Expansion Joint Sealing in Moray

Expansion joint sealing in Moray: how it works

Internal floor joints take trolleys, pallet trucks and forklifts. Without a sound filler, joint edges chip and spall under load so the product has to suit both the traffic and the movement. We will tell you if the edges need repairing before sealing and phasing can keep areas working. Site teams most often ask us about damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed and sealant peeling off one face of the joint, across car park decks and ramps, blockwork control joints and podiums and floor movement joints.

When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before anything is cut or cleaned, with the work itself normally taking a short visit for a handful of joints, or several days or more for a car park deck or long runs of facade joints.

1. Photos, joint lengths and drawings come to us, or we visit.
2. 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.
3. Every joint is cleared of the failed seal and any grit packed into it.
4. Any broken arrises or friable edges are flagged before work goes further.
5. A sealant suited to the movement and traffic is laid to depth and tooled.
6. Areas reopen once cured, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.

What you’ll pay

Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.

Why clients in Moray choose us

• 12 months’ guarantee on every job
• Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
• Public liability insurance in place
• One number for every site we cover

Ask for a quote

If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.

Landmarks near Elgin

Around Elgin, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Muckle Cross pub, Cooper Park and St Columba's Church of Scotland, among other places. There’s a railway station in Elgin itself: Elgin station. Well-known places in the area include Dr Gray's Hospital (0.6 miles west) and St Giles Centre (under half a mile north-west). For a walk, there’s Loch Spynie.

Looking after the joints

Sealant joints are maintenance items, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. We suggest:

• Raise snow-clearing blades over deck joints where possible
• Put movement joints on the planned maintenance inspection round
• Keep product details with the building records for the next reseal
• Report split or peeling joint sealant early

Fresh joint sealant needs its full cure time before it takes traffic or water. How long that takes depends on the product, the temperature and the depth of the joint. Barriers left in place until then protect the finish.

Rain gets into walls through torn brick and block movement joints. The first sign is often a damp patch indoors by which time the joint has been open for a while. Catching it early keeps the water outside.