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Fire Stopping in Perth and Kinross

For any site across Perth and Kinross, we cover fire stopping in all 114 towns and villages, with a fixed quote and a 12-month guarantee.

Need fire stopping in Perth and Kinross?

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

Ask for a quote 01277 525 020

Fire stopping in every part of Perth and Kinross

Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps. Pick your town below to see the details for your area, and call or email us for a quote.

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About fire stopping in Perth and Kinross

It helps to set out our role at the start. Deciding the specification sits with the designer, the fire engineer and building control. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance on sites in Perth and Kinross. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, pipe penetrations and service gaps in risers, and the failures we are asked to look at most are old intumescent sealant that has split away and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls.

Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off.

We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned so the seal starts clean.
Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
We tell you about openings that need a different product.

What you’ll pay

What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a fixed quote when you are ready.

Why appoint us

One contact handling all your sites
Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months

Get a fixed quote

Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.

Near you in Perth

Around Perth, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Public House, St John's Academy and Perth High School, among other places. The closest station to Perth is Perth station, about 0.7 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Murray Royal Hospital (1.2 miles east) and Balhousie Castle (0.6 miles north-east). The countryside around Perth includes St Magdalene's Hill.

Fire stopping across Perth and Kinross: the area picture

In Perth and Kinross, as anywhere, the fire-stopping detail is set by the designer and accepted by building control. Our part is installing the specified product correctly, matched to the wall or floor and the services passing through.

Across Perth and Kinross, outside sealant work is planned around the weather, with a little give in the programme for wet or frosty days. In the parts of Perth and Kinross near the sea, the elevations facing the weather are where sealant gives up first.

Perth: Shop fits on retail sites such as St Catherine's Retail Park (less than half a mile east of Perth) can bring new services through fire-resisting walls between units, to be sealed with the specified product. In a school such as Perth High School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified.

Common problems we fix in Perth and Kinross

Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position.

What tends to prompt an enquiry:

Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping installed outside its tested range

Cost factors for service penetrations

Each job is priced on its own details. The main factors are:

How much existing material needs removing
The product specified
Working within restricted access windows
Joint width, depth and condition

Pricing service penetrations depends on quantities, condition and access, plus any specification you’re working to. Call for a quote.

Details that help us quote

Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Tell us:

Access details, including height
When you need the work done
The postcode of the building
Asbestos survey details if the building is older

Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us.

Keeping the joints sound

For the best life from the joints:

Ask which product is in place before decorating
Include service cupboards in routine inspections
Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall

Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. Anyone resealing later needs to know which product and detail were used.

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.

Different surfaces, different methods

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.

Metal pipes

Heat travels along metal pipework, and some details add wrapping or a set length of insulation. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.

General trades versus a specialist

Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.

Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.

Questions we’re asked in Perth and Kinross

Does the weather affect the work?

Outside, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Inside work is seldom held up.

Do you work to architects’ specifications?

Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.

Do you design or specify fire stopping?

No, that isn’t our role. With the designer’s details in hand, we can price the sealant elements.

Can you handle several sites?

Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, with one point of contact.

Can you seal any opening with fire-rated sealant?

No. Each fire-rated sealant is tested for particular services, gap sizes and substrates. If an opening falls outside, it needs another solution, specified by your designer.

Which sealant will you use?

The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.

Do you work in Perth and Kinross?

Yes. We take on work across Perth and Kinross, with one number for every area we cover.