Baberton fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Baberton. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping for businesses in Baberton
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What sets the cost
To price the job, we consider:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- How much existing material needs removing
- Joint width, depth and condition
- The site’s rules and procedures
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Before you send an enquiry
A few photographs plus some basic facts will normally do. It helps to include:
- When you need the work done
- The type of building and who uses it
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
How we handle fire stopping in Baberton
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. Deciding the specification sits with the designer, the fire engineer and building control; sign-off sits with them too. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant following that specification and the maker’s installation guidance. Most enquiries involve openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls, on linear gaps at wall heads, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and pipe penetrations. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Baberton, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Large city estates in Scotland, from universities to hospitals and offices, are re-serviced constantly, and each new run of cable or pipe through a compartment wall needs sealing. Intumescent sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with backing and depth as tested.
The 12-month guarantee is for workmanship rather than wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we’re clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Where
- Baberton (EH14, EH11, EH13)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we will work to them.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Getting the site ready
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Quotes
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
Advice
Also in Baberton
Compartments and services around Baberton
The 2 miles around Baberton include four care or nursing homes. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product. Several hotels sit less than 2 miles from Baberton. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
Hospital estates such as Spire Murrayfield Hospital (to the north of Baberton) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail. For a site team at a college like Edinburgh College - Sighthill Campus, which lies north of Baberton, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Baberton is about 4 miles south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We send applicators to Baberton for service penetrations. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places.
Commercial sites across EH14, EH11 and EH13 are covered. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Ashcroft Lane, Alcorn Square and Muirend Avenue and the roads nearby. You will find Baberton on or near the A70. Sites close to Baberton are covered too, including Wester Hailes (1 mile north), Clovenstone (1 mile east), Juniper Green (1 mile south), The Calders (1 mile north-west) and Sighthill (1 mile north). Bigger towns within reach include Edinburgh (4 miles north-east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (6 miles north-east), Greenside (5 miles north-east), Broughton (5 miles north-east) and Bellevue (5 miles north-east).
What’s near Baberton
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Juniper Green Parish Church and Merchiston Castle School. Baberton has its own railway station: Wester Hailes station. A little further out are War Poets Collection (0.9 miles north) and Craigcrook Castle (3.1 miles north). The countryside around Baberton includes The New Leaf Co-op and Torphin Hill.
Doing it in-house
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Common problems we fix in Baberton
Damage plays a part too. Maintenance work can knock a seal, cut it back for an extra cable or remove it with an old pipe.
Most enquiries start with something like this:
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Wester Hailes Baptist Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
What to look for in a quote
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
Baberton: questions and answers
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus?
Yes, holiday working periods are the norm on campus jobs. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
How do Scotland’s building standards affect fire-rated sealant in Baberton?
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook covers it in clause 2.1.14: penetrations keep at least the element’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for their end use. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Are you CHAS accredited?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited, we’re a Constructionline member and we use CSCS-carded applicators.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes. It runs for twelve months and covers how we prepared and sealed the joints, though not damage or work by other trades.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
That depends on the product specified. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
Surface by surface
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Small sizes are sometimes covered by an intumescent sealant detail, but many need a collar or wrap. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe, and some details add wrapping or a set length of insulation. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.
Why deal with it now?
Inspections and handover checks often pick up fire stopping. Late discoveries can delay handover while openings are reopened and resealed. In a tenement or shared city building, water from a failed joint can reach other owners’ property. Acting early avoids disputes and bigger repairs.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why clients in Baberton choose us
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- One number for every site we cover
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.