Floor Joint Sealing in Craigour
Floor joint sealing and filling in warehouses, factories and industrial units in Craigour. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Untidy open joints in a retail unit
- Unfilled floor joints collecting dirt and grit
- Joint edges breaking up under truck wheels
Floor joint sealing for Craigour sites
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
About our floor joint sealing in Craigour
We diagnose the floor first rather than guessing at a product: how wide the joints are, signs of ongoing movement, the wheel types crossing them and the state of the arrises. That tells us whether semi-rigid filler or flexible sealant suits each run, area by area where it needs to be. Most enquiries involve trucks and loads jolting over damaged joints and unfilled floor joints collecting dirt and grit, across joints along racking aisles, retail and showroom floors and forklift and pallet-truck routes. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Craigour first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Around the edges of Scotland’s cities are warehouses, trade counters and distribution units, whose floor joints take forklift and pallet-truck traffic daily. The right filler or sealant, laid in phases, keeps them operating.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. If an installation problem shows up, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will arrange a return visit.
- Where
- Craigour (EH17, EH16)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Where floor joints take the most wear near Craigour
Craigour is within about 3 miles of the coast. Open joints in coastal car parks and yards let in salt-laden water as well as grit, so a failed joint lets more in and the edges break up sooner. The east of Scotland, where Craigour is, gets less rain than the west. Frost and winter road salt still work into open joints in car parks and yards. Sealing them in drier months limits winter damage.
Large sites such as Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, under half a mile north of Craigour, have car parks, service roads and long elevations with movement joints in brick and panels. For a school such as Liberton High School, playground and building joints can be done in the holidays. Campuses like University of Edinburgh Bioquarter (to the north-east of Craigour) mix old and new buildings, with movement joints wherever they meet.
Craigour is about 3 miles north-west of Bonnyrigg, in Edinburgh. We cover Craigour, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Craigour is one of 174 places we cover in Edinburgh.
If you need floor joint sealing in EH17 and EH16, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. For a building on Gilmerton Road, Craigour Avenue and Ferniehill Road or nearby, we can quote for floor joints. Access to Craigour is via the A772 among other routes. Close to Craigour, our area also takes in Moredun (1 mile south-east), Fernieside (1 mile south-east), Little France (1 mile north), Ferniehill (1 mile south-east) and Ellen's Glen (1 mile south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (3 miles north-west), Leith (5 miles north), Bonnington (4 miles north-west), Greenside (3 miles north-west), Broughton (4 miles north-west) and Bellevue (4 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Craigour
Around Craigour, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Drum Park and the streets around them. The closest station to Craigour is Shawfair station, about 1.8 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Natural History Collections (1.5 miles north-west) and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (0.6 miles north). The countryside around Craigour includes Nether Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Different surfaces, different methods
Semi-rigid joint fillers
If a joint is still opening, a semi-rigid filler may part from one face. That is normally dealt with by topping up later, and we’ll explain it when we quote.
Loading bays and dock areas
Loading bays combine the heaviest turning loads with wet tyres and cold air from open doors. Joints here normally fail first, so they are often the place to start.
What happens if it’s left?
Duct tape or a general builders’ sealant can seem to buy some time. None of it is designed for wheel loads, and it typically ends up dragged across the floor. A product chosen for the traffic and movement does the job once. In a Scottish city, access often needs scaffold, permits or factor approval, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
The specified product makes a difference, as does the preparation each joint needs, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What you get with us
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Fully insured
Take a look at our cost guide or how we’re accredited.
Also near Craigour
Also in Craigour
Aftercare for building managers
For the best life from the joints:
- Tell us about strong cleaning chemicals before we quote
- Walk the main routes and inspect joint lines on a regular cycle
- Hold traffic back until the product has cured
- Put loading bays at the top of the list
On younger slabs, a fine line can open down one side of a filled joint as the concrete keeps shrinking. It is a known trait of new floors and a later top-up deals with it.
Every day an open joint stays full of grit, the edges take more punishment. Filling it ends that cycle while it is still a straightforward job.
Work for main contractors and building owners
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Craigour. Several sites can go on one quote, which keeps the paperwork simple.
What we can’t put right
Being straight saves everyone time. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- A floor that rocks at the joints, which needs a structural fix
- Wide or random cracking that suggests a structural issue
- Level or flatness problems across the floor
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Retail and showroom floors
- Construction joints
- Forklift and pallet-truck routes
- Saw-cut induced joints
- Loading bays
- Joints along racking aisles
Our process
At the end of each section, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Craigour, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- We walk the floor and mark up joint widths, edge damage and traffic routes.
- You receive a fixed quote showing products and phasing.
- Each joint is cut or routed back to clean, sound concrete.
- We extract the dust and prime the faces if the product needs it.
- The joint is filled to its specified depth and trimmed level.
- Zones reopen once cured and the work moves on.
Before we start on site
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Get a fixed quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Related advice
FAQs: Craigour
Does your area include sites such as Craigmillar Shopping Centre, near Craigour?
Yes. Our area takes in Craigour and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Craigmillar Shopping Centre included. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Our building in Craigour is near the coast: does that change the sealant?
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 cover Craigour?
Yes. Craigour is in our area and the rest of Edinburgh, within our coverage of Greater London, South East England and Scotland. To discuss a job, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
How long does a job like this take?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit normally takes anything from a day for one loading bay to several days for a large floor, split into phases. For bigger or phased jobs, we will set out a timescale with the quote.
Can weather delay the job?
For external joints, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Inside work is seldom held up.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.