Scotland

Expansion Joint Sealing in Edinburgh

We cover 174 towns and villages across Edinburgh for expansion joint sealing, with failed joints always cut out and a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship.

Need expansion joint sealing in Edinburgh?

Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.

Get a quick quote 01277 525 020

Expansion joint sealing across Edinburgh

Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors. Pick your town below to see the details for your area, or send details for a fixed quote.

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About expansion joint sealing in Edinburgh

If you need expansion joint sealing in Edinburgh, start with photos and joint lengths. We’ll come and look where photos don’t show enough before issuing a fixed quote. To discuss the joints first, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. Site teams most often ask us about layers of sealant in a movement joint and water getting into the wall through a failed joint, on car park decks and ramps, precast concrete panel joints and brickwork movement joints.

We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact.

We start with photographs, approximate lengths and any drawings, visiting where needed.
We compare each joint’s width with the movement and the sealant’s capability and tell you if the design looks wrong for the movement.
Every joint is cleared of the failed seal and any grit packed into it.
Any broken arrises or friable edges are flagged before work goes further.
The right sealant goes in at the right depth, bonded to the two sides only.
Areas reopen once cured, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.

What you’ll pay

Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.

Why clients in Edinburgh choose us

Clear, fixed quotes
Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
CHAS accredited contractor
Specification-led, product-correct work

Ask for a quote

Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over.

Landmarks near Edinburgh

Recent enquiries here include premises near Signet Library, Bennets Bar and St Cuthbert's Church and the streets around them. Nearby too are Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (less than half a mile east), Tollcross Primary School (under half a mile south), Bruntsfield Links (under half a mile south-east) and Boroughmuir High School (less than half a mile south). The nearest railway station is Haymarket station, roughly 0.5 miles west. A little further out are Museum of Fire (under half a mile north-east) and Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion (under half a mile east). Green spaces nearby include Salisbury Crags and Dunsapie Loch.

Floors, slabs and movement joints across Edinburgh

Movement joints in brick, cladding panels and concrete appear on buildings all over Edinburgh, from schools to offices and car parks. When they fail, water and grit get in and the edges start to break.

Across Edinburgh, outside sealant work is planned around the weather, so we keep some flexibility in the dates. Parts of Edinburgh lie on or near the coast, where wind-driven rain and, closer to the shore, salt air are harder on external joints. Product choice and joint preparation matter more there.

Edinburgh: A campus such as University of Edinburgh - Lauriston Campus, under half a mile north-east of Edinburgh, has long runs of movement joint in its buildings, decks and paving. Estates like Russell Road Industrial Estate (0.8 miles west of Edinburgh) combine warehouse slabs, yards and loading bays, all with joints under wheels.

Maintenance after handover

After handover, these steps help:

Look over external and deck joints after a hard winter
Keep traffic off new joints until the cure time is up
Sweep decks, ramps and floors so grit doesn’t collect in the joints
Plan racking layouts so feet don’t land on a joint

Keep wheels, feet and water off new joints until the sealant has cured. How long that takes depends on the product, the temperature and the depth of the joint, and we confirm it for each area before we leave. Barriers left in place until then protect the finish.

Rain gets into walls through torn brick and block movement joints. It can surface inside as damp a long way from the joint. Catching it early keeps the water outside.

Should maintenance staff do it?

Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.

Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.

What we are called out for in Edinburgh

Three-sided adhesion is a common cause of early failure. Bonded on three faces, it can’t stretch evenly when the joint opens so backing is set before sealing.

If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:

Sealant pulling off the joint face
Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
Expansion joints filled with dirt and stones
Movement joints with split or torn sealant

What sets the cost

Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:

Site requirements such as inductions and permits
Whether the work must be split into stages
The size and state of each joint
Quantities, in metres or numbers

Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.

What we need to price the job

The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:

Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
Specification clauses that apply
Where the site is, with the postcode
The asbestos register, for older buildings

Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, phone 01277 525 020 or email us.

Surface by surface

Concrete and precast panel joints

Joints between precast panels open and close with temperature and loading. We use a sealant classed for the movement, laid over backing to depth.

Brickwork and blockwork joints

Mortar snots and debris in the joint stop it working. Everything is raked out before backing and sealant go in and flag any joint that seems undersized.

Your questions answered

Do the joint edges need to be sound before sealing?

Sealant needs sound faces to bond to, so we will tell you if the edges need repairing before sealing. Where it’s visible beforehand, we will say so when we quote.

Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?

No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.

Are you insured?

Yes. We are fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.

What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?

The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so we will ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.

Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?

Yes. We are CHAS accredited, we’re a Constructionline member and we use CSCS-carded applicators.

Do you work in Edinburgh?

Yes. Sites across Edinburgh are covered, and the same phone number covers every area.

Can one quote cover more than one building?

Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.