Expansion and movement joint sealing in Broomhouse, Edinburgh
Expansion joint sealing in Broomhouse, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Chipped joint edges on forklift routes
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
Expansion joint sealing across Broomhouse
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Common questions from Broomhouse clients
Is Sighthill Shopping Centre, near Broomhouse, within your area?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Broomhouse, Sighthill Shopping Centre among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Do we have to stop operations in Broomhouse while the joints are sealed?
Rarely. Work is phased around your operations. We agree the sequence and timings with you before we start.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators.
Which product is best for expansion joints?
Movement capability matters most, classified under BS EN ISO 11600. Where two different materials meet, a hybrid sealant can be the better choice.
Can you quote from photographs?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a visit.
When can you be on site?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photographs and a postcode.
How we handle expansion joint sealing in Broomhouse
Few joints take as much punishment as those in a car park. Wheel loads, grit and de-icing salts attack the seal and the concrete either side; water dripping through to the deck below is often the first sign. We reseal deck and ramp joints with a trafficable sealant chosen for the movement and the work can be phased so parts of the car park stay open. We work on blockwork control joints, brickwork movement joints and precast concrete panel joints, and what we’re called in for most is water getting into the wall through a failed joint and water dripping through deck or ramp joints. Searching for sealant specialists in Broomhouse? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Scotland’s cities have multi-storey car parks, shopping centres, university and hospital estates, all with movement joints in decks, floors and walls. Failed joints let water in, and repeated frost then works on the edges.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Place
- Broomhouse (EH11, EH12, EH14)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. The work itself usually takes a few hours to several weeks, depending on how many metres of joint there are and how much old sealant or filler needs removing, and we clear our waste as we work. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we’ll work to them.
- We look at the joints, their width and how they’ve failed.
- You get a fixed quote with the product and its movement capability stated.
- We strip out the old seal and prepare the faces, flagging any broken edges that need repair before sealing.
- Backing rod goes in at the right depth, or bond-breaker tape where the joint is shallow.
- After any primer the maker requires, the bead is applied and tooled so it grips two sides only.
- Finished joints are checked and backed by our 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Getting a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Advice
When it isn’t the sealant
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we are upfront when that’s the case. It won’t fix:
- Leaks coming from the membrane rather than the joint seal
- Proprietary pre-formed expansion joint systems
- A joint that has to be widened or re-detailed before it can work
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Brickwork movement joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Cladding panel joints
Warehouse floors and decks around Broomhouse
Broomhouse is on Scotland’s drier eastern side. Cold winters and gritting are hard on any yard or deck joint left open. Sealing them in drier months limits winter damage. Broomhouse has at least three named business or industrial parks inside a 3-mile radius. Sites like these are full of saw-cut floor joints, yard slabs and car park joints.
At places like Hailes Park Industrial Estate, 0.6 miles to the south-east of Broomhouse, joints are sealed a section at a time so operations carry on. For a store at a site such as Sighthill Shopping Centre, which lies south-west of Broomhouse, the service yard and goods-in area are where joints break down first.
Broomhouse is about 3 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Our applicators travel to Broomhouse for work on movement joints. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Broomhouse among them.
Business premises anywhere in EH11, EH12 and EH14 are within our area for movement joints. If your site is on Roull Road, Calder Road and Saughton Road or close by, send details and we will quote for movement joints. Just outside Broomhouse, we also work in Sighthill (1 mile south-west), Saughton (1 mile east), Carrick Knowe (1 mile north-east), Wester Hailes (1 mile south) and South Gyle (1 mile north-west). Further afield, our area takes in Edinburgh (3 miles east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (5 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles north-east), Broughton (4 miles north-east) and Bellevue (4 miles north-east).
Near you in Broomhouse
We work on buildings around Saughton Park and Merchiston Castle School and the streets around them. The closest station to Broomhouse is Kingsknowe station, about 0.9 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Craigcrook Castle (1.9 miles north) and The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.5 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Corstorphine Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Nearby places to Broomhouse
Other services in Broomhouse
When to call us in Broomhouse
Sometimes the sealant holds but the substrate breaks away. If the edge of the joint is friable, the bond fails with it, so we tell you if the edges need repairing first.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Sealant peeling off one face of the joint
- Spalled or broken joint edges in floors and decks
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Layers of sealant in a movement joint
Schools such as Forrester High School have movement joints in their walls and floors that are easy to overlook.
Comparing quotes
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
Aftercare for building managers
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Raise snow-clearing blades over deck joints where possible
- Keep traffic off new joints until the cure time is up
- Avoid parking heavy plant or pallets on joint lines
- Clear dirt from joint lines during routine cleaning
Our workmanship on movement joints carries a 12-month guarantee. Record which product went into which joints in the building file so future maintenance isn’t guesswork.
An open joint fills with grit, and a joint full of grit can’t close. The edges then take the pressure and start to spall. Keeping the seal sound avoids all of that.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Broomhouse
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We’re fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
When to bring in a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.