Expansion Joint Sealing in Saughton
Expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors in Saughton. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Hardened, cracked sealant on exposed facades
- Joints packed with grit and debris
- Movement joints with split or torn sealant
Need expansion joint sealing in Saughton?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
When something else is needed
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Waterproofing layers buried beneath the sealant
- A joint that has to be widened or re-detailed before it can work
- Structural movement beyond what the joints were designed for (that needs a structural engineer)
If in doubt, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we seal
- Car park decks and ramps
- Cladding panel joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Brickwork movement joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
About our expansion joint sealing in Saughton
We’ve been sealing expansion and movement joints for over 20 years. Our applicators are CSCS-carded, we’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and we carry five million pounds of public liability insurance. Workmanship is backed by our 12-month guarantee. We work on cladding panel joints, brickwork movement joints and podiums and floor movement joints, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are arrises breaking up along floor joints and water dripping through deck or ramp joints. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Saughton from the first photographs to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
In Scottish cities, where newer extensions meet older stone buildings, movement joints take the difference. Those joints need a sealant with the right movement capability, sized to the gap.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, in Saughton as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Location
- Saughton (EH11, EH14, EH12)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Also near Saughton
Also in Saughton
Common problems we fix in Saughton
When a bead pulls away from one face, it has lost adhesion. Dusty, damp or contaminated faces, a missing primer and three-sided adhesion are the usual causes, and it’s common on joints sealed in a hurry.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- New sealant over old, now failing
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- Torn sealant in brick or block movement joints
- Chipped joint edges on forklift routes
Schools such as Forrester High School have movement joints in their walls and floors that are easy to overlook.
Before you book anyone
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
Looking after the joints
For the best life from the joints:
- Look over external and deck joints after a hard winter
- Keep scrapers and ploughs from dragging across joint sealant
- Act on the first tear or lifting edge rather than waiting
- Plan racking layouts so feet don’t land on a joint
Every joint we seal is backed by a 12-month guarantee on workmanship. Keep the handover details, product and date with your O&M records, so the next reseal starts with the facts.
Floor joints with failed fillers break up quickly under wheels. Broken arrises jolt trucks, loads and drivers, and the damage spreads along the joint. Keeping the filler or sealant sound protects the floor.
Saughton: questions and answers
Does your area include sites such as Hailes Park Industrial Estate, near Saughton?
Yes. Our area takes in Saughton and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Hailes Park Industrial Estate included. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Spire Murrayfield 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.
How do you choose the sealant?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
How long before the joints can be used?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Do you cover Saughton?
Yes. Sites across Saughton are covered, and the same phone number covers every area.
Do you use silicone or polyurethane in movement joints?
We choose a sealant with a movement capability that suits the joint. Hybrid or MS polymer products suit some mixed-material joints.
Do you reseal car park expansion joints?
Yes, we do. These joints take wheels, salt and water, so product choice matters.
Owners, agents and contractors
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, clear figures and clear communication matter. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative.
Warehouse floors and decks around Saughton
Less than 3 miles from Saughton there are at least three named estates and business parks. That puts plenty of warehouse floors, service yards and car parks close by, all with joints under traffic. The east of Scotland, where Saughton 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.
Another example is Dumbryden Industrial Estate (0.7 miles south of Saughton), where floors and yards would be done in stages around the occupiers. Campuses like Edinburgh Napier University (to the south-east of Saughton) mix old and new buildings, with movement joints wherever they meet.
Saughton is about 3 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. If you are looking for expansion joint sealing in Saughton, we can help. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Saughton among them.
If you need expansion joint sealing in EH11, EH14 and EH12, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. If your site is on Saughton Road, Longstone Road and Stenhouse Road or close by, send details and we will quote for movement joints. Being close to the A71, Saughton is straightforward for us to reach. We also cover Stenhouse (1 mile north-east), Carrick Knowe (1 mile north), Broomhouse (1 mile west), Parkhead (1 mile south-east) and Longstone (1 mile south-east). Bigger towns within reach include Edinburgh (3 miles east), Leith (5 miles north-east), Bonnington (4 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles north-east), Broughton (4 miles north-east) and Bellevue (4 miles north-east).
Around Saughton
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Merchiston Castle School, Saughton Park and Cross Keys Tavern and the streets around them. Saughton’s nearest station is Kingsknowe station, about 0.7 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.9 miles west) and Corstorphine Hospital (1 mile north). Not far away are The New Leaf Co-op and Dunsapie Loch.
On site: what to expect
Before we leave any area, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked, ready for your sign-off. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Saughton, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- The first job is to check each joint: how wide it is, how it moves and why the old seal let go.
- You get a fixed quote with the product and its movement capability stated.
- The failed seal is removed and both faces are cleaned until sound and dry, and we tell you if any edges need repairing first.
- Backing rod goes in at the right depth, or bond-breaker tape where the joint is shallow.
- Where the maker calls for primer, it’s applied first, then the bead goes in and is tooled to a concave finish.
- Finished joints are checked and backed by our 12-month guarantee.
Before we start on site
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Request a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with what you know.
Related advice
Should maintenance staff do it?
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 where general trades tend to cut corners.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.