Industrial and floor joint sealing in Old Town, Edinburgh
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on floor joint sealing and filling in warehouses, factories and industrial units in Old Town. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- A rough ride across broken joints
- Dock area joints that have failed first
- Joint edges breaking up under truck wheels
Floor joint sealing for businesses in Old Town
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 Old Town
Across Old Town and the rest of Edinburgh, it runs the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. A rough length of joint, photos of the worst areas and a site plan let us give a quick quote and a visit can be arranged where that is easier. Most enquiries involve flexible sealant torn out by wheels and chipped and spalling edges along forklift routes, on saw-cut induced joints, construction joints and retail and showroom floors. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Old Town from the first photographs to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Around the edges of Scotland’s cities are warehouses, trade counters and distribution units, each with saw-cut and construction joints under forklifts and pallet trucks. We work in phases with a product suited to the traffic, so operations carry on.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, in Old Town as everywhere else we work. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Place
- Old Town (EH1, EH8, EH3)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Owners, agents and contractors
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Old Town. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Old Town can form part of a wider programme across Edinburgh.
Signs you need floor joint sealing in Old Town
Loading bay joints are exposed to wind, wet tyres and bigger temperature swings, as well as the tightest turning loads. That is usually where joint failure starts.
Clients usually get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Joint fill separating from the concrete
- Broken arrises where pallet trucks cross
- Sealant pulled out along a truck route
- Untidy open joints in a retail unit
At a retail site such as Waverley Mall, less than half a mile to the north of Old Town, trolleys, cages and cars run over floor and slab joints all day.
Before you book anyone
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
On site: what to expect
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. For premises in Old Town, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- A floor survey records every joint, its edges and what crosses it.
- You receive a fixed quote showing products and phasing.
- Old fill and packed debris come out until both faces are sound.
- We extract the dust and prime the faces if the product needs it.
- Filler or sealant is placed to depth and finished flush.
- We hand each phase back when it can take traffic.
Before we start on site
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Send your site hours and access windows
Quotes
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, phone 01277 525 020 or email us.
Advice
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FAQs: Old Town
Do you cover business parks and estates near Old Town, such as Beaverbank Business Park?
Yes, sites like Beaverbank Business Park are within our area, along with the rest of Old Town. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Does a coastal location like Old Town affect which sealant is used?
It can. Coastal exposure works external joints harder than inland weather. That puts more weight on product choice, primers where the manufacturer specifies them, and correct joint sizing.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Inside work is seldom held up.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
It depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so we will confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Who decides which product is used?
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.
When can forklifts run over new joint filler?
The wait is set by the product’s cure time, and cold floors slow it down. Phasing is planned with that in mind.
Do you work in Old Town?
Yes. We take on work across Old Town.
Cost factors for floor joints
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It takes account of:
- Phasing around occupants
- Any access equipment needed
- How much existing material needs removing
- The total length or number of joints
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 rules also count.
What we need to price the job
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. It helps to include:
- The type of building and who uses it
- Specification clauses that apply
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Traffic, movement and joints around Old Town
With the shore within about 2 miles, Old Town counts as a coastal location. Coastal yards and decks give their joints salt and wet weather to deal with, not just wheels, and edges left open tend to break up faster. The 3 miles around Old Town take in at least three named trading estates, business parks or retail parks. Floors, loading bays and yards on sites like these are where floor and movement joints work hardest.
Office parks like Beaverbank Business Park (to the north of Old Town) have decks, ramps and clad elevations whose joints take movement every day. Another example is Meadowbank Shopping Park (1.2 miles north-east of Old Town), where floors and yards would be done in stages around the occupiers.
Old Town is about 1 mile north-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover Old Town and the rest of Edinburgh, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Old Town is one of 174 places we cover in Edinburgh for floor joints.
Business premises anywhere in EH1, EH8 and EH3 are within our area for floor joints. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Meuse Lane, High Street and Meadow Lane and the roads nearby. Just outside Old Town, we also work in Lauriston (1 mile south-west), Buccleuch (1 mile south-east), Holyrood (1 mile north-east), Dumbiedykes (1 mile east) and Canongate (1 mile north-east). A short drive away, we cover Queensferry (8 miles west), South Portobello (3 miles east), Southhouse (4 miles south-east), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Muirhouse (3 miles north-west) and Gracemount (3 miles south-east).
Near you in Old Town
Around Old Town, our work takes us to commercial buildings near St Cuthbert's Church, Greyfriars Bobby Bar and The Meadows. Also close by are Old Royal High School (0.6 miles north-east) and National Museums Scotland Library (less than half a mile south-east). Old Town has its own railway station: Edinburgh Waverley station. Other landmarks nearby include Edinburgh Castle (less than half a mile west) and Museum of Scotland (under half a mile south-east). The countryside around Old Town includes Salisbury Crags and Dunsapie Loch.
General trades versus a specialist
Some joints are best left to specialists: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong usually costs more in the end than doing them right.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Why deal with it now?
Dirt and spillage gather in open joints, out of reach of the floor cleaner. Where the floor is on show or needs to be kept clean, that is a problem. Flush, filled joints leave nothing for cleaners to dig out. Failed sealant in a shared building in Old Town can affect more than one owner. Fixing it promptly keeps repairs small.
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
Why us?
- One number for every site we cover
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Public liability insurance in place
See our cost guide or how we’re accredited.