Expansion joint sealing in Hermiston
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Hermiston. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Leaks through car park deck joints onto the level below
- New sealant over old, now failing
- Debris jammed in movement joints
Expansion joint sealing in Hermiston
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Expansion joint sealing in Hermiston
Our movement joint work takes in walls, panels, decks and floors: brickwork and blockwork joints, precast and cladding panel joints, concrete joints, car park decks and ramps, podiums and floor movement joints. Every one calls for a sealant picked for its movement, exposure and traffic and we name it in the quote. We work on precast concrete panel joints, brickwork movement joints and podiums and floor movement joints, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are water dripping through deck or ramp joints and joints packed with grit and debris. Whoever orders the work in Hermiston, the brief is typically the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Around smaller Scottish places like Hermiston, slabs needing attention are often in agricultural buildings, workshops, schools and hotels. Slabs and yards take vehicles, rain and frost.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Where
- Hermiston (EH12, EH14)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions we’re asked in Hermiston
Will you take on work at estates like Hermiston Gait Retail Park, close to Hermiston?
Yes, sites like Hermiston Gait Retail Park are within our area, along with the rest of Hermiston. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Is Hermiston too far out for you?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We cover the whole of Scotland. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we will plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
What causes movement joint sealant to fail?
The way it has failed usually tells us why: a split through the middle points to over-stretching, while peeling from one face points to preparation or primer. Sometimes the edge material itself has failed.
Is movement joint sealing guaranteed?
The workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months from sign-off and we hold public liability insurance. Regular sweeping and inspection help the joints last.
How do we ask for a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
Can you send site paperwork?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote.
What exactly is a movement joint?
The terms overlap a great deal. Both let materials grow and shrink with temperature, moisture and load.
When to bring in a specialist
Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
How the quote is worked out
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Any access equipment needed
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Joint width, depth and condition
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
Before you send an enquiry
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. Please tell us:
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- The postcode of the building
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Owners, agents and contractors
Whether you’re a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Joints that move: notes for Hermiston
Hermiston is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Frost and winter road salt still work into open joints in car parks and yards. Autumn is a sensible time to seal them. The 3 miles around Hermiston 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.
Sites like Spire Murrayfield Hospital (2.6 miles north-east of Hermiston) carry ambulances, deliveries and visitors’ cars over their road and deck joints. Retail parks like Hermiston Gait Retail Park (0.6 miles north-east of Hermiston) have long runs of car park and yard joints taking daily traffic.
Hermiston is about 5 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Any commercial site in Hermiston is covered, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Hermiston among them.
We cover the EH12 and EH14 postcode districts for movement joints. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Gogar Station Road, Hermiston House Road and Hermiston Steading and the roads nearby. If your building is just outside Hermiston, we cover Riccarton (1 mile south), Gogar (1 mile north-west), Maybury (1 mile north), Warriston (1 mile south-west) and West Craigs (1 mile north). Bigger towns within reach include Edinburgh (5 miles east), Leith (7 miles north-east), Bonnington (6 miles north-east), Greenside (6 miles north-east), Broughton (6 miles north-east) and Bellevue (6 miles north-east).
Around Hermiston
The closest station to Hermiston is Edinburgh Park station, about 0.6 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include ICE Scotland Museum (0.8 miles south) and The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.2 miles north). Open spaces near Hermiston include The New Leaf Co-op and Warklaw Hill.
Our process
Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. Jobs near Hermiston are often grouped with others in the same area, to make the most of each trip. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- Photos, joint lengths and drawings come to us, or we visit.
- Joint widths and expected movement are checked against what the sealant can take.
- Old sealant and debris are cut out of every joint.
- Any broken arrises or friable edges are flagged before work goes further.
- The right sealant goes in at the right depth, bonded to the two sides only.
- Each area is handed back after its cure time, under our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Flag any permit to work we will need
Getting a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Related advice
Signs you need expansion joint sealing in Hermiston
Sun, rain and frost age external movement joints. UV hardens the surface, and the sealant loses its ability to stretch, so it can’t follow the movement any more.
Look out for the following:
- Debris jammed in movement joints
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Movement joints with split or torn sealant
- Rain penetration at brick or block movement joints
Phasing is what makes joint work possible on busy sites such as East Hermiston Business Park (0.7 miles north-east of Hermiston): one bay, aisle or car park row at a time.
What to look for in a quote
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
Why deal with it now?
Resealing is usually the answer, not replacing the element. Where the edges are sound, cutting out and resealing is enough. If the edges have broken up, we’ll tell you they need repairing first. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, and for a smaller place like Hermiston, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well, along with the time of year for external work.
Why appoint us
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Constructionline member
- Coloured sealants to suit the setting, where available
- Colours chosen to suit frames, cladding or finishes where possible