Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Ashurst, Hampshire
Fire stopping for Ashurst, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping near Ashurst
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle fire stopping in Ashurst
Every service that crosses a compartment wall or floor leaves an opening, and that opening needs sealing to hold back fire and smoke. Our job is fitting fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those service penetrations, and along linear gaps, where it is the specified product. Each seal follows the manufacturer’s tested detail. Site teams most often ask us about old intumescent sealant that has split away and unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab, across linear gaps at wall heads, pipe penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Ashurst tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Smaller places such as Ashurst 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.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Where
- Ashurst (SO40)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
For managing agents and facilities managers
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, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Ashurst can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Hampshire.
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Looking after the joints
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Not every fire-rated product can be painted, so check the product data first.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
From enquiry to sign-off
A typical day starts with protection: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work usually takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence, and we clear our waste as we work. Rural sites near Ashurst may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Send that with the details and we’ll confirm the plan with the quote.
- 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.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- 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
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Request a quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
Related advice
Should maintenance staff do it?
Certain joints really need a specialist: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
How the job changes by surface
Small ducts
Some fire-rated sealant details cover small ducts. Larger or fire-rated ductwork usually needs a different solution set by the designer and we flag that rather than guess.
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. We use the product and backing the detail names for that movement.
Questions we’re asked in Ashurst
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Ashurst?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as Totton College?
Yes, holiday working periods are the norm on campus jobs. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
Is Ashurst in your area?
Yes. We take on work across Ashurst, and the same phone number covers every area.
Who decides which product is used?
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.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance.
Can the building stay open while you work?
In the majority of cases, yes. Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, and you deal with one contact throughout across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
Where services cross fire walls in Ashurst
There are seven care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Ashurst. In a care home, any new pipe or cable through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Totton College (1.7 miles north of Ashurst) are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal. For a unit at a centre such as Totton Shopping Centre (1.9 miles north-east of Ashurst), penetration seals are worth checking after each shop fit. For a building at a site such as Rushington Business Park, which lies north-east of Ashurst, a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice.
Ashurst is about 2 miles south of Totton, in Hampshire. Looking for fire stopping in Ashurst? We can help. Ashurst is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire for service penetrations. Sites around Southampton have their own page, about 6 miles away.
Commercial sites across SO40 are covered. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Ash Grove, Cecil Avenue and Dene Road. Close to Ashurst, our area also takes in Colbury (1 mile east), Lyndhurst (3 miles south-west), Emery Down (4 miles south-west), Balmerlawn (5 miles south) and Brockenhurst (6 miles south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Winchester (14 miles north-east), Eastleigh (9 miles north-east), Fareham (14 miles east), Chandler's Ford (8 miles north-east), Hedge End (9 miles east) and Lymington (10 miles south).
What’s near Ashurst
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Hounsdown School and The Forest Inn and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Ashurst New Forest station, about 0.7 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Ashurst Hospital (0.6 miles south-west) and National Dairy Museum (0.5 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Testwood Lakes.
When something else is needed
Honesty saves time and money. New sealant won’t cure:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Ashurst
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows