Fire Stopping in Back
Looking for fire stopping in Back? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Fire stopping near Back
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping in Back, done properly
A fire-rated sealant is only one part of a tested system: its test evidence covers one product in one kind of wall or floor, with set services, gaps, depths and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow, and we say so if it doesn’t fit. If you have snag lists that include open service penetrations and hidden openings found during inspections, we can help. Most enquiries from Back start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Back often have services added during refurbishment. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Location
- Back (HS2)
- Wider area
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Why act early in Back
Open penetrations multiply: every new cable or pipe adds another. A schedule that is dealt with regularly stays manageable. Around smaller places like Back, halls, stores and seasonal buildings may not be checked often, giving water time to get in. Early resealing prevents it.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
What you get with us
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Constructionline member
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
Nearby places to Back
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After the work
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Not every fire-rated product can be painted.
Looking at service areas on a regular cycle pays off. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small.
When to call us in Back
Head-of-wall joints and wall-to-wall junctions are frequent weak points. Movement in the frame or slab can open the joint, and the wrong product can split as a result. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
Look out for the following:
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Western Isles Hospital, 5.4 miles south-west of Back, all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Before you book anyone
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
Diagnose, treat, sign off
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. For a building near Back, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We will confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- 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 first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Preparing the site
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with the site address and an outline of the work. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
Questions we’re asked in Back
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Western Isles Hospital, something you do?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Can you take on a job in Back, on the island?
Yes, Back is within the area we cover. We work across every Scottish council area. Ferry times and the weather set the plan, so we ask for photographs and a full list first.
Will you quote for a small job?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Do you certify or sign off fire stopping?
No. Sign-off belongs to the designer or building control, not the installer. We’ll confirm the product and detail installed and agree any further records when we quote.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so we will ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
How soon can the area be used again?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and sign any area that should be left alone.
What the job involves on each surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Risers and ceiling voids hold most of a building’s service penetrations. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance along with any permits your site needs.
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.
Where services cross fire walls in Back
Being on an island, Back means planning around ferry times as well as the weather. With the specification and photographs of the openings, the right fire-rated products travel with us. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, and products should be tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Around Back, we install fire-rated and intumescent sealant to the product’s tested detail wherever it is the specified product.
Back is about 6 miles north-east of Stornoway, in Na h-Eileanan Siar. We cover commercial sites throughout Back, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Across Na h-Eileanan Siar, 87 places are covered, Back among them.
If you need fire stopping in HS2, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on Broadbay View, Rathad na Sgoile and Sraid na H-Eaglaise or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. We also cover Sulaisiadar (5 miles south-east), Garrabost (5 miles south-east), Na h-Eileanan an Iar (5 miles south), Knock (5 miles south) and Aiginis (5 miles south) for service penetrations. For island and remote sites, travel and materials need planning ahead, so the full address helps from the start.
Near you in Back
Other landmarks nearby include Western Isles Hospital (5.4 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Loch Langavat.
Should maintenance staff do it?
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint.
Redoing a failed joint normally costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.