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Remedial sealant & repairs in Mayfield, Edinburgh
Remedial sealant for Mayfield, by sealant specialists with 20+ years’ experience. 180+ five-star Google reviews and a 4.9 rating.
- Sealant peeling off a dusty or damp surface
- Smears and lumps from a botched reseal
- Decorators’ caulk around a bath or shower
Mayfield questions
Do you work for landlords with property near Edinburgh Waverley station?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for, and several properties can be quoted together. You can email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk with the details for a clear quote.
Can a failed shower seal in a tenement flat in Mayfield leak into the flat below?
Yes. With flats above and below, a leak from a failed seal rarely stays in one flat. A proper reseal, with all the old sealant cut out, stops it at the source.
Can I do it myself?
For a simple, easy-to-reach joint, a careful DIYer can do a reasonable job. The usual mistakes are sealing over old sealant, sealing a damp joint and using too much.
Do you take out the old sealant first?
Yes. All of the old material is cut out and the joint cleaned before resealing.
Can you match the sealant colour?
Most of the time, yes. We’ll tell you which colours the right product comes in.
Do the sealants smell?
Some sealants have a smell while they cure, which fades as it sets. Opening a window helps.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the job is, what the problem is and roughly how big it is. Photos by email help too.
Which products do you use?
It depends on the joint: sanitary silicone where it gets wet, and sealants suited to movement or weather elsewhere. Brands we use include Arbo and Everbuild.
Remedial sealant in Mayfield
With more than 20 years’ experience, our applicators have seen most of the ways sealant can fail. We’re ARBOMaster approved and fully insured, and remedial work carries our one-year guarantee. If you’re dealing with sealant applied over old sealant that has lifted and dark patches showing through the sealant, we can help, on shrunken worktop sealant, leaking tray & enclosure joints and expansion joints alike.
Mayfield is in one of Scotland’s four big cities, where many tenement bathrooms were fitted into rooms that weren’t built for them. Rooms like that are often small and slow to dry out, which is hard on sealant and grout.
Our work is backed for twelve months.
- Where
- Mayfield (EH9, EH16, EH8)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- One year on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- info@mrmastic.co.uk
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
How the job changes by surface
Worktops & kitchens
A loose worktop splits its sealant. That needs refixing before resealing, which we’ll point out.
Leaking trays & enclosures
If the tray is cracked, or the leak is from the valve or waste, sealant won’t fix it. We’ll tell you what we find.
Why it’s worth doing now in Mayfield
Adding more sealant is the usual quick fix, and it rarely works. It does not grip the old layer, so the leak carries on and there’s now more to remove. Private landlords in Mayfield 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. We give a clear quote before work begins.
Why choose Mr Mastic in Mayfield
- Domestic, commercial and hotel work
- Arbo and Everbuild products
- Anti-fungal silicone where joints get wet
- 180+ five-star Google reviews
Read how sealant jobs are priced and customer reviews.
How the visit works
At the end, we look at the finished work together and tell you how long to leave it. The work normally takes a few hours for a typical bath or shower, longer where several layers have been applied, depending on the size of the job. For a tenement in Mayfield, work inside your flat is between us and you, while shared parts may need the factor or neighbours to agree. It helps to know which it is when you get in touch.
- First we find out how and where the joint has failed.
- All the old sealant comes out, including any layers underneath.
- Next, any mould is treated and the joint dried.
- Moving joints get backing and a flexible sealant to suit.
- The new joint is tooled neatly and we explain anything else we found.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us if parking is tricky
- Mention any tricky access
- Mention if the joints have been sealed before
Getting a quote
A good description makes for an accurate quote. Let us know the location, the problem and roughly how many joints, and add pictures by email if you can.
Advice
Signs you need remedial sealant in Mayfield
Using the wrong product is a common cause: acrylic caulk in a wet area, a general-purpose sealant on a moving joint, or an acetoxy silicone on natural stone or some metals. Each fails in its own way.
Any of these means the joints need attention:
- Caulk or the wrong sealant used in a wet area
- Mould trapped under a layer of silicone
- Wide, uneven beads that look worse than the old ones
- Kitchen joints letting water behind the worktop
If you live in an older home near Craigmillar Park Church, bathrooms in older houses have often been refitted more than once, with sealant laid over sealant.
Comparing quotes
- What product goes in the joint
- What the quote includes, VAT included or not
- What the cure time is
- How the colour is chosen
What we can’t put right
We will always be straight with you, so here’s what new sealant won’t do:
- Older mastics that may need an asbestos check before removal
- Failed tanking or loose tiles behind the sealant
- Leaks from a shower valve, waste or pipework (a plumber’s job)
If in doubt, email us at info@mrmastic.co.uk and we will say what we think.
Where we work in Mayfield
- Leaking tray & enclosure joints
- Expansion joints
- Shrunken worktop sealant
- Mouldy bath & shower sealant
- Botched or over-sealed joints
- Failed movement joints
Towns and villages near Mayfield
Also in Mayfield
Work for landlords, hotels and businesses
From a single let to a portfolio, you get the same standard of work: the old material taken out, careful preparation and a 12-month guarantee.
Letting agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and the access arrangements and we’ll quote.
How we quote for remedial sealant
There’s no set price list, because jobs vary so much. What we look at:
- The product the joint needs
- The number and length of the joints
- Access and height
- How many areas need sealing
Rather than a set price list, we price the job in front of us: the amount of work, the old material and the access. You’ll know the price before we begin.
What to tell us for a quote
You do not need to know the technical terms. It helps if you can tell us:
- The address or postcode of the job
- The rough size of the job
- Any access issues, like height or stairs
- What the problem is, such as mould, gaps, leaks or cracking
For remedial sealant in Mayfield, send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk. A short description of the job and where it is helps us quote, and we’ll agree the price before any work begins.
Bathrooms and kitchens in Mayfield
Mayfield is close to the coast. Near the coast, holiday lets and guest houses can see bathrooms used by one guest after another, and sealant and grout that work that hard wear out sooner. Mayfield has hotels and guest accommodation nearby. As well as homes, we work in hotel bathrooms, where resealing and regrouting can be done room by room.
Letting a property close to Edinburgh Waverley station? Then failed or mouldy sealant is worth putting right between tenancies, before it turns into a leak. For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Royal Blind School, its toilets, changing areas and kitchens need their sealant renewed like any other building’s.
Mayfield is about 2 miles south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Anywhere in EH9, we cover remedial sealant for homes and businesses. We cover 175 towns and villages across Edinburgh, large and small.
Every address in EH9, EH16 and EH8 is covered for remedial sealant, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Lady Road, Lygon Road and Granby Road, all of which we cover. You’ll find Mayfield on the A7, so it’s easy for us to get to with everything needed for remedial sealant. Other places close to Mayfield include Prestonfield (1 mile east), Newington (1 mile north-west), Cameron Toll (1 mile south-east), St Leonard's (1 mile north) and Burgh Muir (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Leith (3 miles north), Bonnington (3 miles north), North Leith (3 miles north), Queensferry (9 miles north-west), Timber Bush (3 miles north) and Comely Bank (3 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Mayfield
We work in homes and buildings around Peffermill Playing Fields, Leslie's Bar and National Museums Scotland Library. You’ll also find Sciennes Primary School (0.7 miles north-west), Duddingston Kirk (1 mile north-east) and St Margaret's School (under half a mile south-east). Mayfield’s nearest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 1.5 miles north-west. A little further out are Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (0.5 miles south-east) and Craigmillar Castle (1.3 miles south-east). Open spaces near Mayfield include The New Leaf Co-op and Duddingston Loch.