Floor Joint Sealing in Kelso
Floor joint sealing and filling in warehouses, factories and industrial units in Kelso and across the Scottish Borders. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Filler that has parted from one face
- Broken arrises where pallet trucks cross
- Open saw cuts full of debris
Need floor joint sealing in Kelso?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Floor joint sealing in Kelso, done properly
It isn’t only heavy industry. Retail units, showrooms and trade counters have slab joints crossed by trolleys, footfall and cleaning machines, where a gappy, dirty joint looks untidy and snags castors. A flush, well-finished joint tidies the whole floor. If you have sealant pulled out along a truck route and grimy joint lines spoiling a showroom floor, we can help. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Kelso first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
For outside joints near Kelso, the Scottish weather sets the timetable: dry faces and the right temperature are essential. Internal floors can be done whenever suits the site.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, wherever the site is. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Place
- Kelso (TD5)
- Region
- Scottish Borders
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Building owners, agents and FMs in Kelso
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules.
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative.
When to bring in a specialist
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
There’s also the paperwork. 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.
How a job runs
A typical day starts with protection: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself typically takes a day or more, depending on the metres of joint and how many zones the floor is split into, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. For work around Kelso, we aim for one trip, so photos, sizes and a full list matter. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- 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 extracted from the joint and primer applied where the manufacturer specifies it.
- Filler or sealant goes in to the right depth and is finished flush with the slab.
- Each phase reopens when the product is ready for wheels, then we start the next.
Getting the site ready
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Get a fixed quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Advice
When something else is needed
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It isn’t the answer for:
- Structural cracking in the slab
- A floor that is out of level for the racking or trucks
- A failing floor coating, which is a flooring contractor’s job
If you are not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Kelso
- Saw-cut induced joints
- Loading bays
- Joints along racking aisles
- Construction joints
- Retail and showroom floors
- Forklift and pallet-truck routes
What sets the cost
These are the things that shape the price:
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Distance, for remote addresses
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Sending details for a quote
However big the job, the same details help:
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Any specification or named product
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
More services for Kelso
Joints that move: notes for Kelso
The east of Scotland, where Kelso is, gets less rain than the west. Cold winters and gritting are hard on any yard or deck joint left open. Sealing them in drier months limits winter damage. Kelso has at least three named business or industrial parks inside a 3-mile radius. Sites like these are full of saw-cut floor joints, yard slabs and car park joints.
Across sites such as Pinnacle Hill Industrial Estate, 0.8 miles to the south-east of Kelso, floor and movement joints can be sealed in phases so units keep working. Hospital campuses such as Kelso Hospital, less than half a mile north-west of Kelso, grow in stages, leaving movement joints wherever new blocks meet old.
Kelso is about 32 miles south-east of Bonnyrigg, in the Scottish Borders. We cover Kelso, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Our the Scottish Borders coverage takes in 91 places, large and small. We also cover Edinburgh, some 38 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in TD5 are within our area. Streets here include Horse Market, Station Road and Forestfield. With the A698 and A699 nearby, Kelso is easy to get to with materials and equipment. Just outside Kelso, we also work in Sprouston (2 miles east), Ednam (2 miles north), Heiton (2 miles south-west), Stichill (3 miles north) and Roxburgh (3 miles south-west). A short drive away, we cover Galashiels (15 miles west), Jedburgh (10 miles south-west), Duns (13 miles north), Melrose (11 miles west), Earlston (10 miles west) and Lauder (15 miles north-west). Kelso ranks among the main centres of the Scottish Borders, with offices, shops, schools and other public and commercial buildings, and we cover them all.
What’s near Kelso
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Waggon Inn and the streets around them. A little further out are Kelso Hospital (under half a mile north-west) and Roxburgh Castle (1 mile west).
Common problems we fix in Kelso
Older fills harden, shrink and crack with age, particularly where cleaning machines and traffic work it daily. At that point it neither holds the edges nor keeps debris out.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Loading bay joints breaking down
- Sealant pulled out along a truck route
- Brittle joint filler breaking up
- A rough ride across broken joints
Schools like Kelso High School often have long brick elevations with movement joints that age quietly.
Comparing quotes
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
Kelso: questions and answers
Will you take on work at estates like Rosewood Industrial Estate, close to Kelso?
Yes, sites like Rosewood Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Kelso. To start, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is a hospital such as Kelso Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Can you fill joints where the arrises have spalled?
Edge condition is recorded when we look at the floor. Damaged edges are flagged up front so the filling isn’t wasted.
How long does a typical visit take?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit usually takes anything from a day for one loading bay to several days for a large floor, split into phases. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we’ll give you a timescale with the quote.
How soon can traffic go back on the floor?
Cure times vary with the product and how cold the slab is. We will give you a time for each zone before we start.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, tell us and we’ll confirm them with the quote.