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Fire Rated Sealant in Jock's Lodge
Fire rated sealant in Jock's Lodge from a team with over 20 years’ experience. Rated 4.9 on Google from 180+ five-star reviews.
- Holes left by a change of layout
- Gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs
- Seals cut through by electricians, plumbers or data installers
Can I do it myself?
What a professional job adds is preparation and the right product. Joints are cleaned back to sound surfaces and dried, and the sealant is matched to the joint and its conditions, and the work is guaranteed for a year.
Some jobs are best left to a professional: work at height, external movement joints, fire-rated sealant and large areas need the right product, the right access and the right method.
How we handle fire rated sealant in Jock's Lodge
Later work by other trades often breaks through fire stopping, especially in flats, HMOs, offices and schools. One new cable or pipe can leave a gap that nobody goes back to seal. Those are the gaps we close, using a tested fire-rated product. We’re often asked to deal with gaps filled with a product that isn’t fire-rated and holes left by a change of layout, across door frames, linear gaps and service penetrations.
In Scotland, building work comes under the Building (Scotland) Regulations and their technical handbooks. For buildings in Jock's Lodge, fire-rated sealant is installed to the manufacturer’s tested details, and washroom and kitchen sealant is chosen for heavy use.
A one-year guarantee comes with the work, just as it does everywhere we cover.
- Where
- Jock's Lodge (EH7, EH8)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- One year on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
How it works
A visit follows a simple pattern: we check the joints, protect the area around them, carry out the job and tidy away. It usually takes a few hours for a handful of gaps, and longer for a whole building. In a Scottish city, a lot of jobs are in tenement flats, up a common stair from a shared close. For a job in Jock's Lodge, tell us the floor, how the door entry system works and where we can park nearby.
- We begin by agreeing the list of gaps from your assessor’s or designer’s requirements.
- Each gap is measured and its substrate and service noted.
- Any non-fire-rated filler is removed.
- We fit backing where needed and apply the fire-rated sealant to depth.
- Every location is recorded with the product used for your records.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear items away from the joints we are working on
- Where the joints are inside, avoid wetting them before we arrive
- Tell us about any water getting in
Ask for a quote
Want a quote for fire rated sealant? Please drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk with a few details. You will know what we plan to do, and what it will cost, before any work begins.
Advice
Jock's Lodge: your questions answered
Do you take on hotel work around Jock's Lodge?
Yes. Hotel and guest-house work is part of what we do. Work can be planned room by room, and out-of-hours working can be arranged.
How do Scotland’s building regulations apply to fire-rated sealant in Jock's Lodge?
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 do not certify buildings or do fire risk assessments; your assessor or building control can tell you what’s required.
What should I tell you?
Just the basics: the address or postcode, what’s wrong and any access issues. Then email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk.
Does someone need to be in?
For indoor joints, yes, someone needs to let us in. After that, you can carry on with your day.
What sealant do you use?
We choose the sealant for the joint, not the other way round. Movement, water and weather all affect the choice, and we will tell you what we are using.
Can you tell me how many minutes the seal will last?
We don’t issue ratings or certificates ourselves. The performance comes from the product’s tested details and the specification from your assessor or designer, and we install to them.
Is it messy?
No. We protect the surfaces around the joints, and we clear up the old sealant and our materials before we leave.
What’s the difference between intumescent and fire-rated sealant?
Intumescent means it swells when heated to help seal the gap. It’s one type of fire-rated sealant; which product suits depends on the gap, the substrate and the service.
Aftercare tips
Simple care keeps the joints in good condition. Our advice:
- Photograph sealed gaps before they’re covered up
- Look in service cupboards and ceiling voids from time to time
- Ask which product was used before you paint
- Allow for resealing whenever new services are run
Keep the record we give you with the building’s fire safety documents. It saves time at the next inspection or assessment.
When you plan work that goes through walls or ceilings, plan the fire stopping too. Doing it at the time avoids leaving gaps behind.
Signs you need fire rated sealant in Jock's Lodge
Buildings are refitted and reconfigured over the years. A house turned into flats or an HMO, or an office split into smaller units, brings new walls, new service routes and new gaps.
People usually contact us when they notice one of these:
- Open joints along the top of partitions
- Door frames with gaps between frame and wall
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
- Joints picked up in a fire-stopping survey
Letting a property close to Edinburgh Waverley station? Then fire-rated sealant around pipes and cables through walls and floors needs making good whenever new services go through.
Questions to ask before you book
- How long the guarantee is
- What product goes in the joint
- Are they insured?
- When the joint can take water or movement
What the job involves on each surface
Plasterboard walls
Plasterboard partitions are common in flats, offices and conversions. We use a product tested in that kind of wall for each gap size.
Flats and HMOs
Converted houses often have gaps around old and new services. The gaps on your list are sealed with a fire-rated product and record where they are.
Why deal with it now?
Items left open on a fire risk assessment tend to come back at the next review. Getting them done and written up gives you evidence that the item was dealt with. Scottish rain finds any gap around a frame or wall joint, and in a tall building in Jock's Lodge, damp can travel a long way before it shows.
What it costs depends on the size of the job, how hard the old material is to remove and access to the work. You will have a clear quote before any work starts.
Why book with us
- Rated 4.9 stars on Google
- Sanitary silicone with an anti-fungal additive in wet areas
- ARBOMaster approved applicator
- Every job guaranteed for a year
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Towns and villages near Jock's Lodge
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Workplaces and buildings in Jock's Lodge
If you run a hotel, guest house or holiday let in a coastal place like Jock's Lodge, busy months put washrooms and kitchens under pressure, so it’s worth checking the sealant before the busiest weeks. There are hotels and other places to stay in and around Jock's Lodge. For hotels, a room-by-room programme keeps most rooms in use while the work goes on.
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as Willowbrae Parish Church, older buildings that have had new heating or wiring often have service gaps worth checking. If you look after a building such as Mannafields Christian School, gaps opened by contractors for new cabling are a common finding in schools and offices.
Jock's Lodge is about 2 miles south-east of Leith, in Edinburgh. Whether you are in the middle of Jock's Lodge or further out, fire rated sealant is available for homes and businesses alike, from flats and houses to offices and hotels. Our Edinburgh coverage runs to 175 places, and Jock's Lodge is one of them.
We cover every part of the EH7 and EH8 postcode area for fire rated sealant. Whether your property is on Dalgety Road, Loaning Road and Abercorn Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for fire rated sealant include Willowbrae (1 mile south-east), Piershill (1 mile east), Restalrig (1 mile north), Meadowbank (1 mile west) and Lochend (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as West End (3 miles west), West Coates (3 miles west), Merchiston (3 miles south-west), Queensferry (10 miles west), Comely Bank (3 miles west) and Southhouse (4 miles south).
Landmarks near Jock's Lodge
Around Jock's Lodge, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Holy Rood High School, Duddingston Kirk and Scottish Poetry Library. Other local landmarks include Lochend Park (0.5 miles north-west) and Public House (less than half a mile east). For rail, the closest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, roughly 1.6 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Eastern General Hospital (0.9 miles north) and Edinburgh Castle (2 miles west). For a walk, there’s The New Leaf Co-op and Dunsapie Loch.
Landlords, agents and businesses in Jock's Lodge
Landlords and agents in Jock's Lodge can book us as well as householders. Resealing between tenancies is a simple way to keep a property in good order.
Hotels need rooms back in use, so we plan the work room by room. Hotel work is part of what we do, alongside homes and businesses.