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Fire-rated sealant in Newington, Edinburgh
Fire rated sealant in Newington from a team with over 20 years’ experience. Rated 4.9 on Google from 180+ five-star reviews.
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
- Gaps filled with a product that is not fire-rated
- Gaps left after a refit or conversion
Keeping the joints in good condition
After the cure time, these simple habits help:
- Plan fire stopping into any work that goes through walls or floors
- Keep the record of products and locations with your fire safety documents
- Get damaged fire seals looked at promptly
- Don’t paint over fire sealant until it has cured
Don’t drill through or remove a fire seal without putting it back properly. New services through a sealed wall should include fire stopping in the plan.
It’s easiest to seal gaps while they’re few and easy to reach. Leave them and each new job adds another hole and the job gets bigger.
Fire rated sealant in Newington, done properly
Deciding which gaps need fire stopping isn’t our role; your assessor, designer or building control sets that out. What we do is apply the right product to that specification, properly and neatly. Common call-outs are for gaps filled with a product that isn’t fire-rated and new service routes left unsealed after building work, across door frames, plasterboard & masonry and flats & HMOs.
In Scotland, building work comes under the Building (Scotland) Regulations and their technical handbooks. For buildings in Newington, fire-rated sealant is installed to the manufacturer’s tested details, and washroom and kitchen sealant is chosen for heavy use.
We guarantee the work for a year. If something isn’t right with it in that time, tell us and we will put it right.
- Place
- Newington (EH9, EH8, EH16)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on all our work
- Quotes
- A clear price before we start
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
FAQs for Newington
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 do not certify buildings or do fire risk assessments; your assessor or building control can tell you what’s required.
Do you work in hotels near Newington?
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.
Is it worth trying it myself?
It depends on the job. High-level, external movement and fire-rated joints are professional jobs, while a short indoor joint may be within reach.
Do you remove the old sealant?
Yes, always, and completely. New sealant won’t bond properly to old, so any old material comes out before anything new goes in.
What does intumescent mean?
Intumescent means it swells when heated to help seal the gap. Intumescent sealants are one kind of fire-rated sealant; which product suits depends on the gap, the substrate and the service.
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. Your quote will say how long we expect yours to take.
Where do you work from?
Our base is Crawley, with over 20 years’ experience. We work across South East England, London and Scotland.
Can tenants book the work?
Of course. Ask your landlord first, and we can send them the quote if that helps.
Landlord and commercial work in Newington
Businesses can book us for washrooms, kitchens, offices and more. For commercial premises, we can talk through working times when we quote.
We regularly work with letting and managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and the access arrangements.
Different surfaces, different methods
Flats and HMOs
Working in occupied flats needs some planning. Access to flats and common areas is agreed in advance so residents know what to expect.
Linear gaps
Long, narrow gaps appear where walls meet slabs and ceilings. They’re sealed with a fire-rated sealant over backing where the detail calls for it.
Workplaces and buildings in Newington
If you run a hotel, guest house or holiday let in a coastal place like Newington, busy months put washrooms and kitchens under pressure, so it’s worth checking the sealant before the busiest weeks. 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 don’t certify buildings or carry out fire risk assessments.
Schools such as St Trinnean's School are buildings too, and fire-stopping around service openings should be restored whenever new services go in. If you look after a church, hall or community building such as Salisbury Church, gaps around pipes and cables are worth checking after any building work there.
Newington is about 1 mile south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Homes, rented property, offices and hotels in Newington is covered for fire rated sealant. The work is guaranteed for a year. Across Edinburgh, we cover 175 places, Newington among them.
Here we cover the EH9, EH8 and EH16 postcode area for fire rated sealant. You will find streets such as Lauder Road, Cobden Road and Meadow Lane, all of which we cover. If you’re just outside Newington, we cover St Leonard's (1 mile north-east), Burgh Muir (1 mile south-west), Sciennes (1 mile west), Mayfield (1 mile south-east) and The Grange (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Leith (3 miles north), North Leith (3 miles north), Queensferry (9 miles west), Timber Bush (3 miles north), Southhouse (3 miles south) and Newhaven (3 miles north).
Local landmarks in Newington
Typical jobs here are in homes near National Museums Scotland Library, The Meadows and Duddingston Kirk. Nearby too are Sciennes Primary School (under half a mile west), 1 pub (less than half a mile north) and Royal Blind School (0.5 miles south). The nearest railway station is Edinburgh Waverley station, roughly 1.1 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (0.9 miles south-east) and Deaconess Hospital (0.6 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Salisbury Crags and The New Leaf Co-op.
Nearby places to Newington
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DIY sealant or a professional job?
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.
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 fails, we can still redo it.
What happens on the day
When we arrive, we start by going over the job with you, so you know exactly what we’re doing. We protect the surfaces around the joints before we start. Most jobs take from a few hours to a few days, depending on the number of gaps and the access. Many homes in Scotland’s cities are tenement flats, reached through a shared close and up a common stair. In Newington, it helps to know the floor, the door entry arrangements and the nearest parking.
- We start with the survey or action list, checking the size and surfaces of every gap.
- Anything that is not fit for the job comes out, and the gap is cleaned.
- Where the tested detail needs backing or fill, we fit it.
- The sealant goes in to the depth its detail sets, then it’s tooled off.
- We record the locations and products used for your records.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear items away from the joints we are working on
- Where the joints are inside, avoid wetting them before we arrive
- Keep children and pets away from the work area
Getting a quote
Need a quote? Please email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk with a few details. We will explain what we’d do and give you a clear quote before we start.
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When to call us in Newington
If the sealant is too shallow, has the wrong backing or sits on a dusty surface, it is not installed as tested. We see plenty of fire stopping that was hurried.
These are the problems we’re asked about most:
- Ordinary sealant used where a fire-rated product was needed
- Holes left by a change of layout
- Fire seals that have cracked with movement
- Linear gaps at the head of walls
For landlords with property near Edinburgh Waverley station, new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant.
Before you book anyone
- What insurance they hold
- What the cure time is
- How long the guarantee is
- What happens if the job turns out different
Quotes for fire rated sealant in Newington
Your quote is based on your job. We take into account:
- The size of the job
- Whether old sealant or filler has to be cut out
- When we can work, for business premises
- How easy the joints are to reach
Commercial jobs are quoted on the same basis as homes: how much there is to do, how we reach it and what it needs. Ask us for a quote and we will explain what it covers.
Asking for a quote
Photos by email are helpful but not essential. Try to tell us:
- Pictures of the joints, sent by email
- What’s wrong with the joints now
- Any previous sealing or DIY work
- How many joints, rooms or windows are involved
A good description makes for an accurate quote. Let us know the location, the problem and roughly how many joints, and email photos if that’s easy.