Expansion Joint Sealing in Craigentinny
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Craigentinny and across Edinburgh. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- New sealant over old, now failing
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Spalled or broken joint edges in floors and decks
Expansion joint sealing in Craigentinny
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Commercial clients in Craigentinny
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Expansion joint sealing in Craigentinny
For movement joints in Craigentinny, photos and approximate lengths are the best start. We’ll come and look where photographs don’t show enough. You can also ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos to talk the joints through. If you are dealing with sealant peeling off one face of the joint and movement joints with split or torn sealant, we can put it right, whatever the surface. For commercial sealant work in Craigentinny, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Scotland’s cities have multi-storey car parks, shopping centres, university and hospital estates, all with movement joints in decks, floors and walls. When the sealant goes, water and grit get in, and a Scottish winter makes it worse.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Location
- Craigentinny (EH7, EH8, EH15)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
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Also in Craigentinny
Craigentinny: questions and answers
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (Little France)?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Can being near the sea in Craigentinny affect the sealant we need?
It can. Driven rain and salt are tougher on outside sealant than sheltered inland conditions. We choose the product for the exposure, prime where the manufacturer requires it and size the joint for its movement.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
What exactly is a movement joint?
The terms overlap a great deal. A movement joint allows for expansion, contraction, shrinkage and loading while the sealant stops grit and water getting in.
How long before the joints can be used?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, and we confirm it before leaving site.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so we’ll ask for the register before work on an older building. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
Can you seal car park deck joints?
Yes. These joints take wheels, salt and water, so product choice matters and broken edges are flagged before sealing.
How a job runs
Before we leave any area, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Quotes
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
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Doing it in-house
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Aftercare for building managers
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Treat a small split as a warning, not a cosmetic issue
- Keep scrapers and ploughs from dragging across joint sealant
- Put movement joints on the planned maintenance inspection round
- Leave barriers in place until fresh joint sealant has cured
Keep wheels, feet and water off new joints until the sealant has cured. The time varies with product, conditions and joint depth. Keeping the area coned off until then avoids tyre marks and damage.
On a multi-storey car park, a failed joint typically shows up as a leak onto the deck underneath. Salty water dripping through stains soffits and lands on parked vehicles, which is bad news for the concrete and the people parking below. Resealing early limits the damage.
When it isn’t the sealant
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Broken or spalled joint edges, which need repairing before any sealant goes in
- Cracking or settlement that calls for an engineer’s assessment
- Waterproofing layers buried beneath the sealant
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Car park decks and ramps
- Blockwork control joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Brickwork movement joints
Slabs, ramps and loading bays in Craigentinny
The sea is no more than about 1 mile from Craigentinny. External movement joints in car parks, ramps and yards near the coast take salt and wind-driven rain on top of traffic, so a failed joint lets more in and the edges break up sooner. Craigentinny has at least three named business or industrial parks inside a 3-mile radius. That puts plenty of warehouse floors, service yards and car parks close by, all with joints under traffic.
On industrial estates such as West Telferton Industrial Park, less than half a mile to the south-east of Craigentinny, saw-cut floor joints, loading bay slabs and yard joints take the heaviest traffic. Another example is East Telferton Industrial Estate, which lies south-east of Craigentinny, where floors and yards would be done in stages around the occupiers. University campuses such as University of Edinburgh - Holyrood Campus, 1.9 miles west of Craigentinny, have car parks, paved walkways and building elevations with movement joints.
Craigentinny is about 2 miles south-east of Bonnington, in Edinburgh. If you are looking for expansion joint sealing in Craigentinny, we can help, as we do across Edinburgh. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places.
If you need expansion joint sealing in EH7, EH8 and EH15, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Goff Avenue, King's Road and Loaning Road. Main routes into Craigentinny include the A199 and A1140, useful when we plan access and materials. Nearby places we also cover include Mountcastle (1 mile south), Piershill (1 mile south-west), Northfield (1 mile south), Restalrig (1 mile west) and Jock's Lodge (1 mile west) for movement joints. A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (3 miles west), Silvermills (3 miles west), West End (3 miles west), Stockbridge (3 miles west), Canonmills (3 miles west) and West Coates (4 miles west).
Near you in Craigentinny
Recent enquiries here include premises near Portobello Library, Public House and Mannafields Christian School, among other places. The closest station to Craigentinny is Brunstane station, about 1.7 miles south-east. A little further out are Hibernian Football Club Museum (1.3 miles west) and St. James Centre (2.2 miles west). For a walk, there’s Whinny Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Cost factors for movement joints
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Any access equipment needed
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- How much there is to seal
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a quote once you have the details.
What we need to price the job
However big the job, the same details help:
- When you need the work done
- The type of building and who uses it
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with what you know.