Braepark fire stopping
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Braepark. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Need fire stopping in Braepark?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What happens if it’s left?
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. The fix is to remove it and reinstall to the detail, and doing it once, properly, is cheaper. In Braepark, as across Scotland, rain finds any gap, so a split or hardened joint lets water into the wall. Renewing them early protects the fabric.
We don’t publish prices, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Why appoint us
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Fully insured
- Specification-led, product-correct work
About our fire stopping in Braepark
Facilities managers in Braepark often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it using the product and detail it sets out. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. Most enquiries involve head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal and service penetrations left open after M&E works, on service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and cable penetrations. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Braepark it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Large city estates in Scotland, from universities to hospitals and offices, are re-serviced constantly, and each new run of cable or pipe through a compartment wall needs sealing. Intumescent sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with backing and depth as tested.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Where
- Braepark (EH4, EH12, EH30)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, 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.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Penetration seals near Braepark
The 2 miles around Braepark include three care or nursing homes. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. Braepark has several hotels close by, all within 2 miles. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail.
For a hospital such as Spire Murrayfield Hospital (2.2 miles south-east of Braepark), penetration sealing is usually phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first. Where a unit on an estate such as West Craigs Industrial Estate, which lies south of Braepark, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail. At a university such as Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus, 2.9 miles south of Braepark, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
Braepark is about 4 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover commercial sites throughout Braepark, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, including Braepark.
Commercial sites across EH4, EH12 and EH30 are covered for service penetrations. For a building on Avon Road, Essex Road and Braehead Road or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Sites close to Braepark are covered too, including Barnton (1 mile south), Cramond (1 mile east), Cammo (1 mile south-west), Bughtlin (1 mile south) and East Craigs (1 mile south). Further afield, our area takes in Edinburgh (4 miles east), Leith (5 miles east), Bonnington (5 miles east), Greenside (5 miles east), Broughton (5 miles east) and Bellevue (4 miles east).
Around Braepark
For rail, the closest station is Edinburgh Gateway station, roughly 1.8 miles south. Nearby you will also find The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.9 miles south) and Corstorphine Hospital (2.1 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Corstorphine Hill and Dundas Loch.
What the job involves on each surface
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. The gap is measured at the widest point against the detail’s limits, and any that don’t are flagged.
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. Whether sealant alone is acceptable depends entirely on the tested detail.
Maintenance after handover
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. Anyone resealing later needs to know which product and detail were used.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts.
Commercial clients in Braepark
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Our process
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 any cutting starts, 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. City jobs in Braepark usually need parking and loading planned. Shared closes, stairs and the property factor may need to be part of the plan.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- 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.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Before we start on site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Getting a fixed quote
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
Advice
Braepark: questions and answers
Do you work in occupied care homes around Braepark?
Yes. We work around residents’ routines, a room or two at a time. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
Which Scottish guidance covers penetration seals in Braepark?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
How long before the joints can be used?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Can weather delay the job?
For external joints, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Inside work is seldom held up.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. If you need card details for site access, let us know and we’ll send them with the quote.
Do you work in Braepark?
Yes. Braepark falls within our area, and the simplest way to start is to call 01277 525 020 or email us.