Industrial and floor joint sealing in Oxgangs, Edinburgh
Looking for floor joint sealing in Oxgangs? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Joint fill separating from the concrete
- Broken arrises where pallet trucks cross
- Trucks and loads jolting over damaged joints
Floor joint sealing for businesses in Oxgangs
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Keeping the joints sound
Once the work is signed off, these steps help:
- Ask drivers not to drag forks or pallets
- Photograph any joint that starts to chip
- Mention any aggressive cleaning regime at quote stage
- Allow for topping up joints as a new slab settles
Dragged forks and pallets gouge joints and edges alike. Steel tines will mark a good joint over time.
Every vehicle on a busy aisle hits a damaged joint. Sorting it early looks after your equipment as well as the slab.
Floor joint sealing for commercial buildings in Oxgangs
We work on warehouse aisles, dock areas, factory floors, retail units and showrooms. Each job is priced from the metres of joint, their condition and the access windows we get and the figure is fixed before work begins. We work on retail and showroom floors, joints along racking aisles and construction joints, and what we are called in for most is open saw cuts full of debris and untidy open joints in a retail unit. Most enquiries from Oxgangs start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
In Scotland’s cities, buildings from car parks and malls to university and hospital estates rely on movement joints. Failed joints let water in, and repeated frost then works on the edges.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Where
- Oxgangs (EH10, EH13, EH14)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
What sealant work can’t fix
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- A floor that is out of level for the racking or trucks
- A floor that rocks at the joints, which needs a structural fix
- Wide or random cracking that suggests a structural issue
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Oxgangs
- Saw-cut induced joints
- Loading bays
- Forklift and pallet-truck routes
- Retail and showroom floors
- Joints along racking aisles
- Construction joints
Questions we are asked in Oxgangs
Do we have to stop operations in Oxgangs while the joints are sealed?
Normally not: we work in sections and hand each one back once it has cured. Tell us which hours and entrances we can use and we will plan from there.
Will you take on work at estates like Edinburgh West Retail Park, close to Oxgangs?
Yes. We cover Oxgangs and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Edinburgh West Retail Park. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Do you cover Oxgangs?
Yes. Sites across Oxgangs are covered.
Can you send site paperwork?
Each site asks for different documents, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Are you CHAS accredited?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
Which sealant will you use?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. While we’re working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. Work on a big city site in Scotland normally involves inductions and permits. Tell us the rules and we’ll work to them.
- First, the zones and order of work are agreed with you.
- Any joints with broken edges are flagged before work starts.
- We clear each run back to clean concrete.
- The chosen filler or sealant goes in flush with the slab.
- Each area is handed back when ready for traffic.
Before we start on site
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Point out any areas we must not close
Request a quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Related advice
Commercial clients in Oxgangs
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm them with the quote.
How the job changes by surface
Flexible floor sealants
Polyurethane floor sealants are available in a range of colours so ask if the colour matters.
Saw-cut induced joints
Saw cuts are made soon after the slab is cast so shrinkage cracks follow a line. They start narrow and widen as the concrete dries so trafficked runs need a filler that holds the arrises.
Joints that move: notes for Oxgangs
The east of Scotland, where Oxgangs is, gets less rain than the west. Cold winters and gritting are hard on any yard or deck joint left open. Sealing them before winter limits the damage. At least three named trading, business or retail sites lie within about 3 miles of Oxgangs. That puts plenty of warehouse floors, service yards and car parks close by, all with joints under traffic.
At places like West Gorgie Park Industrial Estate, which lies north-west of Oxgangs, joints are sealed a section at a time so operations carry on. Retail sites such as Edinburgh West Retail Park (1.8 miles north-west of Oxgangs) have car park, service yard and shop floor joints under constant traffic.
Oxgangs is about 3 miles south of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. If you are looking for floor joint sealing in Oxgangs, we can help, as we do across Edinburgh. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, including Oxgangs.
We take on floor joints across the EH10, EH13 and EH14 postcode area. If your site is on Oxgangs Road, Camus Avenue and Comiston Road or close by, send details and we will quote for floor joints. We also cover Colinton Mains (1 mile west), Comiston (1 mile north-east), Caiystane (1 mile south-east), Greenbank (1 mile north) and Firrhill (1 mile north-west). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (3 miles north), Leith (5 miles north), Bonnington (5 miles north), Greenside (4 miles north), Broughton (4 miles north) and Bellevue (4 miles north).
Around Oxgangs
We work on buildings around Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming and Harrison Park. The nearest railway station is Slateford station, roughly 1.6 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Cockburn Geological Museum (2.1 miles north-east) and Edinburgh City Hospital (0.6 miles north-west). The countryside around Oxgangs includes Duddingston Loch and Craiglockhart Hill.
What we’re called out for in Oxgangs
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:
- Scruffy, dirty joint lines on a shop or showroom floor
- Cracked and crumbling joint fill
- Sealant pulled out along a truck route
- Unfilled floor joints collecting dirt and grit
For estates staff at a university like Edinburgh Napier University, which lies north-west of Oxgangs, building and paving joints are part of the planned maintenance list.
Comparing quotes
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Proof of insurance