The Calders expansion joint sealing
Commercial sealant work in The Calders for contractors, FMs and building owners: expansion and movement joint sealing in walls, decks and floors, with a fixed quote first.
- Sealant peeling off one face of the joint
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
- New sealant over old, now failing
Expansion joint sealing for businesses in The Calders
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Questions we are asked in The Calders
Can you work on a hospital site such as Spire Murrayfield Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Will our site in The Calders have to close for joint sealing?
Rarely. Work is phased around your operations. We agree the sequence and timings with you before we start.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Why has the sealant in our expansion joints split?
It depends on how the sealant has let go: tearing down the centre means too much movement, and lifting off one side means poor adhesion. Broken edges are a third possibility.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, which many sites require.
How do I request a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photos and a postcode.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Asbestos is possible in some older mastics, particularly in buildings from before 2000. Before we disturb old sealant in an older building, we ask to see the asbestos register or survey, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
Expansion joint sealing in The Calders
Buildings and slabs are never completely still: temperature, moisture, shrinkage and loading all make materials grow and shrink. Expansion and movement joints are built in so the structure can move without cracking, and the sealant in them keeps water and debris out. Mastic Doctor reseals movement joints in brickwork, blockwork, concrete, cladding and floors. We work on blockwork control joints, brickwork movement joints and podiums and floor movement joints, and what we’re called in for most is car park joints leaking onto vehicles below and arrises breaking up along floor joints. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in The Calders from the first photos to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Industrial estates around Scotland’s cities hold warehouses, trade units and distribution sheds, whose floor joints take forklift and pallet-truck traffic daily. We work in phases with a product suited to the traffic, so operations carry on.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Location
- The Calders (EH11, EH14, EH12)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
How the job changes by surface
Internal floor movement joints
Wheeled traffic chips floor joint edges that aren’t supported. We match the product to the traffic and the movement flagging broken arrises before sealing.
Cladding panel joints
Metal and composite panels shift considerably as temperatures change. A sealant with the right movement class is chosen, and we will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Building owners, agents and FMs in The Calders
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we are straightforward to vet for your supplier list. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Traffic, movement and joints around The Calders
The Calders is on Scotland’s drier eastern side. Frost and winter road salt still work into open joints in car parks and yards. Sealing them before winter limits the damage. Less than 3 miles from The Calders there are at least three named estates and business parks. Sites like these are full of saw-cut floor joints, yard slabs and car park joints.
Retail centres such as Sighthill Shopping Centre (to the north-east of The Calders) have floors, service yards and car parks with joints under constant traffic. Business parks such as Pentland Gait Office Park (less than half a mile west of The Calders) have car parks, paved areas and long brick and panel elevations, all with movement joints.
The Calders is about 4 miles south-west of West End, in Edinburgh. Across the EH11 postcode area, it works the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including The Calders.
Business premises anywhere in EH11, EH14 and EH12 are within our area for movement joints. Streets here include Calder Road, Cutlins Road and Sighthill Road. If your building is just outside The Calders, we cover Sighthill (1 mile north-east), Wester Hailes (1 mile east), Baberton (1 mile south-east), Broomhouse (1 mile north-east) and Clovenstone (1 mile south-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (4 miles north-east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (6 miles north-east), Greenside (5 miles north-east), Broughton (5 miles north-east) and Bellevue (5 miles north-east).
Near you in The Calders
Recent enquiries here include premises near Juniper Green Parish Church, among other places. The nearest railway station is Wester Hailes station, about 0.6 miles south-east. A little further out are Corstorphine Hospital (1.9 miles north-east) and Craigcrook Castle (2.7 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Warklaw Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. With the paperwork done, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. City jobs in The Calders normally need parking and loading planned. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- 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.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Request a quote
To get a fixed quote, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
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Cost factors for movement joints
Each job is priced on its own details. The main factors are:
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Location, for remote and island sites
- How much existing material needs removing
- Access and working height
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Before you send an enquiry
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- Your programme or deadline
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
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Honest limits
Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. We will tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Crumbling edges that would give a new bead nothing sound to grip
- Mechanical expansion joint covers, cover plates or proprietary joint systems (a specialist supplier’s job)
- Movement on a scale no sealant is meant to absorb
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Cladding panel joints
- Blockwork control joints
- Car park decks and ramps
- Brickwork movement joints
- Podiums and floor movement joints
- Precast concrete panel joints
Common problems we fix in The Calders
Some joints were never sealed with the right product. A stiff or general-purpose sealant across a joint with large movement won’t cope. Movement capability is set out in BS EN ISO 11600.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Expansion joints filled with dirt and stones
- Torn sealant in brick or block movement joints
- Damp inside where a wall movement joint has failed
- Car park joints leaking onto vehicles below
Campuses like Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus (under half a mile north-east of The Calders) mix old and new buildings, with movement joints wherever they meet.
Comparing quotes
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?