Expansion Joint Sealing in Fettercairn
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors across Fettercairn, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
- New sealant over old, now failing
- Joints packed with grit and debris
Need expansion joint sealing in Fettercairn?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Expansion joint sealing in Fettercairn
We have 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. Workmanship is backed by our 12-month guarantee. If you are dealing with rain penetration at brick or block movement joints and water dripping through deck or ramp joints, we can help. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Fettercairn first comes to us: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
For floor or movement joints around smaller places like Fettercairn, we plan to finish in one visit where we can. Photos, approximate widths and what uses the floor help us bring the right materials.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, in Fettercairn as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Place
- Fettercairn (AB30)
- Region
- Aberdeenshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions we’re asked in Fettercairn
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Stracathro Hospital?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Is Fettercairn too small for you to travel to?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. We cover the whole of Scotland. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Who decides which product is used?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
What do you charge?
Each job is quoted on its own details. For yours, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with a description of the work.
What’s the difference between an expansion joint and a movement joint?
It’s a deliberate gap that lets the structure move without cracking. Expansion joint is a name often used for the same thing.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
What hours do you work?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Floors, slabs and movement joints in Fettercairn
Being in the east of Scotland, Fettercairn gets less rain than the west coast. Freezing weather and salt still attack open external joints. Autumn is a sensible time to seal them.
Around Fettercairn, each joint gets a filler or sealant matched to what crosses it and how much it moves. A healthcare site such as Stracathro Hospital (5.4 miles south of Fettercairn) depends on car parks, ramps and service yards whose joints take traffic all day.
Fettercairn is about 10 miles north-west of Montrose, in Aberdeenshire. Anywhere in AB30, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Across Aberdeenshire, 179 places are covered, including Fettercairn. There’s a separate page for Aberdeen, about 27 miles away.
Commercial sites across AB30 are covered for movement joints. We cover commercial and managed buildings on The Square, Main Street and School Road and the roads nearby. Sites close to Fettercairn are covered too, including Sauchieburn (3 miles south-east), Edzell Woods (3 miles south-west), Luthermuir (3 miles south), Laurencekirk (4 miles east) and Edzell (4 miles south-west). A short drive away, we cover Stonehaven (15 miles north-east), Banchory (15 miles north), Inverbervie (11 miles east), St Cyrus (8 miles south-east) and Johnshaven (10 miles south-east).
Near you in Fettercairn
Fettercairn’s nearest station is Laurencekirk station, about 4.3 miles east. Nearby you’ll also find Thornton Castle (2.5 miles south-east) and Stracathro Hospital (5.4 miles south). Open spaces near Fettercairn include Hound Hillock.
Doing it in-house
There’s also the paperwork. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
What we can’t put right
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Changing the joint layout or spacing of a structure
- Mechanical expansion joint covers, cover plates or proprietary joint systems (a specialist supplier’s job)
- Crumbling edges that would give a new bead nothing sound to grip
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Blockwork control joints
What happens if it’s left?
Re-sealing with the same product that failed is often a false economy. A higher movement class, or a design change by the engineer, may be needed, and we will say so before quoting. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, so it’s worth renewing joints around Fettercairn before they leak.
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 will put a fixed figure on it.
Why appoint us
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- One contact handling all your sites
- Fully insured
Also near Fettercairn
Other services in Fettercairn
Commercial clients in Fettercairn
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Fettercairn can form part of a wider programme across Aberdeenshire.
Different surfaces, different methods
Brickwork and blockwork joints
Long brick and block elevations have movement joints at intervals. We use a sealant rated for the movement, typically low-modulus laid over backing rod at the correct depth.
Car park decks and ramps
Water coming through deck joints is the usual first sign. The old seal comes out, the edges are prepared and the joint resealed, and we will tell you if any edges need repairing first.
From enquiry to sign-off
Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. Once we’re cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. For a building near Fettercairn, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- 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.
- We strip the old sealant or filler and prepare each face until it’s sound and dry.
- Backing rod or bond-breaker sets the depth, primer goes on where specified, and the sealant is applied and tooled.
- We check each joint with you, confirm the cure time and sign off under our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Ask for a quote
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email to discuss it first.