Expansion and movement joint sealing in Drumbrae, Edinburgh
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors across Drumbrae, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- Layers of sealant in a movement joint
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
Expansion joint sealing for businesses in Drumbrae
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
About our expansion joint sealing in Drumbrae
Brickwork and blockwork walls have vertical movement joints at intervals. Once the seal fails, rain reaches the cavity and the joint can no longer close. The old seal is cut away, backing rod goes in at depth, and a low-modulus masonry sealant is gunned and tooled with primer where the maker calls for it. If you have hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades and new sealant over old, now failing, we can put it right, on car park decks and ramps, precast concrete panel joints and brickwork movement joints alike. For commercial sealant work in Drumbrae, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
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.
We stand by our work: 12 months, guaranteed. That covers our preparation and application, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Where
- Drumbrae (EH4, EH12)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Drumbrae: questions and answers
Would you work within a site like Spire Murrayfield Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Our building in Drumbrae is near the coast: does that change the sealant?
It can. Wind-driven rain and, closer to the shore, salt air are harder on external joints. We check the specified product suits the exposure and pay close attention to preparation.
Can staff carry on working while you are here?
Yes, as long as we plan it. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them.
Which sealant will you use?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
How long will the new sealant last?
There isn’t a single answer, because life depends on how much the joint moves, how exposed it is and how it’s cleaned and used. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
Can weather delay the job?
Outside, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Inside work is seldom held up.
Can you send site paperwork?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm with the quote.
From enquiry to sign-off
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. With the paperwork done, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- 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.
- Old sealant and filler are cut out and the joint faces cleaned back to sound material, and we tell you if any edges need repairing first.
- 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.
- Each joint is inspected and handed over with our 12-month guarantee.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Move anything stored against the joints
Ask for a quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
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Cost factors for movement joints
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, since sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- The total length or number of joints
- Whether the work must be split into stages
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
What we need to price the job
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Let us know:
- Access details, including height
- Any specification or named product
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
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. For a chat about it beforehand, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Leave it or put it right?
Spot repairs can be useful on a tight budget. But if the rest of the run is the same age and product, it’s typically not far behind and repeated access costs add up. Where it helps, we quote both options. Failed sealant in a shared building in Drumbrae can affect more than one owner. Fixing it promptly keeps repairs small.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
Why us?
- CHAS accredited
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Joints that move: notes for Drumbrae
Drumbrae lies within about 2 miles of the sea. Open joints in coastal car parks and yards let in salt-laden water as well as grit, so a failed joint lets more in and the edges break up sooner. Being in the east of Scotland, Drumbrae gets less rain than the west coast. Frost and de-icing salt still find their way into open external joints. Resealing before the cold months helps protect the edges.
Hospitals like Spire Murrayfield Hospital (to the south-east of Drumbrae) have multi-storey or surface car parks whose joints carry vehicles round the clock. For a store at a site such as Corstorphine Retail Park (0.9 miles south of Drumbrae), the service yard and goods-in area are where joints break down first. For estates staff at a university like Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus, which lies south of Drumbrae, building and paving joints are part of the planned maintenance list.
Drumbrae is about 3 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Anywhere in EH4, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places.
We cover the EH4 and EH12 postcode districts for movement joints. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Oak Lane, Rannoch Road and Hillview Road. We also cover Clermiston (1 mile north-east), Parkgrove (1 mile north), Corstorphine (1 mile south), Craigcrook (1 mile east) and Davidson's Mains (1 mile north-east) for movement joints. A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (3 miles east), Leith (5 miles east), Bonnington (4 miles east), Greenside (4 miles east), Broughton (4 miles east) and Bellevue (4 miles east).
What’s near Drumbrae
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Torfin pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is South Gyle station, roughly 1.3 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Corstorphine Hospital (1.1 miles south-east) and War Poets Collection (2.1 miles south). For a walk, there’s The New Leaf Co-op and Dundas Loch.
When something else is needed
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we are upfront when that’s the case. It won’t fix:
- Concrete or masonry repairs along the arrises
- Structural movement beyond what the joints were designed for (that needs a structural engineer)
- Waterproofing layers buried beneath the sealant
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Car park decks and ramps
- Blockwork control joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Cladding panel joints
How the job changes by surface
Internal floor movement joints
Floor joints include saw-cut joints and construction joints. A semi-rigid filler is common in trafficked industrial floors and a flexible sealant where the joint moves more.
Car park decks and ramps
Car park joints are some of the hardest-working joints in any building. A trafficable sealant suited to the movement goes in.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative.