Fire Stopping in Badachro
Fire stopping in Badachro, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Fire stopping in Badachro
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Badachro
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product data. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. Most enquiries involve open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and openings left by services added after handover, on service gaps in risers, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and pipe penetrations. Whoever orders the work in Badachro, the brief is typically the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Travel to smaller places like Badachro is planned so every penetration is sealed on one trip. Photos of the gaps, the services and the wall or floor type help us bring the right products.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work in Highland. Should something we installed fail, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll come back to it.
- Where
- Badachro (IV21)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Common questions from Badachro clients
Is Badachro too small for you to travel to?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Every Scottish council area is within our area. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
Do you decide the fire-stopping details for buildings in Badachro?
No. Fire-stopping design and sign-off belong to the designer, principal designer, fire engineer or building control. Our part is installing the specified product to its tested detail, and telling you if the detail calls for something other than sealant.
Will you quote for a small job?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
When is resealing likely to be due?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Can you send site paperwork?
Requirements differ from site to site, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm it when we quote.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
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.
Maintenance after handover
For the best life from the joints:
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
Looking at service areas on a regular cycle pays off. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job.
How the quote is worked out
Quotes vary with the job. Expect it to depend on:
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- The site’s rules and procedures
What a job costs comes down to the quantity of joints, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote when you are ready.
What to include in your enquiry
A few photographs plus some basic facts will normally do. Please tell us:
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Your programme or deadline
- The type of building and who uses it
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with what you know.
Why deal with it now?
Sealing behind the M&E trades area by area beats a sweep at the end. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach and each detail can be checked as we go. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, so it’s worth renewing joints around Badachro before they leak.
Pricing service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Why us?
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations and insurance.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Whether you are a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
From enquiry to sign-off
At the end of each section, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. Jobs near Badachro are often grouped with others in the same area. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned so the seal starts clean.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Getting the site ready
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Get a fixed quote
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Advice
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Fire stopping around Badachro: how the place shapes the job
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
For buildings in and around Badachro, fire-rated sealant is installed where it is specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail. Wherever the building is near Badachro, design and sign-off of fire stopping sit with the designer, fire engineer or building control; we install what has been specified.
Badachro is in Highland. Our applicators travel to Badachro for work on service penetrations. Across Highland, 256 places are covered, Badachro among them.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout IV21, whatever the building. Just outside Badachro, we also work in Lonemore (2 miles north), Gairloch (3 miles north-east), Poolewe (7 miles north-east), Inverasdale (8 miles north) and Àird (11 miles north-east). For island and remote sites, travel and materials need planning ahead.
Around Badachro
Nearby you will also find Gairloch Museum (2.6 miles north-east). Open spaces near Badachro include Loch Bad a' Chròtha and Cnoc Dubh.