Fire Stopping in Bitterne Manor
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Bitterne Manor, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping near Bitterne Manor
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping in Bitterne Manor
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. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow, and raise it with you if it falls outside. Most enquiries involve seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and fire stopping installed outside its tested range, on linear gaps at wall heads, pipe penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Bitterne Manor is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Buildings in a smaller place such as Bitterne Manor that need fire-rated sealing are typically schools, care homes, surgeries, small offices and flats over shops. Specified fire-rated sealant goes around new services there, built to match the manufacturer’s detail.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work in Southampton. If an installation problem shows up, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll arrange a return visit.
- Where
- Bitterne Manor (SO18, SO17, SO14)
- Region
- Southampton
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions about Bitterne Manor
Does your area include sites such as Bitterne Business Centre, near Bitterne Manor?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Bitterne Manor, Bitterne Business Centre among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Bitterne Manor?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
What hours do you work?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
How much does the work cost?
There isn’t a price list, because every site is different. Send photographs or drawings and we will price it at a fixed figure.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, tell us and we will confirm them with the quote.
How long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
What we can’t put right
Being straight saves everyone time. New sealant won’t cure:
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
If you are not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
Places near Bitterne Manor
More services for Bitterne Manor
How the job changes by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Voids hide a lot of unsealed openings. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically and tell you about openings outside the list.
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Why deal with it now?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down. For buildings in places like Bitterne Manor, one well-planned visit beats several small ones, so it’s worth dealing with every failing joint at once.
No two sites price the same: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Why appoint us
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and insurance.
What we are called out for in Bitterne Manor
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps, and a product not tested for that movement may crack. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Shop fits in centres such as Marlands Shopping Centre (to the south-west of Bitterne Manor) can bring new services through fire-resisting walls between units, which then need the specified seal.
What to look for in a quote
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
Penetration seals near Bitterne Manor
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. The 2 miles around Bitterne Manor include four care or nursing homes. In a care home, any new pipe or cable through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified.
Colleges such as Southampton City College, 1.2 miles to the south-west of Bitterne Manor, add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product. Tenant changes at parks like Bitterne Business Centre (to the east of Bitterne Manor) bring new data and services, and openings through fire-resisting walls need the specified seal.
Bitterne Manor is about 1 mile east of Southampton, in Southampton. Bitterne Manor sits inside our coverage, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. We work across 30 places in Southampton, large and small.
Business premises anywhere in SO18, SO17 and SO14 are within our area. Among the streets we cover are Ivy Road, North Road and South Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Sites close to Bitterne Manor are covered too, including St Denys (1 mile north-west), Southampton (1 mile west), Northam (1 mile south), Bitterne Park (1 mile north-east) and Portswood (1 mile north-west). Further afield, our area takes in Regents Park (3 miles west), Maybush (3 miles west), Coxford (3 miles north-west), Lordswood (3 miles north-west), Millbrook (3 miles west) and Redbridge (4 miles west).
Near you in Bitterne Manor
Around Bitterne Manor, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Bitterne Park School, St Mary's Independent School and Rockstone Place Park and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Bitterne Manor itself: Bitterne station. Other landmarks nearby include Bitterne Local History Society Heritage And Research Centre (0.9 miles east) and Netley Castle (3 miles south). For a walk, there’s Netley Common.
Cost factors for service penetrations
To price the job, we consider:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Working within restricted access windows
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
Before you send an enquiry
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Tell us:
- The postcode of the building
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Specification clauses that apply
- When you need the work done
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Our process
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. We sign and contain the area we’re in, keep walkways clear and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. Work in places the size of Bitterne Manor is planned as a single visit where we can. Clear photographs and measurements help us bring the right products.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and ask about anything unclear.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Send your site hours and access windows
Request a quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.