Expansion and movement joint sealing in Bingham, Edinburgh
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Bingham. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Sealant pulling off the joint face
- Leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below
Expansion joint sealing across Bingham
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
How a job runs
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- We look at the joints, their width and how they’ve failed.
- A fixed quote follows, naming the sealant and its movement class.
- Old sealant and filler are cut out and the joint faces cleaned back to sound material, and we tell you if any edges need repairing first.
- Backing rod goes in at the right depth, or bond-breaker tape where the joint is shallow.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Advice
How we handle expansion joint sealing in Bingham
For movement joints in Bingham, photographs and approximate lengths are the best start. Send them through our quote form, and we’ll arrange a site visit if needed, then send a fixed quote that names the sealant. To discuss the joints first, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form. We work on car park decks and ramps, podiums and floor movement joints and precast concrete panel joints, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are spalled or broken joint edges in floors and decks and sealant peeling off one face of the joint. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Bingham, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Older stone buildings in Scotland’s cities often have later extensions, with movement joints where old meets new. Those joints need a sealant with the right movement capability, sized to the gap.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. That covers our preparation and application, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Place
- Bingham (EH15, EH16, EH8)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Work for main contractors and building owners
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Bingham can form part of a wider programme.
Where floor joints take the most wear near Bingham
With the shore within about 2 miles, Bingham counts as a coastal location. Near the sea, external slabs, ramps and decks see salt air and driven rain as well as their usual loads, so it pays to keep them sealed. Bingham is on Scotland’s drier eastern side. Freezing weather and salt still attack open external joints. Sealing them in drier months limits winter damage.
Schools such as Castlebrae Community High School have movement joints in their walls and floors that are easy to overlook. Retail parks like Craigmillar Shopping Centre (to the south-west of Bingham) have long runs of car park and yard joints taking daily traffic.
Bingham is about 3 miles east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Across the EH15 postcode area, it works the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, large and small.
Anyone looking for expansion joint sealing in EH15, EH16 and EH8 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on Hay Avenue, Dunkirk Road and Harewood Road or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for movement joints. Being close to the A6095 and A6106, Bingham is straightforward for us to reach. If your building is just outside Bingham, we cover Niddrie Mains (1 mile south-east), Magdalene (1 mile north-east), Niddrie (1 mile south-east), Greendykes (1 mile south) and Craigmillar (1 mile south-west). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (3 miles west), Leith (3 miles north-west), Bonnington (3 miles north-west), Greenside (3 miles north-west), Broughton (3 miles north-west) and Bellevue (3 miles north-west).
Near you in Bingham
We work on buildings around Portobello Library, Duddingston Kirk and Craigmillar Castle Park and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Brunstane station, roughly 1 mile east. Nearby you’ll also find Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (1.7 miles south-west) and Craigmillar Castle (1 mile south-west). Open spaces near Bingham include Whinny Hill and Duddingston Loch.
What sealant work can’t fix
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Cracking or settlement that calls for an engineer’s assessment
- Failed waterproofing membranes on podiums, roofs or decks (a waterproofing specialist’s job)
- Changing the joint layout or spacing of a structure
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Cladding panel joints
Common questions from Bingham clients
Is Craigmillar Shopping Centre, near Bingham, within your area?
Yes. Our area takes in Bingham and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Craigmillar Shopping Centre included. To start, just phone 01277 525 020 or email us with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Our building in Bingham is near the coast: does that change the sealant?
It can. Coastal exposure works external joints harder than inland weather. Product choice and preparation matter more, and sea-facing elevations are worth inspecting more often.
Do you use silicone or polyurethane in movement joints?
It depends on the movement, exposure and traffic. Facades often take a low-modulus silicone; floors and decks usually need a polyurethane.
What timescale should we allow for resealing expansion joints?
That depends on joint lengths, widths, access and how much old sealant or filler needs removing. As a guide, it typically takes anything from part of a day to a couple of weeks, depending on joint lengths, widths and access.
Do you need to see the site first?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit.
What causes movement joint sealant to fail?
Most often the movement is too much for the product or the joint width. We review the joint design as well as the sealant before pricing.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
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Why deal with it now?
A like-for-like reseal of a joint that keeps splitting rarely lasts. A higher movement class, or a design change by the engineer, may be needed, and we will say so before quoting. Getting access arranged for a building in Bingham takes time, so deal with all failing joints while access is up.
Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
What you get with us
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Coloured sealants to suit the setting, where available
- Constructionline member
- Fully insured
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Surface by surface
Podium joints
On podiums, the joint can belong to a larger waterproofing detail. We reseal the joint where sealant is the specified fix and flag it if the membrane looks like the source.
Brickwork and blockwork joints
Long brick and block elevations have movement joints at intervals. They take a low-modulus sealant with a movement class to suit, with backing rod setting the depth.
Common problems we fix in Bingham
With no backing rod or bond-breaker in place, sealant grips the base of the joint too. Bonded on three faces, it can’t stretch evenly when the joint opens.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Brittle, chalky sealant on external joints
- Water getting into the wall through a failed joint
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
- New sealant over old, now failing
Hospitals like Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (Little France) (to the south of Bingham) have multi-storey or surface car parks whose joints carry vehicles round the clock.
What your quote should include
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How they’ll work around occupants