Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Addiewell, West Lothian
Fire stopping for Addiewell, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Openings left by services added after handover
Fire stopping across Addiewell
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
When to bring in a specialist
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
About our fire stopping in Addiewell
Where pipes, cables and other services cross a compartment wall or floor, the opening around them has to be closed so fire and smoke can’t move between compartments. Our job is fitting fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those service penetrations, and along linear gaps, where it is the specified product. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal. Site teams most often ask us about expanding foam used as fire stopping and unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings, on service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and cable penetrations. Whoever orders the work in Addiewell, the brief is usually the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
For a building near Addiewell, we plan fire-rated sealing so it’s finished in one visit where possible. Send the specification and photos of the openings, with sizes if you have them.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Place
- Addiewell (EH55)
- Region
- West Lothian
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
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Leave it or put it right?
Leave a penetration open and smoke and fire can cross into the next compartment far earlier than intended. While the openings can be reached, sealing them is normally straightforward. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. Buildings that aren’t in daily use, such as halls and seasonal premises, may let water in unnoticed, so a failed joint has time to cause damage. Early resealing prevents it.
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a quote.
Why clients in Addiewell choose us
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
Questions about Addiewell
Is Addiewell too small for you to travel to?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We cover the whole of Scotland. Send photographs and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Addiewell?
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook covers it in clause 2.1.14: penetrations keep at least the element’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for their end use. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
What do you charge?
It depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a quote.
Can staff carry on working while you are here?
Usually, yes. Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use, with each area protected and signed.
How long before the joints can be used?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Quoting for work in Addiewell
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- How accessible the joints are
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Which sealant the job calls for
We don’t publish prices, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
What we need to price the job
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Let us know:
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Any specification or named product
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
How the job changes by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically and tell you about openings outside the list.
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. Their tested detail, under BS EN 1366-4, sets the width, depth, backing and movement allowed, and we work within it.
What we’re called out for in Addiewell
Openings in fire-resisting walls typically appear when services are added or changed. New cabling, rerouted pipework or a data route drilled through a riser can leave the hole behind. Across several fit-outs, the openings add up.
Clients typically get in touch after noticing something like this:
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
On a site such as West Calder Business Centre, which lies east of Addiewell, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
What your quote should include
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
Diagnose, treat, sign off
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before anything is cut or cleaned, and the work normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Addiewell is planned so the job is finished in one visit where possible, which is why we ask for photographs and a full list first. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Getting the site ready
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Get a fixed quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
Related advice
Service penetrations in Addiewell buildings
In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Tippethill House Hospital (3.7 miles north-west of Addiewell) all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Addiewell is about 4 miles south of Bathgate, in West Lothian. Anywhere in EH55, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Addiewell is one of 55 places we cover in West Lothian for service penetrations. Edinburgh is covered too, around 17 miles from Addiewell.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in EH55 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Streets here include Station Road, Station Court and Blackburn Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Sites close to Addiewell are covered too, including Addiebrownhill (1 mile south-west), Loganlea (1 mile south-west), Stoneyburn (1 mile west), Bents (1 mile west) and Blackburn (2 miles north). Bigger towns within reach include Livingston (5 miles north-east), Bathgate (4 miles north), Linlithgow (9 miles north), Whitburn (3 miles west), East Calder (7 miles north-east) and Broxburn (8 miles north-east).
Around Addiewell
There’s a railway station in Addiewell itself: Addiewell station. A little further out are Tippethill House Hospital (3.7 miles north-west) and Whitburn Community Museum (3.2 miles north-west). Open spaces near Addiewell include Dechmont Law.