Expansion Joint Sealing in Longhope
Planning work on a movement joint in Longhope? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Movement joints with split or torn sealant
- Chipped joint edges on forklift routes
- Debris jammed in movement joints
Need expansion joint sealing in Longhope?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
How we handle expansion joint sealing in Longhope
Mastic Doctor has sealed movement joints since 2005, for main contractors, FMs, managing agents and building owners. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, we’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and we carry five million pounds of public liability insurance. Each job is backed by a 12-month guarantee on the workmanship. If you have torn sealant in brick or block movement joints and layers of sealant in a movement joint, we can put it right. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Longhope tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Weather windows decide external joint work around a place like Longhope: sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within its range. Internal floors can be done whenever suits the site.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Location
- Longhope (KW16)
- Region
- Orkney Islands
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
What we can’t put right
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Movement on a scale no sealant is meant to absorb
- Changing the joint layout or spacing of a structure
- Failed waterproofing membranes on podiums, roofs or decks (a waterproofing specialist’s job)
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Brickwork movement joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Blockwork control joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Cladding panel joints
What affects the price in Longhope
What shapes the price:
- Access and working height
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Working within restricted access windows
No two sites price the same: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
What to include in your enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- When you need the work done
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Any specification or named product
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.
Doing it in-house
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
What the job involves on each surface
Podium joints
Podiums take foot traffic, planters and weather. We choose a product that copes with feet, wheels and weather.
Joints between different materials
Junctions between brick and render, or concrete and cladding, move independently. The product must bond to both substrates and cope with the movement, with primer where specified.
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Your questions answered
Will our site in Longhope have to close for joint sealing?
Rarely. Work is phased around your operations. Tell us which hours and entrances we can use and we will plan from there.
Is Longhope inside the area you cover, given it’s on an island?
Yes, Longhope is within the area we cover. Every Scottish council area is within our area. Ferry times and the weather set the plan, so we ask for photographs and a full list first.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, and you deal with one contact throughout across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
Why do our movement joints keep failing?
Adhesion failure, cohesive failure, edge breakdown and UV ageing account for most cases. Working out the cause comes first.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, including public liability cover.
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.
What do you charge?
We don’t publish prices, because every site is different. Send photos or drawings and we will price it at a fixed figure.
Our process
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. 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. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Longhope. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- We look at the joints, their width and how they’ve failed.
- Next, we fix a price and confirm the sealant we propose for the movement.
- The failed seal is removed and both faces are cleaned until sound and dry, flagging any broken edges that need repair before sealing.
- Backing rod goes in at the right depth, or bond-breaker tape where the joint is shallow.
- After any primer the maker requires, the bead is applied and tooled so it grips two sides only.
- Finished joints are checked and backed by our 12-month guarantee.
Preparing the site
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Request a quote
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. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
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When to call us in Longhope
On trafficked joints, wheels and salts do the damage. Wheel loads stress the sealant and the arrises, while grit and salts work into any gap. A sealant that isn’t trafficable won’t last there.
Look out for the following:
- Debris jammed in movement joints
- Sealant pulling off the joint face
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Water dripping through deck or ramp joints
Around Longhope, each joint gets a filler or sealant matched to what crosses it and how much it moves.
What your quote should include
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
Traffic, movement and joints around Longhope
The sea is no more than about 1 mile from Longhope. External movement joints in car parks, ramps and yards near the coast take salt and wind-driven rain on top of traffic, so a failed joint lets more in and the edges break up sooner. Longhope is in the east of Scotland, which is drier than the west. Frost and de-icing salt still find their way into open external joints. Sealing them before winter limits the damage.
A joint near Longhope that has lost its sealant lets in water and grit, and the edges suffer next.
Longhope is about 15 miles south-west of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. Looking for expansion joint sealing in Longhope? We can help, as we do across the Orkney Islands. We work across 51 places in the Orkney Islands, from busy centres to rural villages.
If you need expansion joint sealing in KW16, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. We also cover Lyness (2 miles north), Scarfskerry (11 miles south), Rattar (11 miles south), Brough (12 miles south-west) and Canisbay (12 miles south). Remote and island addresses take more planning, from travel and ferries to the weather, so give the site location in your enquiry.
Near you in Longhope
A little further out are Longhope Lifeboat Museum (1.5 miles south-west). Not far away are Binga Fea and Loch of Greenhill.