Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Allbrook, Hampshire
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Allbrook and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Need fire stopping in Allbrook?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle fire stopping in Allbrook
The test standards are BS EN 1366-3 for penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints. That classification, such as EI 60 or EI 120, belongs to the product in its tested arrangement. Reproducing the tested arrangement on site is the part we take care of. If you have service penetrations left open after M&E works and unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab, we can help. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Allbrook from the first photos to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Around Allbrook, penetration and linear seals tend to be one-building jobs. Send the specification, drawings or photos of the openings and we’ll quote to suit.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll come back to it.
- Place
- Allbrook (SO53, SO50, SO21)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Common problems we fix in Allbrook
Openings in fire-resisting walls normally appear when services are added or changed. New cabling, rerouted pipework or a data route drilled through a riser can leave the hole behind. Over a few years of fit-outs, a wall can collect a lot of these.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
Older community buildings such as St. Peter's Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
Comparing quotes
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- How the existing material will be dealt with
Questions we are asked in Allbrook
Is Allbrook off your patch?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. We work across Greater London and the South East. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Wessex Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
How long does a job like this take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we are given. You will have an expected duration with the quote.
Will you write the fire-stopping specification?
No. Deciding what is needed sits with the designer, fire engineer and building control. Our role is installing what they specify, to the product’s tested detail.
How long before the joints can be used?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day.
Will fire-rated sealant work on every penetration?
No. Each fire-rated sealant is tested for particular services, gap sizes and substrates. Outside that, a different product is needed.
Also near Allbrook
Also in Allbrook
When it isn’t the sealant
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
If in doubt, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work in Allbrook
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
Penetration seals near Allbrook
A 2-mile radius around Allbrook takes in a number of hotels. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal. At about 65 miles from central London, Allbrook is within reach of the capital. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
For a hospital such as Wessex Hospital, 0.6 miles north of Allbrook, penetration sealing is usually phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first. Campus buildings at universities such as University of Southampton, 4.6 miles to the south-west of Allbrook, see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified.
Allbrook is about 1 mile east of Chandler's Ford, in Hampshire. Across the SO53 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Allbrook is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire.
Business premises anywhere in SO53, SO50 and SO21 are within our area for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Verona Road, Apollo Road and Boyatt Lane, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Sites close to Allbrook are covered too, including Boyatt Wood (1 mile south), Highbridge (1 mile east), Lord's Wood (1 mile east), Chandler's Ford (1 mile west) and Hiltingbury (1 mile north-west). Bigger towns within reach include Winchester (5 miles north), Fareham (12 miles south-east), Totton (8 miles south-west), Hedge End (6 miles south-east), Romsey (5 miles west) and Hythe (9 miles south).
What’s near Allbrook
We work on buildings around Thornden School, The Otter pub and Thornden School. The closest station to Allbrook is Chandlers Ford station, roughly 1.3 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Eastleigh Museum (1.4 miles south) and Moorgreen Hospital (4.5 miles south). Not far away are Flexford Nature Reserve.
Surface by surface
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. Each gap is measured where it is widest against the detail’s limits, and any outside it are raised with you.
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe, and some details add wrapping or a set length of insulation. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Aftercare for building managers
For the best life from the joints:
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there.
From enquiry to sign-off
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. For a job in Allbrook, the main thing is a clear picture of the work, so send photos of each area. A fixed quote follows.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Getting the site ready
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Quotes
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
Advice
Leave it or put it right?
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: smoke, noise and draughts pass through them every day. The specified fire seal closes the gap for all of these, and the other benefits follow. Small buildings around Allbrook suffer from failed joints as much as large ones. Catching it early means a reseal rather than repairs.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why clients in Allbrook choose us
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- One contact handling all your sites
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.