Fire Stopping in Bassett
Work needed on a service penetration in Bassett? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping for Bassett sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Bassett
Penetration seals are fire tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4, with results classified under BS EN 13501-2. 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. If you have builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and hidden openings found during inspections, we can put it right, on service gaps in risers, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and pipe penetrations alike. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Bassett tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Buildings in a smaller place such as Bassett that need fire-rated sealing are typically schools, care homes, surgeries, small offices and flats over shops. Around those penetrations, fire-rated sealant is installed if specified, with depth, backing and gap all as tested.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Place
- Bassett (SO16, SO17, SO15)
- Region
- Southampton
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
Some joints are best left to specialists: 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.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Service penetrations in Bassett buildings
There are plenty of hotels within about 2 miles of Bassett. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail. Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
For an estates team at a campus like University of Southampton, 1 mile south-east of Bassett, summer M&E works are normally followed by a round of penetration sealing. On a hospital site such as Princess Anne Hospital (1.1 miles west of Bassett), fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
Bassett is about 2 miles north-west of Southampton, in Southampton. Commercial clients in Bassett can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Southampton. Bassett is one of 30 places in Southampton on our list for service penetrations.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in SO16, SO17 and SO15 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. If your site is on Burgess Road, Pointout Road and Chetwynd Road or close by, we can quote for service penetrations. Just outside Bassett, we also work in Highfield (1 mile south-east), Lordswood (1 mile west), Chilworth (1 mile north), Coxford (1 mile west) and Shirley (2 miles south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Thornhill (4 miles south-east), Harefield (3 miles south-east), Itchen (3 miles south-east), Sholing (4 miles south-east), Woolston (4 miles south-east) and Bitterne (3 miles south-east).
What’s near Bassett
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Bellemoor pub, Southampton Common and Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Swaythling station, roughly 1.5 miles east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Netley Castle (4.9 miles south-east) and Foresters Museum & Archive (2.1 miles south). Not far away are Flexford Nature Reserve.
Keeping the joints sound
For the best life from the joints:
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Record which product was used where
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job compared with dozens found at once.
What affects the price in Bassett
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- How accessible the joints are
- Travel to remote or island sites
- The total length or number of joints
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote once you have the details.
What we need to price the job
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Tell us:
- The type of building and who uses it
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
Different surfaces, different methods
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough.
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products.
Signs you need fire stopping in Bassett
Physical damage is another reason seals stop doing their job. Maintenance work can knock a seal, cut it back for an extra cable or remove it with an old pipe.
Things that typically lead to an enquiry:
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Hotels like DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Southampton (1 mile north of Bassett) are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls.
Before you book anyone
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- How joint depth will be controlled
How a job runs
On arrival, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before anything is cut or cleaned, and the work usually takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. For a job in Bassett, the main thing is a clear picture of the work, so send photos of each area. A fixed quote follows.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out so the seal starts clean.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Before we start on site
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Request 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 the details over to discuss it first.
Advice
Common questions from Bassett clients
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Bassett?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we will tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Princess Anne Hospital, something you do?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
How long before the joints can be used?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and sign any area that should be left alone.
Can you fit around our working hours?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
How long does a job like this take?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit normally takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Do you take on small jobs?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
Asbestos is possible in some older mastics, particularly in buildings from before 2000. Before we disturb old sealant in an older building, we ask to see the asbestos register or survey, and if asbestos is suspected, work stops until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.