Edinburgh · Scotland
Silvermills Fire Rated Sealant
Problem with your fire-stopping gaps in Silvermills? We remove the old material, prepare the joints and seal them properly, and the work is guaranteed for a year.
- Open joints along the top of partitions
- Standard silicone or caulk in a fire-stopping gap
- Open gaps behind door architraves
What fire rated sealant looks like in Silvermills
For seaside hotels, guest houses and holiday lets around Silvermills, busy months put washrooms and kitchens under pressure, so it’s worth checking the sealant before the busiest weeks. Silvermills has hotels and guest accommodation in and around it. Hotel work can be planned room by room, with out-of-hours working where needed.
Rented homes near Edinburgh Waverley station change hands often, and 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 London Street Primary School, fire-stopping around service openings should be restored whenever new services go in.
Silvermills is about 1 mile north of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Jobs in Silvermills get the same care as everywhere else we work: the old material taken out, joints prepared properly and a 12-month guarantee. Silvermills is one of 175 towns and villages in Edinburgh where we work for fire rated sealant.
Postcode districts we cover here for fire rated sealant: EH3, EH2 and EH4. That includes homes and businesses on Canon Lane, Circus Lane and Albany Lane. Other places close to Silvermills include Stockbridge (1 mile west), Comely Bank (1 mile west), Warriston (1 mile north), Inverleith (1 mile north-west) and Dean Village (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cover Queensferry (8 miles west), South Portobello (3 miles east), Southhouse (4 miles south-east), Gilmerton (5 miles south-east), Slateford (3 miles south-west) and Gracemount (4 miles south-east). Silvermills is among the bigger towns we cover in Edinburgh.
Near you in Silvermills
Around Silvermills, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Stockbridge public library, Hamilton's Bar & Kitchen and Drummond Community High School, among other places. Nearby too are King George V Park (less than half a mile north-east) and St Cuthbert's Church (0.6 miles south). The closest station to Silvermills is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 0.7 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Waverley Mall (0.6 miles south-east) and Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh (0.8 miles south-east). Not far away are The New Leaf Co-op and Dunsapie Loch.
About our fire rated sealant in Silvermills
Bigger jobs can be worked through in stages, flat by flat or floor by floor, with each location and product recorded. That record is useful for your files and for whoever looks at the building next. If you have linear gaps at the head of walls and new service routes left unsealed after building work, we can put it right, whatever the surface.
Scotland has its own building regulations, with their own technical handbooks. For buildings in Silvermills, fire-rated sealant is installed to the manufacturer’s tested details, and washroom and kitchen sealant is chosen for heavy use.
You’re covered for a year from the day we finish. If there’s a problem with it, please email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk.
- Place
- Silvermills (EH3, EH2, EH4)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A year, on every job
- Quotes
- A clear quote up front
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Silvermills
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.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
- Linear gaps at the head of walls
- Gaps flagged on a fire risk assessment
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
Community buildings like St Stephen's Church are part of the picture too: gaps around pipes and cables are worth checking after any building work there.
Before booking anyone
- Who turns up on the day
- What the quote includes, VAT included or not
- How the colour is chosen
- What the cure time is
Why deal with it now?
Fire-rated sealants are less forgiving than ordinary ones. How it’s installed changes how it performs, and we work to the product details every time. In a tenement flat in Silvermills, a failed seal is rarely just your problem: water can reach the flat below, and gaps in shared walls or fire-stopping affect the whole stair.
What you pay reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we ask about the job first and give you a clear price before any work starts.
Why Silvermills clients choose us
- Sanitary silicone with an anti-fungal additive in wet areas
- We never seal over old sealant
- Neat joints and a tidy finish
- Homes, businesses and hotels
See our cost guide or what customers say.
Should I try it myself first?
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.
If you are set on DIY, put the effort into preparation: take out all the old sealant, make sure the joint is clean and dry, and give it the full cure time. If it fails, we can still redo it.
FAQs for Silvermills
Do you work for landlords with property near Edinburgh Waverley station?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for. Just email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk with the address and what needs doing, and we will give you a clear price.
Are the rules for fire-rated sealant different in Scotland?
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’s 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.
Do you come to Silvermills?
Yes, we do. Our applicators work in Silvermills.
Do I need to be at home?
It depends on the job. For work indoors, someone needs to let us in, and for outside work we’ll agree access with you when we book.
Is there a guarantee?
Yes. Every job comes with a 12-month guarantee.
Do you do fire sealant around door frames?
Yes, if the gap is within the product’s tested range. We seal the frame-to-wall gap, not the door itself.
What do you put in the joint?
The product depends on the job: anti-fungal sanitary silicone in wet areas, and other sealants where joints move or face the weather. We use products from Arbo and Everbuild.
Can you tell me which gaps need fire stopping?
No, assessment isn’t something we do. Once you have a specification or action list from your assessor or designer, we’ll quote for the sealant work on it.
Quotes for fire rated sealant in Silvermills
You will get a clear quote before any work starts. It takes into account:
- The old material and how stubborn it is
- When we can work, for business premises
- Whether the work is at height
- The number of rooms or windows
No two jobs are quite the same, so each one gets its own quote. The number of joints, how easy they are to reach and the sealant needed all play a part, and we’ll explain the quote if you ask.
What to tell us for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can tell us:
- Whether it’s a home or a business
- Roughly how big the job is
- The problem you’ve noticed
- Pictures of the joints, sent by email
To get a quote, drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk with the location and a short description of the problem. We’ll give you a clear quote before any work starts.
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Looking after it afterwards
Once the sealant has cured, a few habits help it last:
- Report cracked or damaged seals as soon as you notice them
- Never patch a fire seal with standard sealant
- Plan fire stopping into any work that goes through walls or floors
- Take pictures of fire stopping before ceilings or boxing go back
File the record of locations and products with your fire safety paperwork. It saves time at the next inspection or assessment.
An open gap isn’t only a fire issue: they also let noise, draughts and sometimes pests through. Dealing with them early helps with all of these.
The process
On the day, we look over the joints with you first. Surfaces next to the work are protected before work begins. Most jobs take anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are. For a tenement in Silvermills, work inside your flat is between us and you, while shared parts may need the factor or neighbours to agree. Tell us which applies when you book.
- Before starting, we go through the specification or action list with you.
- Each gap is measured and its substrate and service noted.
- Any non-fire-rated filler is removed and the gap cleaned.
- The specified fire-rated sealant goes in over any backing its detail requires.
- Every location is recorded with the product used.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about stairs, lifts or work at height
- Clear the area around the work
- Try not to wet indoor joints just before the visit
Ask for a quote
Call for a quick quote, or send an email if you’d rather. Describe what needs sealing and we’ll explain what’s involved and send you a clear quote.
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When something else is needed
Honest advice matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what new sealant won’t do:
- Big openings where sealant alone is not the tested solution
- Doors that aren’t fire doors in the first place
- A wall that is not a fire-resisting element to begin with
Not sure which it is? You can drop us a line at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Surfaces we seal
- Flats & HMOs
- Linear gaps
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Service penetrations
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Door frames