Blashford fire stopping
Work needed on a service penetration in Blashford? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Need fire stopping in Blashford?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Blashford
Fire-rated sealant suits many small service penetrations: copper and steel pipes, cables and some small ducts where the tested detail allows. Larger openings and some plastic pipes call for collars, wraps, batts or boards instead. We use sealant where it is the specified product, and we tell you when a detail calls for something else. We work on service gaps in risers, cable penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Blashford first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Blashford often combine new partitions with old walls. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Where
- Blashford (BH24)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What the job involves on each surface
Cables and cable bundles
New data and power cables are the most common breach we see. We reseal around them to the specified detail, and we tell you if the bundle exceeds what sealant covers.
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. Their tested detail, under BS EN 1366-4, sets the width, depth, backing and movement allowed and the installation has to fit inside those limits.
Owners, agents and contractors
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Blashford. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
Your questions answered
Do you cover business parks and estates near Blashford, such as Headlands Business Park?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Blashford, Headlands Business Park among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Can you seal penetrations in a hotel in Blashford after a refit?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
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. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Can you work while the building is occupied?
Yes, with some planning. We agree a sequence with your contact so just one area at a time is disrupted.
How much does the work cost?
There isn’t a price list, as every site differs. Send photographs or drawings and we will price it at a fixed figure.
Do you take on small jobs?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
Why it’s worth doing now in Blashford
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like Blashford, rather than one at a time. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
The specified product makes a difference, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why appoint us
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- CHAS accredited
- A fixed quote before work starts
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
Service penetrations in Blashford buildings
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. Four care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Blashford. Care homes rely on fire-resisting walls and floors, and maintenance work that breaks through them leaves openings to seal. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified.
Hospital estates such as St Leonard's Hospital, 4.5 miles to the south-west of Blashford, are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail. Hotels like The Crown Hotel (1.2 miles south of Blashford) are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls. In a building such as Church of St Mary and All Saints, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Blashford is in Hampshire. Across the BH24 postcode area, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We work across 723 places in Hampshire, large and small. We also cover Southampton, around 17 miles from Blashford.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in BH24 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Streets here include Snails Lane, Ivy Lane and Woolmer Lane. We also cover Ellingham (1 mile north-west), Rockford (1 mile north-east), Poulner (1 mile south-east), Highwood (1 mile east) and Ringwood (1 mile south) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Totton (13 miles east), Lymington (13 miles south-east), New Milton (9 miles south-east), Barton on Sea (10 miles south-east), Marchwood (15 miles east) and Ashley (9 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Blashford
Recent enquiries here include premises near Alice Lisle Inn and Ringwood School Academy. Nearby you’ll also find St Leonard's Hospital (4.5 miles south-west). Open spaces near Blashford include Blashford Lakes and Linbrook Lake.
When something else is needed
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If in doubt, phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will say what we think.
Where we work in Blashford
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Other services in Blashford
When to bring in a specialist
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
From enquiry to sign-off
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. Smaller jobs around Blashford can be grouped with others nearby. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- 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.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Before we start on site
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Getting a fixed quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.