Bedhampton fire stopping
Fire stopping for Bedhampton, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Fire stopping for Bedhampton sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
After the work
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
Add risers, plant rooms and ceiling voids to routine fire-stopping checks. Watch for cracked sealant, new services with no seal and openings that have grown, and report them promptly.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned.
Fire stopping in Bedhampton, done properly
No fire sealant works on its own: its test evidence covers one product in one kind of wall or floor, with set services, gaps, depths and backing. We match each opening to that detail before any sealant goes in. The enquiries we see most involve openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and pipe penetrations. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Bedhampton first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Around smaller places like Bedhampton, many commercial buildings are conversions or extensions of older ones, so it’s worth confirming the wall or floor type before choosing the seal. We match the product to the substrate and service, and say so if a collar, wrap or batt is the specified item.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Location
- Bedhampton (PO9)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Compartment walls and floors in Bedhampton
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. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. Central London is about 59 miles from Bedhampton. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls.
At a healthcare site like Elmleigh Hospital, 1.2 miles to the east of Bedhampton, new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal. Refits at places like Central Retail Park, 0.7 miles to the east of Bedhampton, often reroute services through walls between units.
Bedhampton is about 1 mile south-west of Havant, in Hampshire. We cover Bedhampton and the rest of Hampshire, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Across Hampshire, 723 places are covered, including Bedhampton.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout PO9. Among the streets we cover are Palk Road, Knox Road and Mill Lane. We also cover Farlington (1 mile south-west), Purbrook (2 miles north-west), Drayton (2 miles west), Widley (2 miles west) and Waterlooville (2 miles north-west) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Gosport (7 miles south-west), Fareham (8 miles west), Horndean (4 miles north), Hedge End (14 miles west), Petersfield (11 miles north) and Emsworth (3 miles east).
Landmarks near Bedhampton
We work on buildings around Havant College and The Golden Lion pub. Bedhampton has its own railway station: Bedhampton station. Other landmarks nearby include Warblington Castle (1.7 miles south-east) and Havant Museum (1.1 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Portsdown Hill and Southmoor Nature Reserve.
What happens if it’s left?
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: they also carry noise, draughts and smells between rooms. The specified fire seal closes the gap for all of these and the building feels the difference. Small buildings around Bedhampton suffer from failed joints as much as large ones. Catching it early means a reseal rather than repairs.
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and how the joints are reached. Call for a quote when you’re ready.
Why appoint us
- One contact handling all your sites
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations and insurance.
On site: what to expect
On arrival, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, with the work itself typically taking a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. For a job in Bedhampton, the main thing is a clear picture of the work, so send photos of each area. A fixed quote follows.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Move anything stored against the joints
Request a quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Advice
When to bring in a specialist
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
What the job involves on each surface
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. If the gap exceeds the tested range, sealant alone won’t do and we will tell you what the detail says instead.
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. BS EN 1366-4 testing sets the joint widths, depths, backing and movement a seal covers, and we work within it.
Bedhampton: questions and answers
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Bedhampton?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Is a hospital such as Elmleigh Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
What do you charge?
There isn’t a price list, as every site differs. With photos or drawings, we can give you a fixed quote.
What hours do you work?
We are in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so we’ll ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Nearby places to Bedhampton
What else we do in Bedhampton
When to call us in Bedhampton
On a busy project, programme pressure can mean fire stopping is rushed or left to whichever trade is closest. That is when untested combinations creep in.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Hotels such as The Bear Hotel (1 mile east of Bedhampton) rely on fire-resisting walls between bedrooms and corridors, and refits that add services leave penetrations to seal where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Before you book anyone
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Proof of insurance