Edinburgh · Scotland
Fire Rated Sealant in Longstone
Intumescent and fire-rated sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations in Longstone, with a 12-month guarantee on every job. Ask us for a quote.
- Door frames with gaps between frame and wall
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
- Fire stopping disturbed by later work
What fire rated sealant looks like in Longstone
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, though we don’t certify buildings or do fire risk assessments.
If you let a flat or house near Kingsknowe station, fire-rated sealant around pipes and cables through walls and floors needs making good whenever new services go through. If you look after a building such as Merchiston Castle School, gaps opened by contractors for new cabling are a common finding in schools and offices.
Longstone is about 3 miles south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Every kind of property in Longstone is covered for fire rated sealant, old or new, large or small. Every job comes with our one-year guarantee. We cover 175 towns and villages across Edinburgh, from the larger towns to small villages.
Jobs for fire rated sealant in EH14, EH11 and EH13 is quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Local streets include Redhall Road, New Mart Road and Dumbryden Road, and we cover them all. You will find Longstone on the A71, so it’s easy for us to get to. We also cover the places around Longstone: Parkhead (1 mile north-east), Redhall (1 mile east), Kingsknowe (1 mile south), Saughton (1 mile north-west) and Chesser (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Edinburgh (3 miles north-east), Leith (5 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 Longstone
Around Longstone, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Saughton Park, Balgreen Primary School and Firrhill High School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Longstone itself: Kingsknowe station. Well-known places in the area include Craiglockhart Hydropathic (0.9 miles south-east) and The Gyle Shopping Centre (2.4 miles north-west). Not far away are Craiglockhart Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Fire rated sealant in Longstone
Until it’s heated, intumescent sealant behaves like an ordinary sealant; then it swells to help close the gap. Which product suits a gap depends on its width, the materials either side and what runs through it, so we follow the tested detail for each one. We work on door frames, service penetrations and flats & HMOs, and people most often call us about joints picked up in a fire-stopping survey and standard silicone or caulk in a fire-stopping gap.
Scotland’s cities have offices, hotels, student flats, care homes and tenement blocks looked after by factors. In Longstone, that can mean resealing washrooms room by room or fire-rated sealant around pipes and cables in common areas.
The work is covered for a year after we finish. If there’s a problem with it, please drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk.
- Place
- Longstone (EH14, EH11, EH13)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A year, on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
For landlords and businesses
Letting agents and landlords in Longstone can book us as well as householders. Sealant work between tenants keeps a property looking cared for.
We also work for businesses, from offices to washrooms and kitchens. For commercial premises, we can talk through working times when we quote.
How the visit works
At the end, we look at the finished work together and explain the cure time. The visit itself usually takes a few hours for a handful of gaps, and longer for a whole building, depending on how much there is to do. For a tenement in Longstone, work inside your flat is between us and you, while shared parts may need the factor or neighbours to agree. It helps to know which it is when you get in touch.
- 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.
- The specified fire-rated sealant goes in over any backing its detail requires.
- We hand over a list of locations and products for your records.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about any previous sealing or DIY attempts
- On commercial sites, let us know about site rules
- Clear the area around the work
Ask for a quote
We do not publish a price list, as no two jobs are quite the same. Instead, your job gets its own clear quote. To get started, email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk.
Related advice
Leave it or put it right?
An open gap in a fire-resisting wall is a route for smoke and fire. Sealing it properly restores what the wall was there to do, and the sealing itself is often a contained piece of work. For landlords in Longstone, damp and leaks can be a Repairing Standard issue, so it’s worth fixing failed sealant before a tenant reports it.
No two jobs are quite the same, so we quote each one individually. Size, access and the product the joint needs all make a difference.
Why Longstone clients choose us
- Full insurance on every job
- Anti-fungal silicone where joints get wet
- Rated 4.9 stars on Google
- More than 20 years in sealant work
Common questions in Longstone
Are the rules for fire-rated sealant different in Scotland?
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 cover Longstone for fire rated sealant?
Yes. Our work covers the whole of Scotland, and Longstone is part of that. You can send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk and let us know what needs doing, and we’ll give you a clear quote.
Are you an approved applicator?
Yes. Mr Mastic is an ARBOMaster approved applicator.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured.
Will it make a mess?
No. We protect the surfaces around the joints, and we clear up the old sealant and our materials before we leave.
Do you carry out fire risk assessments?
No, we do not assess buildings. When your assessor or designer has set out what’s needed, we can quote for the fire-rated sealant items.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, always. There’s a 12-month guarantee on every job.
I’m a tenant. Can you help?
We can work for tenants, landlords or agents. Just make sure your landlord agrees.
What affects the cost of fire rated sealant
Your quote is based on your job. We take into account:
- The product the joint needs
- How much old sealant there is and how hard it is to remove
- How easy the joints are to reach
- The number and length of the joints
What it costs depends on the amount of work, how much old material has to come out and access to the work. You will have a clear quote before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
What to tell us for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can tell us:
- Where the job is, and your postcode
- If it’s domestic, commercial or a hotel
- Pictures of the joints, sent by email
- If someone has resealed it before
Want a quote for fire rated sealant? Please send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk and tell us about the job. We’ll explain what we’d do and give you a clear price before any work starts.
What else we do in Longstone
Keeping the joints in good condition
A little care helps the new joints last. Our advice:
- Check whether a sealant can be painted before decorating over it
- Report cracked or damaged seals as soon as you notice them
- File the fire-stopping record where your assessor can find it
- Take pictures of fire stopping before ceilings or boxing go back
Keep the record we give you with the building’s fire safety documents. It saves time at the next inspection or assessment.
Small gaps around services are simple to deal with while there are only a few. Over time, more work adds more holes.
Different surfaces, different methods
Service penetrations
Different services need different details: metal pipes, cables and plastic pipes are not treated the same. Each one is sealed to the product’s tested detail, and tell you if sealant alone is not the right fix.
Door frames
We deal with the gap around the frame, not the door. Doors, seals and closers are for a door specialist and we will mention anything we notice.
When it isn’t the sealant
Before booking, it’s worth knowing the limits too:
- Big openings where sealant alone isn’t the tested solution
- Issuing a fire rating or certificate for a building
- Doors that aren’t fire doors in the first place
If in doubt, drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Surfaces we seal
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Door frames
- Flats & HMOs
- Service penetrations
- Linear gaps