Sealant work for industrial units and warehouses

What industrial buildings need

Industrial units and warehouses put sealant under a different kind of stress. Inside, floor joints take forklift and pallet-truck wheels all day, and open or failed joints soon break up at the edges. Outside, cladding panels, loading bay surrounds and movement joints in block and concrete walls face weather and the knocks of vehicles. Across the South East there are large numbers of business parks and industrial estates around the motorway corridors, and many units have joints that have never been looked at since the building went up.

We work for owners, landlords, occupiers and facilities managers on industrial floor joint sealing, movement joint sealing, cladding and perimeter joints and fire-rated sealing where it is specified.

Typical joints

• Saw-cut and construction joints in warehouse floors
• Joints along racking aisles and forklift routes
• Loading bay and goods-in floor joints
• Cladding panel and precast joints
• Movement joints in block and concrete walls
• Service penetrations through fire-resisting walls between units or office areas

Floors: the right product for the traffic

Hard-wheeled trucks need joints that support the concrete edges, which is why a semi-rigid filler is common in trafficked industrial floors; a flexible sealant suits joints where movement is larger. We look at the traffic and the movement before recommending either, and we’ll tell you if the edges need repairing first. Our article on warehouse floor joints explains why.

Planning around operations

Few warehouses can stop. Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use, working aisle by aisle or bay by bay with sections coned off while the product cures. Tell us your site hours, busy periods and access windows and we’ll plan around them. We’ll also need to know your site rules for pedestrians and vehicles, so the work fits your traffic management.

Cladding and panel joints

On cladding and precast panel buildings, the joints between panels are what keeps rain out. When they harden or split, water can track into the building some way from the failed joint. Resealing involves cutting out the old material, cleaning and priming where specified, and rebuilding the joint at the right depth. See sealing precast and cladding joints.

What affects the quote

Floor joint work is priced on the length and condition of the joints, how much old filler has to come out, whether edges need repairing first, the product, and how far the work must be phased around operations. Cladding and wall joints add joint length and access to the picture. Send a floor plan or photos, the type of traffic and your site hours, and we’ll give you a fixed quote. Call 01277 525 020, email info@masticdoctor.com or send details through our quote form.