Edinburgh · Scotland
Fire-rated sealant in Victoria Park, Edinburgh
Intumescent and fire-rated sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations for homes and businesses in Victoria Park and across Edinburgh. Fully insured, ARBOMaster approved and guaranteed for a year.
- Open holes round services passing through fire walls
- Old fire sealant that has split or come away
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the joints looking good and working properly:
- Allow for resealing whenever new services are run
- Get damaged fire seals looked at promptly
- Do not paint over fire sealant until it has cured
- Look in service cupboards and ceiling voids from time to time
Keep the record we give you with the building’s fire safety documents. It helps whoever checks the building next.
When you plan work that goes through walls or ceilings, plan the fire stopping too. Doing it at the time avoids leaving gaps behind.
Fire rated sealant in Victoria Park, done properly
Where services or frames pass through a fire-resisting wall or floor, the gap around them needs a fire-rated seal. Each gap is sealed to the product maker’s tested detail for its size and substrate, with a record of the products and locations if you need one. We’re often asked to deal with damaged fire sealant left by other trades and sealant items on a fire risk assessment action list, on service penetrations, linear gaps and door frames.
In Scotland’s cities, hotels and student accommodation need sealant work done without emptying the building, so work in Victoria Park can be planned room by room, and out of hours where needed.
Our work is backed for twelve months, in Victoria Park and everywhere else we cover.
- Where
- Victoria Park (EH6, EH5, EH7)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A year, on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
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Can I do it myself?
Not every job suits DIY: work at height, external movement joints, fire-rated sealant and large areas need the right product, the right access and the right method.
Too much sealant is as bad as too little. A heavy bead looks messy and copes badly with movement, and getting the depth right matters as much as the look.
What we do, step by step
We work through the job in order: protection first, then preparation, sealing and a tidy-up. Typically it takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are and we leave things clean and tidy. For a tenement in Victoria Park, 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.
- We measure every gap and note what it’s in and what passes through.
- Unsuitable material such as ordinary foam or silicone is cut out and the faces cleaned.
- The specified fire-rated sealant goes in over any backing its detail requires.
- Every location is recorded with the product used.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention if the joints have been sealed before
- For indoor joints, keep the area dry beforehand if you can
- Mention any sign-in or site rules at work premises
How to get a quote
Getting a quote is simple: let us know the job and the location and its rough size. A few photos by email make the job easier to understand.
Advice
FAQs for Victoria Park
How do Scotland’s building regulations apply to fire-rated sealant in Victoria Park?
Building work in Scotland comes under the Building (Scotland) Regulations and their 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 carry out fire risk assessments, so your fire risk assessor or building control will advise on what’s needed.
Do you take on hotel work around Victoria Park?
Yes, we work for hotels as well as homes and businesses. Rooms can be done a few at a time, so the building stays open.
Can I add another job to the visit?
Yes. More than one area can be quoted together.
Can you match the sealant colour?
In most cases you can choose. We’ll tell you which colours the right product comes in.
Are you an approved applicator?
Yes. We are ARBOMaster approved, the scheme for applicators of Arbo sealants.
Do you provide details of the products used?
Yes. We record the locations we’ve sealed and the products used to keep with your fire safety documents.
Can you seal over the old sealant?
No. Fresh sealant does not stick to old sealant, and it traps any mould or water underneath. It all has to come out first.
Are you insured?
Yes, we’re fully insured for every job we do.
Fire rated sealant in Victoria Park: local notes
If you run a hotel, guest house or holiday let in a coastal place like Victoria Park, heavy use in the busy months is hard on washroom and kitchen sealant, and any building work there should leave fire-rated joints made good. Scotland has its own building regulations, the Building (Scotland) Regulations, with technical handbooks. We install fire-rated sealant to the product’s tested details; we don’t certify buildings or carry out fire risk assessments.
Schools such as Trinity Academy are buildings too, and gaps opened by contractors for new cabling are a common finding in schools and offices.
Victoria Park is about 2 miles north of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Whether you are in the middle of Victoria Park or further out, fire rated sealant is available for homes and businesses alike, from flats and houses to offices and hotels. Victoria Park is one of 175 towns and villages in Edinburgh where we work for fire rated sealant.
Our applicators cover all of EH6, EH5 and EH7 for fire rated sealant and the streets around it. Local streets include York Road, Park Road and Haig Lane, all of which we cover. Nearby, we also carry out fire rated sealant in Newhaven (1 mile north), North Leith (1 mile east), Powderhall (1 mile south), Bonnington (1 mile south-east) and Pilrig (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Sciennes (3 miles south), Merchiston (3 miles south), Newington (3 miles south), Queensferry (8 miles west), Burgh Muir (3 miles south) and South Portobello (3 miles south-east).
Near you in Victoria Park
We work in homes and buildings around McDonald Road Library, The Annfield Bar and Starbank Park and the streets around them. You will also find London Street Primary School (1.1 miles south) and Drummond Community High School (1 mile south). The closest station to Victoria Park is Edinburgh Waverley station, roughly 1.6 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Ocean Terminal (0.8 miles north-east) and Newhaven Heritage Museum (within half a mile north). Open spaces near Victoria Park include Salisbury Crags and The New Leaf Co-op.
Different surfaces, different methods
Flats and HMOs
In occupied buildings, we plan the order of work with you. We agree access to each flat and the common parts before work begins so residents know what to expect.
Plasterboard walls
We check that the board around the gap is sound. Crumbling edges are cleaned back before the sealant goes in.
Common problems we fix in Victoria Park
Over time, buildings change layout and use. A house turned into flats or an HMO, or an office split into smaller units, brings new walls, new service routes and new gaps.
If you can see any of these, it’s time to have the joints looked at:
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
- Unsealed gaps where pipes and cables go through a wall
- Gaps filled with a product that is not fire-rated
- Fire stopping disturbed by later work
If you let a flat or house near Edinburgh Waverley station, any gap left by new services in shared walls should be closed with a fire-rated product.
What your quote should include
- How long to leave it before use
- How long the guarantee is
- How the colour is chosen
- What happens if the job turns out different
How we quote for fire rated sealant
We don’t publish a price list, because no two jobs are the same. The quote depends on:
- Access and height
- Any working-time requirements on site
- Which sealant suits the joint
- The size of the job
What you pay reflects the work, not a rough estimate. That’s why we ask about the job first.
What to tell us for a quote
Photos help, but a description is a good start. Please mention:
- Pictures of the joints, sent by email
- Access, such as stairs, a lift or height
- Any previous sealing or DIY work
- The rough size of the job
We do not publish a price list, because every job is different. Instead, your job gets its own clear quote. To arrange one, email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk.
When it is not the sealant
In fairness, some problems need a different trade:
- Certifying a building or signing off its fire safety
- A wall that is not a fire-resisting element to begin with
- Fire risk assessments, which need a qualified assessor
Not sure which it is? You can send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk and we’ll tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Service penetrations
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Linear gaps
- Door frames
- Flats & HMOs