Fire stopping in Arford
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Arford and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping for Arford sites
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Arford
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Arford. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Arford
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 will confirm with the quote. We work on cable penetrations, pipe penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and what we’re called in for most is fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover and expanding foam used as fire stopping. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Arford, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Smaller places such as Arford still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, wherever the site is. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Place
- Arford (GU35)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
On site: what to expect
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. We sign and contain the area we are in, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Smaller jobs around Arford can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Getting the site ready
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Request a quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
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Should maintenance staff do it?
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement 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.
Your questions answered
Will you take on work at estates like Passfield Industrial Estate, close to Arford?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Arford, Passfield Industrial Estate among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Chase Hospital, something you do?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
How do you choose the sealant?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
In many cases, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
Do you design or specify fire stopping?
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.
Is Arford in your area?
Yes. We take on work across Arford, and the same phone number covers every area.
Surface by surface
Cables and cable bundles
Data cabling added after handover is a regular cause of open service penetrations. We reseal around them to the specified detail, and any bundle too large for sealant alone is flagged.
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, so we check each one.
Honest limits
Honesty saves time and money. New sealant won’t cure:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
What happens if it’s left?
An unsealed opening affects more than fire safety: they also carry noise, draughts and smells between rooms. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first. Converted and older buildings near places like Arford tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
What you get with us
- One number for every site we cover
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Failed material removed, not covered up
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.
Where services cross fire walls in Arford
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail. Arford lies roughly 41 miles out from central London. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
Industrial units on estates such as Passfield Industrial Estate, 1.5 miles to the south-west of Arford, often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal. Older community buildings such as Church of All Saints that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. At a healthcare site like Chase Hospital, 2.3 miles to the south-west of Arford, new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal.
Arford is about 6 miles south of Farnham, in Hampshire. We cover Arford and the rest of Hampshire, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Across Hampshire, 723 places are covered, including Arford. Reading is covered too, some 24 miles away.
We take on service penetrations across the GU35 postcode area, whatever the building. Streets here include Beech Hill Road, Arford Common and Headley Hill Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Close to Arford, our area also takes in Headley (1 mile south-west), Headley Down (1 mile east), Lindford (1 mile west), Standford (1 mile south-west) and Wishanger Common (2 miles north). Bigger towns within reach include Farnborough (12 miles north), Fleet (11 miles north), Aldershot (9 miles north), Alton (7 miles west), Petersfield (10 miles south-west) and Yateley (15 miles north).
Near you in Arford
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Holly Bush Inn and Mill Chase Academy. For rail, the closest station is Liphook station, roughly 3.6 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Chase Community Hospital (2.3 miles south-west). The countryside around Arford includes Deadwater Valley and Gibbet Hill.