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Fire Stopping in Orkney Islands

We cover 51 towns and villages across the Orkney Islands for fire stopping, with failed joints always cut out and a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship.

Fire Stopping across the Orkney Islands

Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.

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Where we work in the Orkney Islands

Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps. Choose your town from the list to see local details, or call or email us for a quote.

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Postcode areas we cover

Fire stopping in the Orkney Islands: how it works

We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. We hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. The enquiries we see most involve unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings and expanding foam used as fire stopping, across joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, service gaps in risers and linear gaps at wall heads.

At the end of each section, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint with your site contact. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out.

First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
Old or wrong materials are cut out.
Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.

What affects the price in the Orkney Islands

The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote.

Why appoint us

Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
Constructionline member for supplier checks
Fully insured, including public liability cover
Over 20 years of commercial sealing

Getting a fixed quote

Every quote starts with the facts: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.

What’s near Kirkwall

Around Kirkwall, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Orkney Library and Archive, Kirkwall Grammar School and Paterson Church. Well-known places in the area include Balfour Hospital (0.5 miles south-west) and Bishop's Palace (under half a mile south-west). Open spaces near Kirkwall include Gallow Ha' and Loomi Shun.

Fire-resisting walls and floors across the Orkney Islands

Hospitals, schools, care homes, offices and blocks across the Orkney Islands all rely on fire-resisting walls and floors. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified, around service penetrations and linear gaps, to the tested detail.

Our work reaches every part of Scotland, cities and islands alike, the Orkney Islands among them. Longer journeys are planned so each job is done in one go if at all possible. Along the coast in the Orkney Islands, hospitality buildings tend to be busiest in the summer months, which makes the quieter months a good time for sealant work.

Kirkwall: Older community buildings such as Paterson Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. On a hospital site such as Balfour Hospital, which lies south-west of Kirkwall, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.

When to bring in a specialist

Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, 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.

There’s also the paperwork. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.

Owners, agents and contractors

Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.

CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we’re straightforward to vet for your supplier list. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.

Maintenance after handover

Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:

Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
Include service cupboards in routine inspections

Add risers, plant rooms and ceiling voids to routine fire-stopping checks. Watch for cracked sealant, new services with no seal and openings that have grown.

A simple record of seal locations and products helps. It tells the next contractor exactly what to reinstate, which saves guesswork.

How the job changes by surface

Risers and ceiling voids

Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access is often tight, so we agree it with you in advance.

Metal pipes

Sealant details often cover copper and steel pipework. The tested detail sets the pipe size range, gap, depth and whether insulation can stay on and we confirm each before sealing.

What sealant work can’t fix

Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. We’ll tell you if the real problem is any of the following:

Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
Approving the work on behalf of building control

Common questions from the Orkney Islands clients

Is BS 476 being phased out?

From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B in England drops its references to BS 476 classes, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. After that, the European classification under BS EN 13501-2 is the route. Your designer will choose products with the right evidence.

Can you handle several sites?

Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, with each site phased to suit its occupants.

Is any job too small?

Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.

Do you work in Scotland as well as England?

Building standards in Scotland are separate from England’s, while England relies on Approved Document B. Either way, we install the specified sealant to its tested detail.

Which standards are fire seals tested to?

In short, BS EN 1366-3 and 1366-4 are the fire tests and BS EN 13501-2 is how results are classified. EI 60 means integrity and insulation for 60 minutes in the tested arrangement.

What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?

The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so we will ask for the register before work on an older building. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.

Can you fire stop behind the services contractors?

Yes. Send the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product details and a fixed quote follows. Work can run area by area behind the M&E trades so areas aren’t left open.