Fire stopping in Anderston
Planning work on a service penetration in Anderston? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Fire stopping across Anderston
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping around Anderston: what changes locally
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, and products should be tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail. Anderston has a good number of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail.
On a hospital site such as West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital, 1.1 miles to the west of Anderston, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits. At a university such as Glasgow Caledonian University (0.7 miles east of Anderston), labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
Anderston is about 1 mile north of Glasgow, in Glasgow. Looking for fire stopping in Anderston? We can help, as we do across Glasgow. Our Glasgow coverage takes in 171 places.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout G3, G2 and G4. Buildings on Kent Road, Bath Lane and Cliff Road are within our area for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Garnethill (1 mile north-east), Blythswood Hill (1 mile south-east), Sandyford (1 mile south-west), Cowcaddens (1 mile east) and Woodlands (1 mile north-west). A short drive away, we cover Langside (3 miles south), Yoker (5 miles north-west), Mount Florida (3 miles south), Hillpark (4 miles south), Shawlands (3 miles south) and Temple (3 miles north-west). Anderston is one of the busier places in Glasgow, and its commercial and public buildings are all within our area.
Local landmarks in Anderston
We work on buildings around College of Piping, Kelvingrove Park and The Hengler's Circus pub, among other places. Nearby too are Stirling's Library (0.9 miles south-east), Lorne Street Primary School (1.1 miles south-west) and St Vincent Street Church (under half a mile south-east). Anderston has its own railway station: Charing Cross (Glasgow) station. Well-known places in the area include Bishop's Castle (1.3 miles east) and Scottish Jewish Archives Centre (less than half a mile north-east). Open spaces near Anderston include Hogganfield Loch.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Anderston
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. If you have unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and old intumescent sealant that has split away, we can help. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Anderston, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Under Scotland’s building standards, a service penetration should keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor it passes through. In Anderston, penetrations get the fire-rated sealant the specification asks for, built to its tested arrangement.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Anderston (G3, G2, G4)
- Wider area
- Glasgow
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
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.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Do you need fire stopping in Anderston?
Damage plays a part too. Maintenance work can knock a seal, cut it back for an extra cable or remove it with an old pipe, and the repair is often skipped.
Any of the following is a good reason to get the joints checked over:
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
For a building at a site such as Finnieston Business Park (0.6 miles west of Anderston), a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice.
What your quote should include
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
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FAQs: Anderston
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Anderston?
Yes, where fire-rated sealant is the specified product. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we’ll tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Anderston?
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. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
What do you charge?
Each job is quoted on its own details. To get one, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.
How long will the new sealant last?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
After the work
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Record which product was used where
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t, and the data sheet says which.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and installation follows the programme.
What the job involves on each surface
Cables and cable bundles
New data and power cables are the most common breach we see. We reseal around them to the specified detail.
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, but many need a collar or wrap. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
On site: what to expect
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Anderston, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- 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.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
What we need from you
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Get a fixed quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
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What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
What we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations