Fire stopping in Bankside
Need fire stopping in Bankside? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Fire stopping near Bankside
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
On site: what to expect
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before anything is cut or cleaned, with the work itself typically taking a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. All of Greater London is in the ULEZ, and kerbside space in Bankside can be scarce. If there’s a loading bay, a car park or a permit we can use, tell us when you send details.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Get a fixed quote
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us to discuss it first.
Advice
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Bankside
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. What we offer is careful installation of the specified sealant to its tested detail, with a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. If you’re dealing with old intumescent sealant that has split away and unsealed openings around new pipes and cables, we can put it right, on linear gaps at wall heads, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and cable penetrations alike. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Bankside? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005.
Taller residential buildings in London may fall under the Building Safety Act’s higher-risk regime, where fire-stopping records get close attention. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant; tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Where
- Bankside (SE1, EC4Y, EC4V)
- Region
- Greater London
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
After the work
Regular inspection catches problems early. In particular:
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail, by someone who knows the system.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
Why act early in Bankside
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach, and the right detail can be checked at the time. In a London building, a failed joint rarely affects only one party. Dealing with it early is simpler for everyone.
Pricing service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, plus any specification you’re working to. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Fully insured
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
Take a look at what affects the cost or how we’re accredited.
What we’re called out for in Bankside
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
For an estates team at a campus like University of Notre Dame (London Global Gateway), which lies west of Bankside, summer M&E works are normally followed by a round of penetration sealing.
Before you book anyone
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
Towns and villages near Bankside
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General trades versus a specialist
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Fire stopping around Bankside: what changes locally
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail. London’s office and residential buildings are refitted constantly, and each round of cabling or pipework can leave open penetrations. We install fire-rated sealant where it is specified and work within the building manager’s permit system.
Industrial units on estates such as Grand Vitesse Industrial Estate (to the south of Bankside) often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal. In a retail centre such as Brunswick Centre, 1.5 miles north-west of Bankside, any fire-resisting wall between units that is crossed by new services needs sealing to the tested detail.
Bankside is about 1 mile north of London, in Greater London. We cover Bankside, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Our Greater London coverage takes in 764 places, from busy centres to rural villages.
We take on service penetrations across the SE1, EC4Y and EC4V postcode area. Among the streets we cover are Bear Lane, Bush Lane and Swan Lane. Access to Bankside is via the A201 and A300 among other routes. Sites close to Bankside are covered too, including Blackfriars (1 mile north-west), Temple (1 mile north-west), Temple Bar (1 mile north-west), Waterloo (1 mile south-west) and Smithfield (1 mile north). Nearby towns on our patch include Kensington (4 miles west), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hampstead (5 miles north-west), Ruislip (14 miles west), Brompton (3 miles west) and Stockwell (3 miles south).
What’s near Bankside
We work on buildings around St Mary-at-Hill, Bernie Spain Gardens and St Andrew's and St John's Church of England Primary School and the streets around them. Also close by are Barts Health Archives (0.6 miles north), The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overy (0.5 miles south-east) and Founders Arms (less than half a mile west). Bankside has its own railway station: London Blackfriars station. A little further out are Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women (0.6 miles west) and Gabriel's Wharf (less than half a mile west). The countryside around Bankside includes Ludgate Hill and Barnsbury Wood.
Questions about Bankside
How does the move away from BS 476 affect penetration seals in Bankside?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Bankside, such as Grand Vitesse Industrial Estate?
Yes, sites like Grand Vitesse Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Bankside. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
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, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
What do you charge?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. For yours, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with a description of the work.
Can you quote from photographs?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a visit.
Do you cover Bankside?
Yes. We take on work across Bankside.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
When something else is needed
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. It won’t fix:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work in Bankside
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers