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Wester Hailes Fire Rated Sealant
Professional fire rated sealant in and around Wester Hailes, with every bit of old sealant taken out first.
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
- Unsealed gaps around fire door frames
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
How it works
You do not need to clear the whole room or building before we come, only the area right around the joints. We protect the rest, and the job takes a few hours for a handful of gaps, and longer for a whole building for a typical job. Inside a flat in Wester Hailes, the job is planned with you; outside, shared parts may need the factor or other owners involved. Tell us which applies when you book.
- We plan the order of work and access, floor by floor or flat by flat.
- We take out any damaged or unsuitable sealant.
- Gaps are cleaned of dust and loose material.
- We apply and tool the sealant to the product’s tested detail.
- Locations and products are written up and any gaps unsuitable for sealant are flagged.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking rules near the property
- Let us know about stairs, lifts or work at height
- For business premises, tell us about site rules or sign-in
Getting a quote
The more we know about the job, the more useful the quote. Tell us where the job is, what’s wrong and how much there is, and add photos by email if you can.
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Fire rated sealant in Wester Hailes
We can work through a building room by room or floor by floor. It gives you a list to keep with the building’s fire safety documents. We work on service penetrations, plasterboard & masonry and flats & HMOs, and common reasons people get in touch are unsealed gaps around fire door frames and sealant items on a fire risk assessment action list.
Hotels, serviced apartments and student accommodation in Scotland’s cities need their bathrooms kept in order between guests, so work in Wester Hailes can be planned room by room, and out of hours where needed.
A one-year guarantee comes as standard.
- Location
- Wester Hailes (EH14, EH11, EH13)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A year, on every job
- Quote
- A clear quote up front
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
For landlords and businesses
We also work for businesses, from offices to washrooms and kitchens. On commercial sites, working times can be discussed when we quote.
We also work for property managers and facilities teams. We can quote a run of properties together.
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Can I do it myself?
What a professional job adds is preparation and the right product. Joints are cleaned back to sound surfaces and dried, and the sealant is matched to the joint and its conditions.
If you do try it yourself, take your time over the 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.
Aftercare tips
Looking after new joints is easy, and it makes a real difference:
- Don’t fill fire-stopping gaps with ordinary foam or silicone
- Plan fire stopping into any work that goes through walls or floors
- Check risers, ceiling voids and cupboards during building checks
- Ask every contractor to reseal any fire stopping they disturb
Let contractors know where fire stopping has been done, and ask them to reseal anything they cut through. Later work is a common cause of damaged fire stopping.
If a fire risk assessment has flagged a gap, do not leave it for the next one. Get it sealed and recorded.
Wester Hailes: your questions answered
Do Scottish building rules affect fire-rated sealant work in Wester Hailes?
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 don’t certify buildings or carry out fire risk assessments, so your fire risk assessor or building control will advise on what’s needed.
Can you do fire rated sealant in Wester Hailes?
Yes. We work across all of Scotland, and Wester Hailes is part of that. You can email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk and let us know what needs doing, and we’ll give you a clear price.
How long does the job take?
It depends on the size of the job, but as a guide it takes from a few hours to a few days, depending on the number of gaps and the access. We will tell you when we quote.
Do you take out the old sealant first?
Yes. Sealing over old sealant is the main reason resealing fails early, and it’s something we never do.
Can I choose the sealant colour?
Yes. Sealants come in white, clear, grey and other colours for many products, and we’ll agree it with you first.
Can I do it myself?
You can, for simple jobs. The key is preparation: remove all the old material and work on a clean, dry joint. If it does not work out, we can redo it.
Is standard sealant good enough for a fire gap?
No. A gap that needs fire stopping needs a tested fire-rated product fitted to the maker’s details.
What’s the difference between intumescent and fire-rated sealant?
An intumescent material expands when it’s heated. Many fire-rated sealants work this way, but not all, and the choice depends on the gap.
Honest limits
New sealant can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t solve:
- Fire doors that need new seals, closers or hardware
- Large holes that need a different fire-stopping system
- A wall that is not a fire-resisting element to begin with
If in doubt, email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we will say what we think before booking.
Where we work in Wester Hailes
- Flats & HMOs
- Service penetrations
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Door frames
- Linear gaps
- Pipe & cable gaps
What fire rated sealant looks like in Wester Hailes
In Scotland, building work comes under the Building (Scotland) Regulations and their technical handbooks. We install fire-rated sealant to the product’s tested details, though we do not certify buildings or do fire risk assessments.
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as Wester Hailes Baptist Church, service openings in its walls need the right fire-rated sealant, as in any building. Letting a property close to Wester Hailes station? Then new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant.
Wester Hailes is about 3 miles south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Every kind of property in Wester Hailes is covered for fire rated sealant, old or new, large or small. The work is guaranteed for a year. Wester Hailes is one of 175 places in Edinburgh where we work.
Jobs for fire rated sealant in EH14, EH11 and EH13 works the same way as everywhere else we cover. You’ll find streets such as Calder Road, Ashcroft Lane and Alcorn Square, and we cover them all. If you’re just outside Wester Hailes, we cover Baberton (1 mile south), Sighthill (1 mile north-west), Clovenstone (1 mile south-east), The Calders (1 mile west) and Kingsknowe (1 mile east). Larger places within reach include Edinburgh (3 miles north-east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (5 miles north-east), Greenside (5 miles north-east), Broughton (5 miles north-east) and Bellevue (5 miles north-east).
What’s near Wester Hailes
Around Wester Hailes, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Merchiston Castle School, Juniper Green Parish Church and Saughton Park. There’s a railway station in Wester Hailes itself: Wester Hailes station. A little further out are The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.9 miles north-west) and War Poets Collection (0.5 miles north-west). Open spaces near Wester Hailes include Torphin Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Leave it or put it right?
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. If a gap isn’t suitable for sealant, we will tell you. In a Scottish city tenement, failed sealant affects more than one flat: a leak can come through the ceiling below, and gaps in shared walls or fire-rated joints matter to every flat.
The cost reflects the work involved, not a rough estimate. That’s why we ask a few questions first.
Why book with us
- Any old sealant cut out fully, not covered over
- Sanitary silicone with an anti-fungal additive in wet areas
- Homes, businesses and hotels
- More than 20 years in sealant work
Take a look at our cost guide and what customers say.
Different surfaces, different methods
Service penetrations
A copper pipe, a cable and a plastic pipe can all need different fire-stopping details. We follow the manufacturer’s tested detail for each and we flag any that need another system.
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled and broken-out holes in concrete are often irregular. We check the gap size around the service against the product’s tested range.