Expansion Joint Sealing in Logie
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors across Logie, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Joints packed with grit and debris
- Brittle, chalky sealant on external joints
- Arrises breaking up along floor joints
Expansion joint sealing for Logie sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Expansion joint sealing in Logie
Long runs of brick or block have movement joints built in. 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. If you are dealing with water getting into the wall through a failed joint and car park joints leaking onto vehicles below, we can put it right. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Logie tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Industrial estates around Scotland’s cities hold warehouses, trade units and distribution sheds, 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.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work in Dundee. If an installation problem shows up, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will arrange a return visit.
- Where
- Logie (DD2, DD1, DD3)
- Wider area
- Dundee
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Joints that move: notes for Logie
Logie is within about 1 mile of the coast. Near the sea, external slabs, ramps and decks see salt air and driven rain as well as their usual loads, so a failed joint lets more in and the edges break up sooner. Logie has at least three named business or industrial parks inside a 3-mile radius. That puts plenty of warehouse floors, service yards and car parks close by, all with joints under traffic.
On industrial estates such as Mid Wynd Industrial Estate, which lies south-east of Logie, saw-cut floor joints, loading bay slabs and yard joints take the heaviest traffic. Hospitals like Royal Victoria Hospital (0.5 miles west of Logie) have multi-storey or surface car parks whose joints carry vehicles round the clock. Across sites such as Ardyle Industrial Estate (1.1 miles north-west of Logie), floor and movement joints can be sealed in phases so units keep working.
Logie is about 1 mile south-west of Dundee, in Dundee. We cover Logie and the rest of Dundee, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. 28 places across Dundee fall within our area, Logie among them.
Postcode districts covered here: DD2, DD1 and DD3 for movement joints. Buildings on City Road, Ancrum Road and Tait's Lane are within our area for movement joints. Sites close to Logie are covered too, including Balgay (1 mile north-west), Lochee (1 mile north), Menzieshill (1 mile west), Dryburgh (1 mile north-west) and Ninewells (1 mile west). A short drive away, we cover Broughty Ferry (5 miles east), Barnhill (6 miles east), Pitkerro (3 miles north-east), Whitfield (3 miles north-east), Douglas (4 miles east) and Mill of Mains (3 miles north-east).
Around Logie
Around Logie, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Dundee School of Architecture, The Hawkhill Tavern and Balgay Hill, among other places. The nearest railway station is Dundee station, about 1.3 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Dudhope Castle (0.7 miles east) and Tayside Medical History Museum (less than half a mile east). For a walk, there’s Balgay Hill and Trottick Mill Ponds.
Aftercare for building managers
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Check joints after long freezing spells
- Treat a small split as a warning, not a cosmetic issue
- Sweep decks, ramps and floors so grit doesn’t collect in the joints
- Keep traffic off new joints until the cure time is up
Every joint we seal is backed by a 12-month guarantee on workmanship. Record which product went into which joints in the building file so future maintenance isn’t guesswork.
Joints sealed at the same time generally fail around the same time. Inspecting the whole run is worth the effort so you can prioritise and budget. We can suggest an order, worst joints first.
How a job runs
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, keep walkways clear and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Work on a big city site in Scotland normally involves inductions and permits. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- Photos, joint lengths and drawings come to us, or we visit.
- Joint widths and expected movement are checked against what the sealant can take, and flag anything that needs an engineer.
- Old sealant and debris are cut out of every joint.
- Edges are checked, and we tell you if any need repairing before sealing.
- A sealant suited to the movement and traffic is laid to depth and tooled.
- Areas reopen once cured, and the work carries our 12-month guarantee.
What we need from you
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Get a fixed quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with what you know.
Advice
What happens if it’s left?
Leaving a failed movement joint rarely stays a small problem. Grit and water fill the gap and the material either side breaks up and the job grows to repairs as well as sealing. Acting at the first split keeps the cost down. In Logie, as across Scotland, rain finds any gap, and failed external joints let it into stone walls and around frames. Renewing them early protects the fabric.
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
What you get with us
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- CHAS accredited
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and insurance.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Logie
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Logie can form part of a wider programme.
Questions we are asked in Logie
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Royal Victoria Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Does a coastal location like Logie affect which sealant is used?
It can. Coastal exposure works external joints harder than inland weather. Product choice and preparation matter more, and sea-facing elevations are worth inspecting more often.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to.
Why has the sealant in our expansion joints split?
Adhesion failure, cohesive failure, edge breakdown and UV ageing account for most cases. Working out the cause comes first since each needs a different fix.
Do you guarantee expansion joint work?
Our workmanship on movement joints carries a 12-month guarantee. Damage from later works or traffic loads outside the joint’s design isn’t a workmanship fault.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
What exactly is a movement joint?
It’s a deliberate gap that lets the structure move without cracking. Many people call it an expansion joint, and either way it needs a sound seal.
When to bring in a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
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When it isn’t the sealant
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Movement on a scale no sealant is meant to absorb
- Crumbling edges that would give a new bead nothing sound to grip
- Damaged metal nosings or cover plates over a joint
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Brickwork movement joints
- Cladding panel joints
- Blockwork control joints