Battle fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Battle, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Fire stopping across Battle
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
On site: what to expect
On arrival, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before anything is cut or cleaned, and the work usually takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. For a site in Battle, we plan so the whole job is done in one go where possible. Clear photos and measurements help us bring the right products.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Request a quote
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over to discuss it first.
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About our fire stopping in Battle
A lot of fire-stopping work comes after M&E installation, a refit or a tenant fit-out. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls, and they are easy to forget. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations, and what we are called in for most is fire stopping installed outside its tested range and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Battle, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Buildings in a smaller place such as Battle 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. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Place
- Battle (TN33)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Building owners, agents and FMs in Battle
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Battle. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
How the quote is worked out
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Access and working height
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- The product specified
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
What we need to price the job
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Any specification or named product
- When you need the work done
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
What we can’t put right
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Nearby places to Battle
More services for Battle
Surface by surface
Drylining partitions
Drylined fire walls are tested in a particular build-up. The sealant detail has to be tested in that wall type, with the stated board layers.
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically.
Your questions answered
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Conquest Hospital, something you do?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Battle?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
How many days will you need on site?
It depends on the scope, but the work normally takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
How do I request a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
Does the weather affect the work?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Inside work is seldom held up.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
Why it’s worth doing now in Battle
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product. Small buildings around Battle suffer from failed joints as much as large ones. Early resealing avoids the damage that follows a leak.
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Why us?
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- CHAS accredited contractor
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
Take a look at what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.
Service penetrations in Battle buildings
A 2-mile radius around Battle takes in several hotels. 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. In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of 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.
Large healthcare estates like Conquest Hospital, 4.3 miles south-east of Battle, change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work. Schools such as Battle and Langton Church of England Primary School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards. Hotels such as The George Hotel, less than half a mile to the south-east of Battle, rely on fire-resisting walls between bedrooms and corridors, and refits that add services leave penetrations to seal where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Battle is about 5 miles north of Bexhill-on-Sea, in East Sussex. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Battle use us for work on service penetrations, as part of our coverage of East Sussex. Battle is one of 308 places in East Sussex on our list. Brighton is covered too, some 27 miles away.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout TN33, whatever the building. Among the streets we cover are High Street, Market Road and Station Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Main routes into Battle include the A271 and A2100, which helps when planning parking and deliveries for the job. Sites close to Battle are covered too, including Steven's Crouch (2 miles west), Netherfield (2 miles north-west), Mountfield (2 miles north), John's Cross (3 miles north) and Penhurst (3 miles west). Further afield, our area takes in Eastbourne (12 miles south-west), Hastings (5 miles south-east), Bexhill-on-Sea (5 miles south), Hailsham (11 miles west), St Leonards (5 miles south-east) and Polegate (12 miles south-west).
What’s near Battle
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Claverham Community College and The Abbey Hotel, among other places. The closest station to Battle is Battle station, roughly 0.6 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Battle Museum of Local History (under half a mile north) and Conquest Hospital (4.3 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Church Wood and Robsack Wood and Senlac Hill.