Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Braeside, Inverclyde
Planning work on a service penetration in Braeside? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Fire stopping for Braeside sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Common questions from Braeside clients
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as West College Scotland - Greenock Campus?
Yes. Education sites normally want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
Which Scottish guidance covers penetration seals in Braeside?
Under Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14), service penetrations should keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for their end use. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
When can you be on site?
Give us your site hours and any access windows in your enquiry, and we will schedule the work to suit. Our office runs Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, and you deal with one contact throughout.
Can you quote from photographs?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photos and measurements, and bigger or more complex jobs normally get a visit.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Can the building stay open while you work?
In most cases, yes. Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use, with each area protected and signed.
About our fire stopping in Braeside
Fire-rated sealant suits many small service penetrations: copper and steel pipes, cables and some small ducts where the tested detail allows. Other openings need collars, wraps, batts, pillows or boards. We use sealant where it is the specified product, and we tell you when a detail calls for something else. Site teams most often ask us about unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and fire stopping installed outside its tested range, on service gaps in risers, cable penetrations and pipe penetrations. Whoever orders the work in Braeside, the brief is usually the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Braeside often have services added during refurbishment. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant as its published detail shows and raise it if another product is needed.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Place
- Braeside (PA16, PA19)
- Wider area
- Inverclyde
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Signs you need fire stopping in Braeside
Plenty of openings were simply never closed. They come to light during inspections, refits or when another trade lifts a tile.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Hospital estates such as Inverclyde Royal Hospital (to the north-east of Braeside) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
Questions to ask before you book
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Proof of insurance
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
How a job runs
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Braeside. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- 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.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Ask for a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with what you know.
Related advice
When it isn’t the sealant
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
Compartments and services around Braeside
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for that end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Shop fits in centres such as Oak Mall (to the east of Braeside) can bring new services through fire-resisting walls between units, which then need the specified seal. At a college such as West College Scotland - Greenock Campus, 2.1 miles east of Braeside, checking penetration seals after summer M&E works is good practice.
Braeside is about 2 miles west of Greenock, in Inverclyde. Commercial clients in Braeside use us for work on service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Inverclyde. We work across 19 places in Inverclyde, from busy centres to rural villages. Our Glasgow page has more on work in that area, about 22 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: PA16 and PA19. Among the streets we cover are Ayr Lane, Mars Road and Juno Lane, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. If your building is just outside Braeside, we cover Branchton (1 mile east), Ashton (1 mile north-west), Midton (1 mile north), Gourock (1 mile north) and Trumpethill (1 mile north-west). A short drive away, we cover Port Glasgow (6 miles east), Cartsdyke (3 miles east), Kilmacolm (8 miles east), Mid Auchinleck (6 miles east), Bogston (4 miles east) and Bardrainney (6 miles east).
Near you in Braeside
The nearest railway station is Branchton station, roughly 0.6 miles east. Nearby you will also find Oak Mall (2.4 miles east) and Easter Greenock Castle (3.3 miles east). Open spaces near Braeside include Lyle Hill and Loch Loskin.
What else we do in Braeside
General trades versus a specialist
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
What affects the price in Braeside
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Which sealant the job calls for
- How much there is to seal
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Before you send an enquiry
Good information means a firmer quote. Helpful details to send:
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Any specification or named product
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Different surfaces, different methods
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. The gap is measured at the widest point against the detail’s limits, and any outside it are raised with you.
Plastic pipes
In a fire, plastic pipework melts away and leaves an opening. Small sizes are sometimes covered by an intumescent sealant detail, though larger ones typically call for a collar or wrap. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.