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Fire Rated Sealant in Craigmillar
Fire rated sealant for Craigmillar and the surrounding area: careful preparation, the right product and tidy work. Ask us for a quick quote.
- Open holes round services passing through fire walls
- Sealant items on a fire risk assessment action list
- Old fire sealant that has split or come away
About our fire rated sealant in Craigmillar
In flats, HMOs, offices and schools, fire stopping is often disturbed by later work. A new cable run or a replaced pipe can leave an open hole behind. Those are the gaps we close, using a tested fire-rated product. We work on service penetrations, plasterboard & masonry and flats & HMOs, and common reasons people get in touch are open gaps behind door architraves and unsealed gaps where pipes and cables go through a wall.
In a Scottish city, commercial sealant work covers offices, hotels, student accommodation, care homes and factored tenement blocks. For a building in Craigmillar, the job might be washroom resealing or fire-rated sealant around service openings.
Big or small, it’s backed by our 12-month guarantee.
- Location
- Craigmillar (EH16, EH15)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- One year on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
When it is not the sealant
In fairness, some problems need a different trade:
- Fire risk assessments, which need a qualified assessor
- Construction that does not provide fire resistance on its own
- Openings too large for sealant, which need batts, boards or another system
If you are not sure, just send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Craigmillar
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Flats & HMOs
- Service penetrations
- Linear gaps
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Door frames
Why deal with it now?
Paying for fire stopping that has to be redone is a false economy. Work that doesn’t follow the tested detail may have to come out again when the building is next checked. Private landlords in Craigmillar must meet the Repairing Standard, and damp or leaks can fall short of it, so it’s worth fixing failed sealant before a tenant reports it.
Rather than a set price list, we look at what your job involves: the amount of work, the old material and the access. You’ll know the price before we begin.
Why us?
- 4.9 on Google from 180+ five-star reviews
- Neat joints and a tidy finish
- Approved under the ARBOMaster scheme
- Over 20 years’ experience
Take a look at how sealant jobs are priced or what customers say.
Towns and villages near Craigmillar
What else we do in Craigmillar
Signs you need fire rated sealant in Craigmillar
Many open fire-stopping gaps are made after the building is finished. New cables, pipes and data runs go through walls and ceilings and the hole round the new service is not always sealed again.
The most common problems we see are:
- Gaps around pipes and cables through fire-resisting walls
- Seals cut through by electricians, plumbers or data installers
- Gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs
- Gaps left after a refit or conversion
Schools such as Castlebrae Community High School are buildings too, and gaps opened by contractors for new cabling are a common finding in schools and offices.
What your quote should include
- Who does the work, and how experienced they are
- When the joint can take water or movement
- How the surfaces are prepared before sealing
- How the colour is chosen
Your questions about fire rated sealant in Craigmillar
Can you help a landlord with a rental near Brunstane station?
Yes. We work for letting agents and landlords as well as householders. You can email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk with the details for a clear quote.
How do Scotland’s building regulations apply to fire-rated sealant in Craigmillar?
Scotland has its own building regulations, the Building (Scotland) Regulations, with their own technical handbooks. Fire-rated sealant has to go in to the product’s tested details, and we follow them. We don’t certify buildings or carry out fire risk assessments, so your fire risk assessor or building control will advise on what’s needed.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes: twelve months. If there’s a problem with our work in that time, tell us and we will put it right.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, we are fully insured for every job we do.
Will you assess my building’s fire safety?
No. Your fire risk assessor, designer or building control decides that. Our job is applying the sealant to their specification.
Is intumescent sealant the same as fire-rated sealant?
Intumescent describes a material that swells in heat. Many fire-rated sealants work this way, but not all and which one is used depends on the job.
Do you provide details of the products used?
Yes. We note each location and the product that went in so it’s there for the next inspection.
Do you take on fire stopping in schools and offices?
Yes, in flats, HMOs, schools, offices and other buildings, occupied or empty. Tell us how the building is used and we’ll plan around it.
Work for landlords, hotels and businesses
Hotels need rooms back in use, so we plan the work room by room. We have worked in hotels as well as homes and businesses.
Water getting past a failed joint can damage the building, which is a bigger problem in a rented property. Keeping joints in good order is simple maintenance.
Commercial buildings in Craigmillar
For seaside hotels, guest houses and holiday lets around Craigmillar, heavy use in the busy months is hard on washroom and kitchen sealant, and any building work there should leave fire-rated joints made good. There are hotels and other places to stay in and around Craigmillar. Hotel work can be planned room by room, with out-of-hours working where needed.
Community buildings like Robin Chapel are part of the picture too: gaps around pipes and cables are worth checking after any building work there. For landlords with property near Brunstane station, any gap left by new services in shared walls should be closed with a fire-rated product.
Craigmillar is about 2 miles east of Newington, in Edinburgh. Homes, rented property, offices and hotels in Craigmillar can book us for fire rated sealant. The work is guaranteed for a year. Across Edinburgh, we cover 175 places, and Craigmillar is one of them.
All of EH16 and EH15 is within our area for fire rated sealant, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We cover properties on Dunkirk Road, Harewood Road and Seacole Square. We also cover Greendykes (1 mile east), Bridge End (1 mile south-west), Duddingston (1 mile north), Bingham (1 mile north-east) and Niddrie Mains (1 mile east). We also work in nearby towns such as Edinburgh (3 miles west), Leith (4 miles north), Bonnington (3 miles north-west), Broughton (3 miles north-west), Bellevue (3 miles north-west) and Silvermills (3 miles north-west).
What’s near Craigmillar
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Craigmillar Castle Park, Duddingston Kirk and Sheep Heid Inn, among other places. You will also find Portobello Library (1.8 miles north-east) and St Margaret's School (1.1 miles west). For rail, the closest station is Brunstane station, about 1.7 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include Morita Museum of Fine Art (1.3 miles west) and Craigmillar Castle (under half a mile south). For a walk, there’s Duddingston Loch and The New Leaf Co-op.
Surface by surface
Masonry and concrete
Preparation counts on brick, block and concrete. The gap is cleaned and backed where required.
Flats and HMOs
In flats and HMOs, the walls and floors between homes and common areas need sealing where services pass through. We work through the gaps on your assessment.
How we quote for fire rated sealant
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- The number of rooms or windows
- The type of sealant required
- How much old sealant there is and how hard it is to remove
- How much there is to do
The cost depends on the size of the job, how much old material has to come out and how easy the joints are to reach. We give a clear quote before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Helping us quote
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- Any access issues, like height or stairs
- If it’s domestic, commercial or a hotel
- A few photos by email, if you can
- Where the property is
Asking for a quote is easy: tell us what needs doing and where and its rough size. Photos by email help us understand the job, and we will come back to you with a quote.
How the visit works
Our applicators work methodically: protection first, then preparation, sealing and a tidy-up. Typically it takes a few hours for a handful of gaps, and longer for a whole building and we leave things clean and tidy. Inside a flat in Craigmillar, 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 gap 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
- Let us know about earlier repairs to the joints
- Plan for the work area to be out of bounds to pets and children
- Where the joints are inside, avoid wetting them before we arrive
Getting a quote
There’s no standard price list. Instead, your job gets its own clear quote. To get started, drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk.