Industrial and floor joint sealing in Curriehill, Edinburgh
Work needed on a floor joint in Curriehill? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Joint fill separating from the concrete
- Cracked and crumbling joint fill
- Drivers complaining about joints on a route
Floor joint sealing across Curriehill
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Floor joint sealing for commercial buildings in Curriehill
Floor joint sealing for us covers warehouse aisles, loading bays, production halls, retail floors and showroom slabs. Each job is priced from the metres of joint, their condition and the access windows we get, and the quote is fixed before we mobilise. We work on saw-cut induced joints, loading bays and joints along racking aisles, and what we’re called in for most is chipped and spalling edges along forklift routes and grimy joint lines spoiling a showroom floor. Most enquiries from Curriehill start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
For outside joints near Curriehill, the Scottish weather sets the timetable: dry faces and the right temperature are essential, so dates have some give. Inside slabs aren’t affected and can be scheduled around the occupier.
Work we carry out in Edinburgh comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will come back to it.
- Where
- Curriehill (EH14)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Curriehill
Duct tape or a general builders’ sealant can seem to buy some time. Neither is made to carry wheels and traffic soon pulls it out. The right filler or sealant saves doing it twice. Buildings that aren’t in daily use, such as halls and seasonal premises, may let water in unnoticed, giving water time to get in. Early resealing prevents it.
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and how the joints are reached. Call for a quote when you’re ready.
What you get with us
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or how we’re accredited.
Traffic, movement and joints around Curriehill
Being in the east of Scotland, Curriehill gets less rain than the west coast. Cold winters and gritting are hard on any yard or deck joint left open. Sealing them before winter limits the damage. Less than 3 miles from Curriehill there are at least three named estates and business parks. Floors, loading bays and yards on sites like these are where floor and movement joints work hardest.
Hospital campuses such as Craiglockhart Hydropathic (to the north-east of Curriehill) grow in stages, leaving movement joints wherever new blocks meet old. For estates staff at a university like Heriot-Watt University, which lies north of Curriehill, building and paving joints are part of the planned maintenance list.
Curriehill is about 5 miles south-west of West End, in Edinburgh. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Curriehill can call on us for floor joints, as part of our coverage of Edinburgh. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Curriehill among them.
If you need floor joint sealing in EH14, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are Bryce Road, Palmer Road and Dolphin Road. Just outside Curriehill, we also work in Currie (1 mile south-east), Warriston (1 mile north-west), Riccarton (1 mile north), Balerno (1 mile south-west) and Juniper Green (1 mile east). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (5 miles north-east), Leith (8 miles north-east), Bonnington (7 miles north-east), Greenside (7 miles north-east), Broughton (6 miles north-east) and Bellevue (6 miles north-east).
Around Curriehill
In Curriehill, that means premises near Malleny Park, among other places. There’s a railway station in Curriehill itself: Curriehill station. Other landmarks nearby include The Gyle Shopping Centre (2.8 miles north) and Heriot Watt University Museum (0.7 miles north). Green spaces nearby include The New Leaf Co-op and Warklaw Hill.
What affects the price in Curriehill
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- Any access equipment needed
- Joint width, depth and condition
- The product specified
- Working within restricted access windows
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Before you send an enquiry
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Your programme or deadline
- The product your specification calls for
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
To get a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Keeping the joints sound
Regular inspection catches problems early. In particular:
- Make joint checks part of your floor inspections
- Record damaged joints with a photo and a location
- Sweep debris out of open joints until they can be filled
- Start with the dock areas, where joints fail soonest
Problems inside the 12-month guarantee period are ours to put right. After that, a check before your busiest period keeps small repairs small.
While the concrete edges are intact, it’s a filling job. Once they have broken away, edge repair comes first and that takes longer and closes areas for longer.
Common problems we fix in Curriehill
Joints near dock doors see colder air, rain blown in and water off vehicles, as well as the tightest turning loads. That is typically where joint failure starts.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Loading bay joints breaking down
- Joint fill separating from the concrete
- Drivers complaining about joints on a route
- Soft sealant dragged out of trafficked joints
Phasing is what makes joint work possible on busy sites such as Westside Plaza Shopping Centre (1.7 miles north-east of Curriehill): one bay, aisle or car park row at a time.
Before you book anyone
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- How they’ll work around occupants
Common questions from Curriehill clients
Would you work within a site like Craiglockhart Hydropathic?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Is Pentland Gait Office Park, near Curriehill, within your area?
Yes. We cover Curriehill and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Pentland Gait Office Park. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
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. Internal work is rarely affected.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
How do you choose the sealant?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
What information helps you price floor joint sealing?
Use our quote form, or email photos and a plan, with the traffic on each area. A fixed quote follows with the product and phasing set out.
When can forklifts run over new joint filler?
Cure times vary with the product and how cold the slab is. We will give you a time for each zone when we agree the phasing.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. For a building near Curriehill, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- Each area is assessed for joint width, arris damage and the wheels that cross it.
- You get a fixed quote with the product and the phasing set out.
- Old filler, debris and contamination are cut or routed out back to clean concrete.
- Dust is sucked out of the joint and a primer used if the product data sheet asks for one.
- The chosen product is placed to its specified depth and trimmed level with the floor.
- Each phase reopens when the product is ready for wheels, then we start the next.
Preparing the site
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Get a fixed quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Advice
Other services in Curriehill
Doing it in-house
Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
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 easy to get wrong without experience.