Expansion and movement joint sealing in Greenside, Edinburgh
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors throughout Greenside and nearby, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Previous reseals laid over old sealant
- Debris jammed in movement joints
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
Expansion joint sealing in Greenside
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Warehouse floors and decks around Greenside
Greenside sits close to the coast, within about 2 miles. Near the sea, external slabs, ramps and decks see salt air and driven rain as well as their usual loads, so it pays to keep them sealed. The east of Scotland, where Greenside is, gets less rain than the west. Frost and de-icing salt still find their way into open external joints. Autumn is a sensible time to seal them.
Business parks such as Beaverbank Business Park, 0.7 miles to the north-west of Greenside, have car parks, paved areas and long brick and panel elevations, all with movement joints. University campuses such as University of Edinburgh - Holyrood Campus (to the south of Greenside) have car parks, paved walkways and building elevations with movement joints.
Greenside is about 1 mile north-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover Greenside, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Greenside is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list for movement joints.
Business premises anywhere in EH7, EH1 and EH3 are within our area. For a building on York Lane, Meuse Lane and High Street or nearby, we can quote for movement joints. Main routes into Greenside include the A900, which helps when planning parking and deliveries for the job. Close to Greenside, our area also takes in Broughton (1 mile north-west), Gayfield (1 mile north), Bellevue (1 mile north-west), Canongate (1 mile south-east) and Holyrood (1 mile south). Nearby towns on our patch include Queensferry (8 miles west), South Portobello (3 miles east), Southhouse (4 miles south), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Muirhouse (3 miles west) and Slateford (3 miles south-west). Greenside ranks among the main centres of Edinburgh, with offices, shops, schools and other public and commercial buildings, and we cover them all.
What’s near Greenside
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to King George V Park, McDonald Road Library and The Playfair pub and the streets around them. Nearby too are Old Royal High School (less than half a mile south-east) and Mannafields Christian School (0.6 miles north-east). Greenside has its own railway station: Edinburgh Waverley station. Well-known places in the area include St. James Centre (less than half a mile south-west) and Victorian Pharmacy Museum (less than half a mile west). The countryside around Greenside includes The New Leaf Co-op and Dunsapie Loch.
Expansion joint sealing in Greenside, done properly
Floor movement joints in warehouses, retail and public buildings carry wheeled traffic. Unsupported edges break up under wheels so the product has to suit both the traffic and the movement. If the arrises are already broken, we’ll say so before sealing. The enquiries we see most involve expansion joints split through the centre of the bead and sealant peeling off one face of the joint, across brickwork movement joints, cladding panel joints and podiums and floor movement joints. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Greenside it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
In Scotland’s cities, buildings from car parks and malls to university and hospital estates rely on movement joints. Failed joints let water in, and repeated frost then works on the edges.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Location
- Greenside (EH7, EH1, EH3)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
When to bring in a specialist
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
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What we are called out for in Greenside
Sun, rain and frost age external movement joints. In time the bead chalks, stiffens and cracks, so it can’t follow the movement any more.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Sealant peeling off one face of the joint
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Chipped joint edges on forklift routes
- Torn sealant in brick or block movement joints
Centres like St. James Centre (under half a mile south-west of Greenside) have mall floors and service decks whose joints carry steady traffic.
What your quote should include
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
Cost factors for movement joints
Before we quote, we look at:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The site’s rules and procedures
- How accessible the joints are
- Working within restricted access windows
What a job costs comes down to the quantity of joints, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote once you have the details.
Sending details for a quote
A few photographs plus some basic facts will normally do. It helps to include:
- The type of building and who uses it
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Any specification or named product
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
How a job runs
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we will work to them.
- 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.
- Where areas have to stay open, we agree a phased sequence before starting.
- We strip the old sealant or filler and prepare each face until it’s sound and dry.
- Depth is controlled with backing, the faces are primed where the maker calls for it, then the bead is laid 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
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Getting a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over. You can also send details through our quote form.
Advice
Owners, agents and contractors
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Greenside can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we are straightforward to vet for your supplier list. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
Why act early in Greenside
Patching the worst lengths of a joint can make sense short term. But if the rest of the run is the same age and product, it’s typically not far behind, and a second visit means paying for access again. We can price a patch and a full reseal side by side. Scottish city buildings take plenty of rain, and failed external joints let it into stone walls and around frames. Renewing them early protects the fabric.
Cost follows what’s involved: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote.
Why us?
- Colours chosen to suit frames, cladding or finishes where possible
- Coloured sealants to suit the setting, where available
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Colour options checked against the specified product
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or how we’re accredited.
Greenside: questions and answers
Will you take on work at estates like Beaverbank Business Park, close to Greenside?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Greenside, Beaverbank Business Park among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Does the sea air around Greenside change the choice of sealant?
It can, yes: buildings near the sea take more wind-driven rain, and salt in the air nearer the shore. We check the specified product suits the exposure and pay close attention to preparation.
Which product is best for expansion joints?
It depends on the movement, exposure and traffic. Low-modulus neutral-cure silicone suits many facade joints, while polyurethane is common in trafficked floor and deck joints.
Are you CHAS accredited?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
What timescale should we allow for resealing expansion joints?
The metres of joint, the access and the amount of removal decide it. Typically it takes a day or so for a modest run of joints, and longer where decks, ramps or floors are done in phases.
Do you guarantee expansion joint work?
Our workmanship on movement joints carries a 12-month guarantee. The guarantee covers how we sealed, not damage caused afterwards.
Is any job too small?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.