Expansion and movement joint sealing in Carrick Knowe, Edinburgh
Need expansion joint sealing in Carrick Knowe? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Movement joints with split or torn sealant
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
Expansion joint sealing across Carrick Knowe
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our expansion joint sealing in Carrick Knowe
Width, depth and product all have to work together. The joint has to be wide enough for the expected movement and the sealant’s movement capability. For wider joints, the width-to-depth ratio is often around 2:1, as the manufacturer advises, and the bead is tooled so it grips the two faces alone. If you have rain penetration at brick or block movement joints and expansion joints split through the centre of the bead, we can put it right. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Carrick Knowe it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
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.
Work we carry out in Edinburgh comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll come back to it.
- Place
- Carrick Knowe (EH12, EH11, EH14)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Why act early in Carrick Knowe
A like-for-like reseal of a joint that keeps splitting rarely lasts. If the joint is too narrow or the product wrong for the movement, it needs a different approach, and we’ll say so before quoting. In a tenement or shared city building, water from a failed joint can reach other owners’ property, which makes early repair simpler for everyone. Acting early avoids disputes and bigger repairs.
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
What you get with us
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- RAL and finish matching where the product range allows
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Colour options checked against the specified product
Surface by surface
Internal floor movement joints
Warehouse and retail floors have saw-cut induced joints and construction joints. Trafficked floor joints often get a semi-rigid filler and a flexible sealant where the joint moves more.
Podium joints
Podium decks are exposed and often trafficked. A sealant suited to both traffic and exposure is used.
Also near Carrick Knowe
Also in Carrick Knowe
Signs you need expansion joint sealing in Carrick Knowe
Repeated failure often traces back to the wrong product. Products not classed for the movement fail early. Movement capability is set out in BS EN ISO 11600, and specifications often refer to it.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Debris jammed in movement joints
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Movement joints with split or torn sealant
- Joints where the bead has lost adhesion
At a retail site such as Corstorphine Retail Park (0.9 miles north-west of Carrick Knowe), joints in car parks, service yards and sales floors carry cars, cages and trolleys every day.
Questions to ask before you book
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- How joint depth will be controlled
Building owners, agents and FMs in Carrick Knowe
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Carrick Knowe can form part of a wider programme.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Keeping the joints sound
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Put movement joints on the planned maintenance inspection round
- Raise snow-clearing blades over deck joints where possible
- Reopen bays and walkways only after the stated cure time
- Clear dirt from joint lines during routine cleaning
Keep wheels, feet and water off new joints until the sealant has cured. The time varies with product, conditions and joint depth and we will tell you when each bay or area can reopen. Keeping the area coned off until then avoids tyre marks and damage.
Joints sealed at the same time generally fail around the same time. It pays to check every joint, not just the obvious one so you can prioritise and budget. We’ll tell you which movement joints need doing now and which can wait.
From enquiry to sign-off
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Carrick Knowe, and we will plan the work to suit, phased where areas need to stay in use.
- The first job is to check each joint: how wide it is, how it moves and why the old seal let go.
- You get a fixed quote with the product and its movement capability stated.
- We strip out the old seal and prepare the faces.
- Closed-cell backing rod is set to depth, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints.
- Primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, followed by the sealant, which is then tooled off.
- We check every joint before sign-off, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Quotes
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Advice
Where floor joints take the most wear near Carrick Knowe
With the shore within about 3 miles, Carrick Knowe counts as a coastal location. External movement joints in car parks, ramps and yards near the coast take salt and wind-driven rain on top of traffic, and edges left open tend to break up faster. The 3 miles around Carrick Knowe take in at least three named trading estates, business parks or retail parks. Their warehouses, yards and car parks are exactly where joints take the most punishment.
A healthcare site such as Spire Murrayfield Hospital (0.6 miles north-east of Carrick Knowe) depends on car parks, ramps and service yards whose joints take traffic all day. A campus such as Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus, 1 mile south-west of Carrick Knowe, has long runs of movement joint in its buildings, decks and paving.
Carrick Knowe is about 3 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Commercial clients in Carrick Knowe can call on us for movement joints, as part of our coverage of Edinburgh. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, large and small.
We cover the EH12, EH11 and EH14 postcode districts. For a building on Roull Road, Station Road and Dovecot Road or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for movement joints. Being close to the A8, Carrick Knowe is easy to get to with materials and equipment. We also cover Saughton (1 mile south), Stenhouse (1 mile south-east), Broomhouse (1 mile south-west), Corstorphine (1 mile north-west) and Balgreen (1 mile north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (3 miles east), Leith (5 miles north-east), Bonnington (4 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles north-east), Broughton (4 miles north-east) and Bellevue (3 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Carrick Knowe
Recent enquiries here include premises near Saughton Park, Balgreen Primary School and Gabrielle Keiller Library. The closest station to Carrick Knowe is South Gyle station, roughly 1 mile west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.6 miles west) and Craigcrook Castle (1.3 miles north). The countryside around Carrick Knowe includes Corstorphine Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
FAQs: Carrick Knowe
Can you work on a hospital site such as Spire Murrayfield Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Does a coastal location like Carrick Knowe affect which sealant is used?
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.
Why has the sealant in our expansion joints split?
The way it has failed typically tells us why: a split through the middle points to over-stretching, while peeling from one face points to preparation or primer. Broken edges are a third possibility.
Do you guarantee expansion joint work?
Each job is backed by a 12-month guarantee on the workmanship. Damage from later works or traffic loads outside the joint’s design isn’t a workmanship fault.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
What do you charge?
Each job is quoted on its own details. To get one, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with a description of the work.