, someone needs to let us in.
Where is Mr Mastic based?
We are a Crawley-based firm. Our area covers South East England, London and Scotland.
Is intumescent sealant the same as fire-rated sealant?
Fire-rated sealant covers any sealant tested for use in fire stopping. Intumescent types expand when heated, and they’re one of the options. The specification and the tested detail decide which is used.
Will you assess my building’s fire safety?
No. We follow the requirements from your assessor, designer or building control.
Can I use normal mastic around a pipe through a fire wall?
No. Where a fire-rated seal is needed, it has to be a product tested for that use.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, for a year. If anything isn’t right with the work within the year, let us know and we will sort it.
Fire rated sealant around Colinton
In Scotland, building work comes under the Building (Scotland) Regulations and their technical handbooks. Fire-rated sealant is installed to the manufacturer’s tested details; we do not certify buildings or carry out fire risk assessments.
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as Colinton Parish Church, older buildings that have had new heating or wiring often have service gaps worth checking. Schools such as Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming are buildings too, and service openings in fire-resisting walls need checking after any refurbishment. Letting a property close to Kingsknowe station? Then any gap left by new services in shared walls should be closed with a fire-rated product.
Colinton is about 3 miles south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Colinton gets the same service as everywhere we cover: the old material taken out, joints prepared properly and a 12-month guarantee. Our area takes in 175 places across Edinburgh, large and small.
Every address in EH13 and EH14 is covered for fire rated sealant. Whether your property is on Bridge Road, Elliot Road and Grant Avenue or anywhere close by, our applicators can take on the job. Other places close to Colinton include Redford (1 mile east), Firrhill (1 mile north-east), Kingsknowe (1 mile north-west), Colinton Mains (1 mile east) and Clovenstone (1 mile west). Within a short drive, 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).
Landmarks near Colinton
Typical jobs here are in homes near Saughton Park, Firrhill High School and Cross Keys Tavern. The closest station to Colinton is Kingsknowe station, about 0.9 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find War Poets Collection (1.8 miles north-west) and The Gyle Shopping Centre (3.3 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Duddingston Loch and Craiglockhart Hill.
Landlord and commercial work in Colinton
In hotels, rooms out of use cost money, so we plan the work room by room around your bookings where we can. We have worked in hotels as well as homes and businesses.
Failed sealant is one of the commonest items on a check-out report. We can quote for more than one property at once.