Fire Stopping in Badentoy Park
Planning work on a service penetration in Badentoy Park? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping near Badentoy Park
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping in Badentoy Park, done properly
Penetration seals are fire tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4. That classification, such as EI 60 or EI 120, belongs to the product in its tested arrangement. Reproducing the tested arrangement on site is the part we take care of. Site teams most often ask us about open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and old intumescent sealant that has split away, across service gaps in risers, cable penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Badentoy Park tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
In smaller Scottish places like Badentoy Park, buildings with fire-resisting walls typically include schools, care homes, hotels and health centres. Those penetrations are closed with the product the specification names, built up as tested.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Badentoy Park (AB12)
- Wider area
- Aberdeenshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
How the job changes by surface
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, but many need a collar or wrap. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. Each gap is measured where it is widest against the detail’s limits.
Compartment walls and floors in Badentoy Park
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, using products tested for the way they’re used. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
For an estates team at a campus like Robert Gordon University, 3.3 miles north of Badentoy Park, summer M&E works are normally followed by a round of penetration sealing. Holiday works at schools like Portlethen Academy often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Woodend Hospital (5.4 miles north of Badentoy Park) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Badentoy Park is about 6 miles south of Aberdeen, in Aberdeenshire. Our applicators travel to Badentoy Park for work on service penetrations. Across Aberdeenshire, 179 places are covered, Badentoy Park among them. We also cover Aberdeen, some 6 miles away.
Commercial sites across AB12 are covered. Buildings on Badentoy Avenue and Badentoy Crescent are within our area. If your building is just outside Badentoy Park, we cover Portlethen (1 mile south-east), Marywell (2 miles north-east), Portlethen Village (2 miles south-east), Findon (2 miles east) and Cammachmore (2 miles south). Nearby towns on our patch include Westhill (8 miles north-west), Stonehaven (8 miles south), Banchory (13 miles west), Kintore (13 miles north-west), Newmachar (13 miles north) and Balmedie (13 miles north).
Local landmarks in Badentoy Park
Badentoy Park’s nearest station is Portlethen station, about 1.2 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Blairs College (2.4 miles north-west) and Pitfoddels Castle (3.2 miles north). For a walk, there’s Portlethen Moss and Loirston Loch.
What happens if it’s left?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, and for a smaller place like Badentoy Park, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
What you get with us
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Fully insured
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
Questions we’re asked in Badentoy Park
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Badentoy Park?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Woodend Hospital, something you do?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Asbestos is possible in some older mastics, particularly in buildings from before 2000. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Can you send site paperwork?
Each site asks for different documents, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm it when we quote.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance.
When is resealing likely to be due?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
After the work
Regular inspection catches problems early. Specifically:
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t, and the data sheet says which.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
A typical day starts with protection: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. The work itself usually takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. For work around Badentoy Park, we aim for one trip, which is why we ask for photographs and a full list first. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- 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.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Getting the site ready
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Agree which areas must stay open
Ask for a quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos to discuss it first.
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Owners, agents and contractors
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.