Bosham Hoe fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Bosham Hoe and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Need fire stopping in Bosham Hoe?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Bosham Hoe
No fire sealant works on its own: the evidence covers a specific product, wall or floor type, service, gap, depth and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow. If you’re dealing with snag lists that include open service penetrations and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, we can put it right, on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, pipe penetrations and service gaps in risers alike. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Bosham Hoe it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Around smaller places like Bosham Hoe, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we’re upfront about that.
- Location
- Bosham Hoe (PO18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Bosham Hoe
Inspections and handover checks often pick up fire stopping. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme. Older rural buildings around Bosham Hoe move with the seasons, and rigid or tired sealant can’t keep up. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
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.
Why appoint us
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- One number for every site we cover
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
See our cost guide and how we’re accredited.
Questions about Bosham Hoe
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Bosham Hoe?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like University of Chichester?
Yes. We plan campus work around teaching, exams and residence turnarounds. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we’ll confirm them alongside the quote.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. We’re CHAS accredited, we are a Constructionline member and we use CSCS-carded applicators.
What hours do you work?
Mention the site’s hours and access windows in your enquiry, and we will schedule the work to suit. Our office runs Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
What do you charge?
We don’t publish prices, as every site differs. With photographs or drawings, we can give you a fixed quote.
Can you work while the building is occupied?
Yes, as long as we plan it. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them.
Quoting for work in Bosham Hoe
To price the job, we consider:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The product specified
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
What we need to price the job
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- The type of building and who uses it
- When you need the work done
- Clear photos of the problem areas
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Service penetrations in Bosham Hoe buildings
Bosham Hoe has several hotels close by, all within 2 miles. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are typically fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. Two care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Bosham Hoe. In a care home, any new pipe or cable through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as St Richard's Hospital (3.8 miles north-east of Bosham Hoe) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. Hotels like Millstream Hotel, 1.2 miles north-west of Bosham Hoe, are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls.
Bosham Hoe is about 3 miles south-west of Chichester, in West Sussex. Commercial clients in Bosham Hoe use us for work on service penetrations. Bosham Hoe is one of 373 places in West Sussex on our list for service penetrations. Portsmouth is covered too, some 10 miles away.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in PO18 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are Hoe Lane and Smuggler's Lane, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Nearby places we also cover include Bosham (1 mile north), West Itchenor (1 mile south-west), Broadbridge (2 miles north), Chidham (2 miles north-west) and Apuldram (2 miles east) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Bognor Regis (7 miles east), Chichester (3 miles north-east), Selsey (6 miles south-east), Littlehampton (14 miles east), Rustington (15 miles east) and Portfield (4 miles east).
Local landmarks in Bosham Hoe
The closest station to Bosham Hoe is Bosham station, about 1.9 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Chichester Cathedral Treasury (3.1 miles north-east) and St Richard's Hospital (3.8 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Stoke Down and Nutborne Marshes.
Towns and villages near Bosham Hoe
Other services in Bosham Hoe
What we are called out for in Bosham Hoe
Head-of-wall joints and wall-to-wall junctions are frequent weak points. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps, and a product not tested for that movement may crack. Linear joint details set a width range and movement capability, and the seal has to sit within them.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Where a unit on an estate such as Southfield Industrial Park., which lies north of Bosham Hoe, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail.
What to look for in a quote
- Their public liability cover
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
On site: what to expect
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, 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 Bosham Hoe can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and ask about anything unclear.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- 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.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Ask for a quote
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form to discuss it first.
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Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework, and some details add wrapping or a set length of insulation. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Cables and cable bundles
Cable penetrations are frequently sealed with fire-rated sealant where the detail allows. Bundle size, cable type and the space between cables all matter, so we check before sealing.
Should maintenance staff do it?
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.
Redoing a failed joint typically costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.