Edinburgh · Scotland
Fire-rated sealant in Marchmont, Edinburgh
Fire rated sealant for Marchmont and the surrounding area: careful preparation, the right product and tidy work. Ask us for a quick quote.
- Ordinary sealant used where a fire-rated product was needed
- Unsealed gaps where pipes and cables go through a wall
- Door frames with gaps between frame and wall
Marchmont questions
How do Scotland’s building regulations apply to fire-rated sealant in Marchmont?
Building work in Scotland comes under the Building (Scotland) Regulations and their 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 don’t certify buildings or do fire risk assessments; your assessor or building control can tell you what’s required.
Can you help a landlord with a rental near Edinburgh Waverley station?
Yes, we work for landlords and letting agents. Just drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and tell us about the property, and we’ll send you a clear quote.
Can I choose the sealant colour?
We help you choose a colour that suits, from white and clear to greys and other shades. The product needed can limit the range.
How long will you be here?
A typical job takes a few hours for a handful of gaps, and longer for a whole building, including preparation and clearing up. We will confirm how long when we quote.
Can you quote for more than one area?
Yes. Tell us about everything you’d like done and we’ll quote it together.
Is it OK to seal over old sealant?
No, because it fails. The old sealant always comes out first, so the new sealant bonds properly.
Do I need to be at home?
We need access to the joints, so we’ll agree that with you when we book. For inside work, that normally means someone being in.
Do you remove the old sealant?
Yes. All of the old material is cut out and the joint cleaned before applying anything new.
How we handle fire rated sealant in Marchmont
We often work from an action list drawn up by a fire risk assessor. If you share the list, we can quote for the gaps that need fire-rated sealant. Typical jobs include sealant items on a fire risk assessment action list and gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs, across service penetrations, pipe & cable gaps and plasterboard & masonry.
Hotels, serviced apartments and student accommodation in Scotland’s cities need their bathrooms kept in order between guests, so work in Marchmont can be planned room by room, and out of hours where needed.
Whatever the size of the job, you get the same one-year guarantee.
- Location
- Marchmont (EH9, EH8, EH3)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A year, on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Do you need fire rated sealant in Marchmont?
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.
It’s worth asking for a quote if you see:
- Open joints along the top of partitions
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
- Gaps left after a refit or conversion
- Damaged fire sealant left by other trades
For buildings such as West St Giles' Parish Church, gaps around pipes and cables are worth checking after any building work there.
Before you book anyone
- Whether all the old sealant comes out first
- What product goes in the joint
- What insurance they hold
- How long the guarantee is
Why deal with it now?
For some gaps, sealant isn’t the right answer and another system is needed. Large holes, cable bundles and plastic pipes can call for batts, collars or wraps. We’ll say so if a gap needs something other than sealant. Private landlords in Marchmont must meet the Repairing Standard, and damp or leaks can fall short of it, so failed sealant is best replaced before it becomes a complaint.
What it costs depends on the size of the job, how much old material has to come out and access to the work. You’ll have a clear quote before any work starts.
Why book with us
- Any old sealant cut out fully, not covered over
- Rated 4.9 stars on Google
- More than 20 years in sealant work
- An ARBOMaster approved applicator
The process
On the day, we start by going over the job with you. Surfaces next to the work are protected before any work starts. The work generally takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are. Parking in city streets around Marchmont can be tight or controlled, so it helps to know about permits or nearby bays. For flats, mention the door entry system and any shared-stair arrangements.
- We plan the order of work and access, floor by floor or flat by flat.
- Old, damaged or unsuitable sealant is removed.
- Gaps are cleaned of dust and loose material.
- The fire-rated or intumescent sealant is applied and tooled to the tested detail.
- We record what was done and flag anything that needs a different system.
How to prepare
- Clear items away from the joints we’re working on
- Plan for the work area to be out of bounds to pets and children
- Let us know about stairs, lifts or work at height
Ask for a quote
Need a quote? Please email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk with a few details. You’ll know what we plan to do, and what it will cost, before any work begins.
Related advice
Can I do it myself?
If you’re set on DIY, put the effort into preparation: remove every trace of old sealant, clean and dry the joint, and follow the product’s cure time. If it doesn’t work out, we can still put it right.
Not every job suits DIY: high-level joints, fire-rated gaps, external movement joints and big jobs need the right product, the right access and the right method.
Work for landlords, hotels and businesses
Failed sealant is one of the commonest items on a check-out report, and it’s quick to put right between tenancies. We can quote for more than one property at once.
Landlords and agents in Marchmont can book us as well as homeowners. Resealing between tenancies keeps a property looking cared for.
Nearby places to Marchmont
Other services in Marchmont
Fire rated sealant in Marchmont: local notes
For seaside hotels, guest houses and holiday lets around Marchmont, 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 Marchmont. Hotel work can be planned room by room, with out-of-hours working where needed.
For landlords with property near Edinburgh Waverley station, fire-rated sealant around pipes and cables through walls and floors needs making good whenever new services go through. For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Sciennes Primary School, gaps opened by contractors for new cabling are a common finding in schools and offices.
Marchmont is about 1 mile south-west of Buccleuch, in Edinburgh. We provide fire rated sealant to homes and businesses in Marchmont and nearby, as part of our work across Edinburgh. Marchmont is one of 175 places in Edinburgh we cover.
Work in EH9, EH8 and EH3 works the same way as everywhere else we cover. That includes homes and businesses on Lauder Road, Meadow Lane and Grange Road. Marchmont is on the A700, which makes it straightforward to reach with everything needed for fire rated sealant. If you’re just outside Marchmont, we cover Sciennes (1 mile east), The Grange (1 mile south-east), Lauriston (1 mile north), Burgh Muir (1 mile south-east) and Newington (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover Leith (3 miles north), North Leith (3 miles north), Queensferry (9 miles north-west), Timber Bush (3 miles north), South Portobello (3 miles east) and Southhouse (3 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Marchmont
Around Marchmont, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 22 pub and St Cuthbert's Church, among other places. You’ll also find The Meadows (within half a mile north), National Museums Scotland Library (0.6 miles north) and James Gillespie's High School (within half a mile west). For rail, the closest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 1 mile north of the centre. Nearby you will also find Waverley Mall (1 mile north) and Meadows Dental Clinic (under half a mile south-west). The countryside around Marchmont includes Salisbury Crags and Dunsapie Loch.
What affects the quote in Marchmont
There’s no set price list, because jobs vary so much. What we look at:
- Working hours on commercial sites
- How many rooms, windows or areas are involved
- How much there is to do
- Whether there’s mould to deal with
Some things make a job bigger or smaller: how much old sealant there is and how stubborn it is, any mould to treat, and whether we need extra access for height. Your quote takes all of that into account.
Helping us quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just tell us:
- The rough size of the job
- What the problem is, such as mould, gaps, leaks or cracking
- How we’d reach the joints
- If it’s domestic, commercial or a hotel
If you’re in Marchmont and need fire rated sealant, send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk. Tell us what the problem is and where, and you will get a clear quote before work begins.
Different surfaces, different methods
Plasterboard walls
In plasterboard walls, the condition of the board edge matters. Crumbling edges are cleaned back before the sealant goes in.
Door frames
Frame gaps are generally hidden behind the architrave. Where it’s open, we seal it to the product’s details for that gap size.