Expansion and movement joint sealing in Auldhouse, Glasgow
Expansion joint sealing for Auldhouse, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- New sealant over old, now failing
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
Expansion joint sealing in Auldhouse
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our expansion joint sealing in Auldhouse
Brickwork and blockwork walls have vertical movement joints at intervals that most people only notice when the sealant has gone. Once the seal fails, rain reaches the cavity and the joint can no longer close. The old seal comes out, backing goes in and a sealant with the right movement class is applied. If you’re dealing with damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed and layers of sealant in a movement joint, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Auldhouse tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Older stone buildings in Scotland’s cities often have later extensions, with movement joints where old meets new. They need the right movement class and correct width and depth to last.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant.
- Where
- Auldhouse (G43, G41, G46)
- Region
- Glasgow
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Do you need expansion joint sealing in Auldhouse?
The edges of the material can fail rather than the sealant. Weak or crumbling concrete, brick or render edges give the sealant nothing sound to grip, so we tell you if the edges need repairing first.
Clients normally get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Debris jammed in movement joints
- Water getting into the wall through a failed joint
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
For an estate such as New Victoria Hospital, which lies east of Auldhouse, the joints in ramps, decks and long building elevations all need attention over time.
What your quote should include
- What site paperwork they can supply
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Proof of insurance
Common questions from Auldhouse clients
Is a hospital such as New Victoria Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Does a site in Auldhouse have to shut while its joints are sealed?
Rarely. Work is phased around your operations. We agree the sequence and timings with you before we start.
Will you come and look before quoting?
It depends on the job. Simple work can often be priced from photos, and bigger or more complex jobs usually get a visit.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so we’ll ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Can you seal car park deck joints?
Yes. Let us know the opening hours and which levels or bays have to stay available, and we will plan the phasing around it.
Are expansion joints and movement joints the same thing?
It’s a deliberate gap that lets the structure move without cracking. Expansion joint is a name often used for the same thing, and either way it needs a sound seal.
Can staff carry on working while you’re here?
Yes, with some planning. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them.
Other services in Auldhouse
Keeping the joints sound
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. We suggest:
- Raise snow-clearing blades over deck joints where possible
- Act on the first tear or lifting edge rather than waiting
- Avoid parking heavy plant or pallets on joint lines
- Reopen bays and walkways only after the stated cure time
Fresh joint sealant needs its full cure time before it takes traffic or water. The time varies with product, conditions and joint depth, and we confirm it for each area before we leave. Keeping the area coned off until then avoids tyre marks and damage.
Unsupported floor joint edges spall under forklift and pallet-truck wheels. Broken arrises jolt trucks, loads and drivers. Keeping the filler or sealant sound protects the floor.
From enquiry to sign-off
Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. With the paperwork done, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- First, the joints are inspected for width, movement and the type of failure.
- A fixed quote follows, naming the sealant and its movement class.
- We strip out the old seal and prepare the faces, and we tell you if any edges need repairing first.
- We control the depth with backing rod or, in shallow joints, bond-breaker tape.
- Primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, followed by the sealant, which is then tooled off.
- Finished joints are checked and backed by our 12-month guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Move anything stored against the joints
Get a fixed quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Advice
Expansion joint sealing in Auldhouse: the local picture
Less than 3 miles from Auldhouse there are at least three named estates and business parks. Their warehouses, yards and car parks are exactly where joints take the most punishment. Auldhouse is in the west of Scotland, the wetter side of the country. External slab joints left open take plenty of rain. External sealing is booked for dry spells, with some give in the dates.
Campuses like University of Glasgow Gilmorehill Campus (to the north of Auldhouse) mix old and new buildings, with movement joints wherever they meet. Schools like Hillpark Secondary School often have long brick elevations with movement joints that age quietly.
Auldhouse is about 2 miles north of Giffnock, in Glasgow. Any commercial site in Auldhouse is covered. Auldhouse is one of 171 places we cover in Glasgow for movement joints.
Work on movement joints is covered throughout G43, G41 and G46, for business premises of every kind. If your site is on Rostan Road, Ericht Road and Hector Road or close by, we can quote for movement joints. Access to Auldhouse is via the A77 among other routes. Just outside Auldhouse, we also work in Pollokshaws (1 mile north-east), Hillpark (1 mile south), Shawlands (1 mile north-east), Newlands (1 mile south-east) and Langside (1 mile east). Bigger towns within reach include Hillhead (4 miles north), Dowanhill (4 miles north), Woodlands (4 miles north), Woodside (4 miles north), North Kelvinside (4 miles north) and Partickhill (4 miles north).
Near you in Auldhouse
We work on buildings around Pollok Country Park, Couper Institute and Library and Craigholme School. Auldhouse has its own railway station: Pollokshaws West station. Other landmarks nearby include Glasgow Victoria Infirmary (1.3 miles east) and Silverburn Shopping Centre (1.5 miles west). For a walk, there’s Cathkin Braes.
How the quote is worked out
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- Any access equipment needed
- Phasing around occupants
- Which sealant the job calls for
- How much existing material needs removing
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 we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
Details that help us quote
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Tell us:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- The type of building and who uses it
- When you need the work done
To get a fixed quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over. You can also send details through our quote form.
When something else is needed
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Changing the joint layout or spacing of a structure
- Movement on a scale no sealant is meant to absorb
- Proprietary pre-formed expansion joint systems
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work in Auldhouse
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Blockwork control joints