Fire stopping in Bonaly
Work needed on a service penetration in Bonaly? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
Need fire stopping in Bonaly?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Bonaly
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it, matching the product and detail it names. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. We work on service gaps in risers, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and pipe penetrations, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are penetration schedules that need working through and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls. Whoever orders the work in Bonaly, the brief is normally the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Bonaly often have services added during refurbishment. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. If an installation problem shows up, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will arrange a return visit.
- Location
- Bonaly (EH13)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
From enquiry to sign-off
At the end of each section, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked, ready for your sign-off. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. Jobs near Bonaly are often grouped with others in the same area. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- 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.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Getting a fixed quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
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Questions about Bonaly
Is a smaller place like Bonaly outside your area?
Not at all. Bonaly is within our area. We work across every Scottish council area. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Is a hospital such as Royal Edinburgh 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.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is fully insured, public liability included.
Can you tell us what fire stopping our building needs?
No. Deciding what is needed sits with the designer, fire engineer and building control. Our role is fitting the specified fire-rated sealant, following the maker’s tested details.
How do we ask for a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
Do you seal openings left by new services?
Yes. Send the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product details. Work can run area by area behind the M&E trades.
Do you work in Scotland as well as England?
Our area runs from Greater London and the South East to every part of Scotland. Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects service penetrations to be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance, using products tested for their end use.
What sets the cost
Before we quote, we look at:
- The size and state of each joint
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The site’s rules and procedures
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Sending details for a quote
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Tell us:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Specification clauses that apply
- Any dates the work must fit around
- The site address and postcode
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over to discuss it first.
What happens if it’s left?
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product, so it makes sense to get it right first time. Exposed buildings in Scotland take a lot of weather, and for a smaller place like Bonaly, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
The specified product makes a difference, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why clients in Bonaly choose us
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Constructionline member
Take a look at our cost guide or how we’re accredited.
What sealant work can’t fix
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. These need a different solution:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
If you are not sure, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
Fire stopping in Bonaly: the local picture
Four care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Bonaly. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified. 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 fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
At a university such as Edinburgh Napier University (2 miles north of Bonaly), labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work. On estates like Dumbryden Industrial Estate, 1.7 miles north of Bonaly, the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal.
Bonaly is about 3 miles south-west of Merchiston, in Edinburgh. Bonaly sits inside our coverage and the rest of Edinburgh, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Bonaly among them.
Postcode districts covered here: EH13. Streets here include Bonaly Road, Bonaly Avenue and Munro Drive. Sites close to Bonaly are covered too, including Torphin (1 mile west), Swanston (2 miles east), Milton Bridge (4 miles south-east), Penicuik (5 miles south) and Silverburn (5 miles south). Bigger towns within reach include Edinburgh (4 miles north-east), Leith (7 miles north-east), Bonnington (6 miles north-east), Greenside (5 miles north-east), Broughton (5 miles north-east) and Bellevue (5 miles north-east).
Near you in Bonaly
In Bonaly, that means premises near Juniper Green Parish Church and Firrhill High School, among other places. Bonaly’s nearest station is Kingsknowe station, roughly 1.6 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include War Poets Collection (2.3 miles north-west) and Craiglockhart Hydropathic (1.7 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s White Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
When to call us in Bonaly
Head-of-wall joints and wall-to-wall junctions are frequent weak points. Movement in the frame or slab can open the joint. Linear joint details set a width range and movement capability, and the seal has to sit within them.
Things that usually lead to an enquiry:
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Older community buildings such as Colinton Parish Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
What your quote should include
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- How joint depth will be controlled
Surface by surface
Small ducts
We seal around ducts only within what the tested detail covers. The ductwork, its supports and any dampers are for the ductwork contractor.
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. If the gap exceeds the tested range, sealant alone won’t do, and the detail may call for board patching or another product.