Bimbister fire stopping
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Bimbister and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Need fire stopping in Bimbister?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Surface by surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall joints often have to absorb slab deflection. We use the product and backing the detail names for that movement.
Cables and cable bundles
New data and power cables are the most common breach we see. We reseal around them to the specified detail.
Fire stopping in Bimbister
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, and we won’t pretend otherwise. 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 fire sealant pulled out of the opening and expanding foam used as fire stopping, we can help. Most enquiries from Bimbister start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Bimbister can leave gaps around new services. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant as its published detail shows and raise it if another product is needed.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. If an installation problem shows up, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will arrange a return visit.
- Where
- Bimbister (KW17)
- Region
- Orkney Islands
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Why deal with it now?
Leave a penetration open and smoke and fire can cross into the next compartment far earlier than intended. While the openings can be reached, sealing them is normally straightforward. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. Buildings that aren’t in daily use, such as halls and seasonal premises, may let water in unnoticed, so a failed joint has time to cause damage. Resealing early avoids that.
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why us?
- One number for every site we cover
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
How a job runs
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, with the work itself normally taking anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. For work around Bimbister, we aim for one trip, so photos, sizes and a full list matter. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- 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.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
What we need from you
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Getting a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Related advice
Where services cross fire walls in Bimbister
Being on an island, Bimbister means planning around ferry times as well as the weather. We need the specification and a count of penetrations before we sail. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, using products tested for the way they’re used. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Grimeston Congregational Chapel sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. Around Bimbister, we install fire-rated and intumescent sealant to the product’s tested detail wherever it is the specified product.
Bimbister is about 9 miles west of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. Commercial clients in Bimbister use us for work on service penetrations. We work across 51 places in the Orkney Islands, from busy centres to rural villages.
We take on service penetrations across the KW17 postcode area. Just outside Bimbister, we also work in Harray (1 mile north), Grimeston (1 mile south-west), Russland (2 miles north-west), Hourston (2 miles north-west) and Wasbister (3 miles west). Where a site is remote or on an island, travel and materials need planning ahead.
What’s near Bimbister
Nearby you’ll also find Corrigall Farm Museum (1.9 miles north). Not far away are Brodgar RSPB Reserve and Ward of Redland.
Doing it in-house
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.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Your questions answered
Will you travel to Bimbister on the island?
Yes, Bimbister is within the area we cover. We work across every Scottish council area. Island work is planned around ferry crossings and the weather, so photographs and a full list before we travel are essential.
Will you design a fire-stopping scheme for our building in Bimbister?
No. Fire-stopping design and sign-off belong to the designer, principal designer, fire engineer or building control. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant around service penetrations and linear gaps where it is specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
How long before the joints can be used?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards.
What do you charge?
It depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a fixed quote.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Let us know which documents the site needs, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
Also in Bimbister
Quoting for work in Bimbister
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It takes account of:
- How much existing material needs removing
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- How accessible the joints are
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
Sending details for a quote
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- When you need the work done
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Any specification or named product
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
When something else is needed
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads