Expansion Joint Sealing in Cammo
We carry out expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Cammo. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- New sealant over old, now failing
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
Expansion joint sealing in Cammo
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Surface by surface
Internal floor movement joints
Warehouse and retail floors have saw-cut induced joints and construction joints. A semi-rigid filler is common in trafficked industrial floors.
Podium joints
Podiums take foot traffic, planters and weather. We choose a product that copes with feet, wheels and weather.
Expansion joint sealing in Cammo
We’ve been sealing expansion and movement joints for over 20 years, for main contractors, FMs, managing agents and building owners. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and we carry five million pounds of public liability insurance. Each job is backed by a 12-month guarantee on the workmanship. Site teams most often ask us about leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below and new sealant over old, now failing, on podiums and floor movement joints, car park decks and ramps and brickwork movement joints. Most enquiries from Cammo start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
Around the edges of Scotland’s cities are warehouses, trade counters and distribution units, each with saw-cut and construction joints under forklifts and pallet trucks. We work in phases with a product suited to the traffic, so operations carry on.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, wherever the site is. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Where
- Cammo (EH4, EH12, EH30)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Cost factors for movement joints
Each job is priced on its own details. The main factors are:
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The size and state of each joint
- Working within restricted access windows
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: 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.
Sending details for a quote
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Specification clauses that apply
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- When you need the work done
- Access details, including height
For a fixed quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Maintenance after handover
Once the work is signed off, these steps help:
- Sweep decks, ramps and floors so grit doesn’t collect in the joints
- Act on the first tear or lifting edge rather than waiting
- Check joints after long freezing spells
- Raise snow-clearing blades over deck joints where possible
In warehouses, forklift and pallet-truck routes take the most wear. Avoid standing heavy loads or racking legs on the joints and flag chipped arrises before they spread.
Once debris packs a failed joint, the structure has nowhere to expand. The arrises crack and break away under the load. Keeping the seal sound avoids all of that.
What sealant work can’t fix
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- A joint that has to be widened or re-detailed before it can work
- Proprietary pre-formed expansion joint systems
- Broken or spalled joint edges, which need repairing before any sealant goes in
If you’re not sure, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Car park decks and ramps
- Blockwork control joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
What we are called out for in Cammo
When a bead pulls away from one face, it has lost adhesion. Poor preparation, a skipped primer, or sealant bonded to the back of the joint are typical reasons and it often shows on rushed work.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Layers of sealant in a movement joint
- Rain penetration at brick or block movement joints
- Expansion joints filled with dirt and stones
- Torn sealant in brick or block movement joints
For an occupier at a site such as West Craigs Industrial Estate, 1.2 miles to the south of Cammo, the joints at loading doors and dock levellers usually see the hardest wear.
Comparing quotes
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- How they’ll work around occupants
Questions about Cammo
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Spire Murrayfield Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Does a coastal location like Cammo affect which sealant is used?
It can. Driven rain and salt are tougher on outside sealant than sheltered inland conditions. Product choice and preparation matter more, and sea-facing elevations are worth inspecting more often.
What hours do you work?
Mention the site’s hours and access windows in your enquiry, and we’ll plan around them. You can reach the office between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Are expansion joints and movement joints the same thing?
The terms overlap a great deal. A movement joint allows for expansion, contraction, shrinkage and loading, and the seal across it keeps water and debris out.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
It depends on the product. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so we will confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
What if the joint edges are damaged?
Sound edges are essential. Where they’ve broken up, we will tell you they need repairing first.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. For premises in Cammo, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Quotes
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photos and a description will do.
Related advice
What else we do in Cammo
Floors, slabs and movement joints in Cammo
Cammo lies within about 2 miles of the sea. External movement joints in car parks, ramps and yards near the coast take salt and wind-driven rain on top of traffic, so it pays to keep them sealed. The 3 miles around Cammo take in at least three named trading estates, business parks or retail parks. Floors, loading bays and yards on sites like these are where floor and movement joints work hardest.
Centres like The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.5 miles south of Cammo) have mall floors and service decks whose joints carry steady traffic. A healthcare site such as Spire Murrayfield Hospital, 2.3 miles south-east of Cammo, depends on car parks, ramps and service yards whose joints take traffic all day.
Cammo is about 4 miles west of West End, in Edinburgh. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Cammo can call on us for movement joints. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places, large and small.
Work on movement joints is covered throughout EH4, EH12 and EH30, for business premises of every kind. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Cammo Road, Pinetum Lane and Braehead Road and the roads nearby. Nearby places we also cover include Barnton (1 mile north-east), Braepark (1 mile north-east), Bughtlin (1 mile south-east), Lennie (1 mile west) and Cramond (1 mile north-east) for movement joints. Further afield, our area takes in Edinburgh (4 miles east), Leith (6 miles east), Bonnington (5 miles east), Greenside (5 miles east), Broughton (5 miles east) and Bellevue (5 miles east).
Around Cammo
Cammo’s nearest station is Edinburgh Gateway station, about 1.3 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Corstorphine Hospital (2.1 miles south-east) and The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.5 miles south). Not far away are The New Leaf Co-op and Dundas Loch.