Craigiebank expansion joint sealing
Expansion joint sealing for Craigiebank, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Weathered movement joint sealant that no longer flexes
- Rain penetration at brick or block movement joints
- Previous reseals laid over old sealant
Expansion joint sealing near Craigiebank
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Expansion joint sealing for commercial buildings in Craigiebank
Mastic Doctor has sealed movement joints since 2005, for main contractors, FMs, managing agents and building owners. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, we’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and we carry five million pounds of public liability insurance. Workmanship is backed by our 12-month guarantee. Site teams most often ask us about damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed and chipped joint edges on forklift routes, across car park decks and ramps, cladding panel joints and brickwork movement joints. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Craigiebank from the first photos to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
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.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Place
- Craigiebank (DD4, DD5, DD1)
- Region
- Dundee
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Craigiebank
Is Kingsway East Retail Park, near Craigiebank, within your area?
Yes, sites like Kingsway East Retail Park are within our area, along with the rest of Craigiebank. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Kings Cross Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Which product is best for expansion joints?
It depends on the movement, exposure and traffic. Facades often take a low-modulus silicone; floors and decks normally need a polyurethane unless the specification names something else.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
How long do sealant joints last?
There isn’t a single answer, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
What if the joint edges are damaged?
Broken arrises have to be put right before resealing. Sealing over them leads to early failure.
What exactly is a movement joint?
The general name is movement joint, and expansion joint is one common type. In everyday use the two names are often swapped and the way they’re sealed is similar.
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Why deal with it now?
Leaving a failed movement joint rarely stays a small problem. Water and debris get in, the joint jams and the edges spall. Resealing early keeps the work to sealant. Scottish city buildings take plenty of rain, so a split or hardened joint lets water into the wall. Renewing them early protects the fabric.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Craigiebank
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- A range of standard colours, depending on the product
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Colour agreed before work starts
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or how we’re accredited.
Surface by surface
Internal floor movement joints
Forklift and pallet-truck wheels break unsupported joint edges. The right filler or sealant for the traffic and movement protects them flagging broken arrises before sealing.
Brickwork and blockwork joints
Vertical movement joints in brick and block walls let the masonry grow and shrink. We use a sealant rated for the movement, usually low-modulus, with backing rod setting the depth.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
How a job runs
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, keep walkways clear and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. For premises in Craigiebank, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, and we’ll plan the work to suit, phased where areas need to stay in use.
- First the joints are inspected, widths measured and the type of failure noted.
- You receive a fixed quote stating the product and the movement it is rated for.
- Phasing is agreed so decks, floors or entrances can stay in use where needed.
- The failed seal is cut out and both joint faces cleaned back to sound material.
- Backing rod or bond-breaker sets the depth, primer goes on where specified, and the sealant is applied and tooled.
- Finished joints are inspected, the cure time confirmed and the 12-month guarantee applies.
Before we start on site
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Quotes
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Advice
Slabs, ramps and loading bays in Craigiebank
The sea is no more than about 1 mile from Craigiebank. 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 Craigiebank 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.
Campuses like Abertay University, 1.8 miles west of Craigiebank, mix old and new buildings, with movement joints wherever they meet. Sites like Kings Cross Hospital, 2.3 miles to the west of Craigiebank, carry ambulances, deliveries and visitors’ cars over their road and deck joints.
Craigiebank is about 1 mile east of Stobswell, in Dundee. If you’re looking for expansion joint sealing in Craigiebank, we can help, as we do across Dundee. Craigiebank is one of 28 places in Dundee on our list.
We cover the DD4, DD5 and DD1 postcode districts. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Dean Avenue, Huntly Road and Noran Avenue. Craigiebank sits on or close to the A92 and A930, which helps when planning parking and deliveries for the job. Close to Craigiebank, our area also takes in Pitkerro (1 mile north), Douglas (1 mile north-east), Whitfield (1 mile north), Stobswell (1 mile west) and Woodside (2 miles north-west). Further afield, our area takes in Blackness (3 miles west), Barnhill (3 miles east), Logie (3 miles west), St Marys (4 miles north-west), Downfield (3 miles north-west) and Lochee (3 miles west).
Near you in Craigiebank
We work on buildings around St Roque's Library, Baxter Park and Morgan Academy, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Dundee station, roughly 1.9 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Wellgate Centre (1.6 miles west) and McManus Gallery (1.7 miles west). Not far away are Balgay Hill and Trottick Mill Ponds.
When it isn’t the sealant
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Movement on a scale no sealant is meant to absorb
- Crumbling edges that would give a new bead nothing sound to grip
- Failed waterproofing membranes on podiums, roofs or decks (a waterproofing specialist’s job)
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we seal
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
Signs you need expansion joint sealing in Craigiebank
Sometimes the sealant holds but the substrate breaks away. Weak or crumbling concrete, brick or render edges give the sealant nothing sound to grip, so we tell you if the edges need repairing first.
Things that typically lead to an enquiry:
- Arrises breaking up along floor joints
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Sealant peeling off one face of the joint
- Torn sealant in brick or block movement joints
At places like New Craigie Retail Park, 0.5 miles to the north of Craigiebank, joints are sealed a section at a time so operations carry on.
Before you book anyone
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?