Fire stopping in Ashurst Bridge
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Ashurst Bridge and across Hampshire. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Fire stopping in Ashurst Bridge
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Where services cross fire walls in Ashurst Bridge
The area within 2 miles of Ashurst Bridge holds several hotels. 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. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. 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. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail.
At a college such as Totton College, which lies north-east of Ashurst Bridge, checking penetration seals after summer M&E works is good practice. For a hospital such as Tatchbury Mount Hospital, 1.5 miles to the north-west of Ashurst Bridge, penetration sealing is usually phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first.
Ashurst Bridge is about 1 mile south-west of Totton, in Hampshire. Across the SO40 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Across Hampshire, 723 places are covered, including Ashurst Bridge.
Business premises anywhere in SO40 are within our area. Nearby places we also cover include Netley Marsh (1 mile north-west), Totton (1 mile north-east), Hounsdown (1 mile south-east), Woodlands (1 mile south-west) and Winsor (2 miles north-west). A short drive away, we cover Winchester (13 miles north-east), Eastleigh (8 miles north-east), Fareham (14 miles east), Chandler's Ford (8 miles north-east), Hedge End (9 miles east) and Lymington (11 miles south).
What’s near Ashurst Bridge
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The White Horse pub and Hounsdown School, among other places. The closest station to Ashurst Bridge is Totton station, about 1.5 miles east. A little further out are Ashurst Hospital (1.4 miles south) and National Dairy Museum (1.2 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Testwood Lakes.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Ashurst Bridge
Every service that crosses a compartment wall or floor leaves an opening, and that opening needs sealing to hold back fire and smoke. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal, not a rule of thumb. If you have fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls, we can help, whatever the surface. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Ashurst Bridge from the first photos to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Smaller places such as Ashurst Bridge still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, in Ashurst Bridge as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Location
- Ashurst Bridge (SO40)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions we’re asked in Ashurst Bridge
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Ashurst Bridge?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Ashurst Bridge?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
Will you quote for a small job?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Send details for a fixed quote.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, when the joints are outside. 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.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and any queries are raised before we start.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and if asbestos is suspected, work stops until it’s tested. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
Cost factors for service penetrations
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The size and state of each joint
- The site’s rules and procedures
A quote for service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access. Call for a quote.
What to include in your enquiry
For an accurate fixed quote, we need to understand the site. Useful things to include:
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Also in Ashurst Bridge
Looking after the joints
For the best life from the joints:
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
Never top up a fire seal with foam, ordinary silicone or filler. Repairs need the same product and detail as the original.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there.
How a job runs
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. Smaller jobs around Ashurst Bridge can be grouped with others nearby. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Getting the site ready
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Getting a fixed quote
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
Advice
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
Different surfaces, different methods
Cables and cable bundles
Data cabling added after handover is a regular cause of open service penetrations. Openings around new cables are resealed to the detail.
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. The specified product and backing for that movement are what goes in, with no gaps along the run.
Common problems we fix in Ashurst Bridge
Most open service penetrations are left by later work. A new cable pulled by an electrician, a pipe rerouted by a plumber or a data run drilled through a riser leaves an opening that nobody returns to. Across several fit-outs, the openings add up.
Things that typically lead to an enquiry:
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Shop fits in centres such as Totton Shopping Centre (1.3 miles north-east of Ashurst Bridge) can bring new services through fire-resisting walls between units, which then need the specified seal.
Comparing quotes
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents