Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Ardgay, Highland
Planning work on a service penetration in Ardgay? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Fire stopping for businesses in Ardgay
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Questions we’re asked in Ardgay
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Ardgay?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Is a hospital such as Migdale Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
Will you quote for a small job?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
How much does the work cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. For yours, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
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.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Let us know which documents the site needs, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Ardgay
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. If you’re dealing with open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and seals that don’t match their tested detail, we can put it right, on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, linear gaps at wall heads and cable penetrations alike. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Ardgay first comes to us: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
In smaller Scottish places like Ardgay, buildings with fire-resisting walls typically include schools, care homes, hotels and health centres. Those penetrations are closed with the product the specification names, built up as tested.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Location
- Ardgay (IV24)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Keeping the joints sound
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Record which product was used where
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
Looking at service areas on a regular cycle pays off. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job; found late, it can be one of many.
How the quote is worked out
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The size and state of each joint
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
A quote for service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, and any specification that applies. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What to include in your enquiry
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- When you need the work done
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Access details, including height
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photos and a description will do.
Nearby places to Ardgay
Other services in Ardgay
What happens if it’s left?
An unsealed opening affects more than fire safety: smoke, noise and draughts pass through them every day. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first. Renewing every failing joint on one visit is the sensible approach for a place like Ardgay. Send photographs and we’ll quote for everything together.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
What you get with us
- One contact handling all your sites
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or how we’re accredited.
From enquiry to sign-off
Where the site stays busy, the work is phased so only one area is out of use at a time. Each section is protected, cleaned back and sealed, then handed back before we move to the next. For work around Ardgay, we aim for one trip, which is why we ask for photos and a full list first. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- 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.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Agree which areas must stay open
Getting a fixed quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
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Commercial clients in Ardgay
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Ardgay can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
Service penetrations in Ardgay 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 products tested for that end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
Buildings near Ardgay get the fire-rated product that’s specified, installed to its tested detail. For a hospital such as Migdale Hospital, 1 mile to the north-east of Ardgay, penetration sealing is typically phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first.
Ardgay is about 28 miles north-west of Nairn, in Highland. Looking for fire stopping in Ardgay? We can help. We work across 256 places in Highland.
Commercial sites across IV24 are covered. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Church Street, Oykel Place and Carron Place. We also cover Lower Gledfield (1 mile north-west), Bonar Bridge (1 mile north-east), Spinningdale (5 miles east), Whiteface (7 miles east) and Edderton (8 miles south-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Tain (12 miles south-east), Alness (14 miles south), Dornoch (12 miles east), Invergordon (15 miles south-east) and Evanton (15 miles south). Where a site is remote or on an island, we plan travel and materials carefully, so the full address helps from the start.
Local landmarks in Ardgay
Ardgay has its own railway station: Ardgay station. Other landmarks nearby include Migdale Hospital (1 mile north-east). Green spaces nearby include Dùn Creich and Loch Migdale.
General trades versus a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
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. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.