Fire Stopping in Bramber
Planning work on a service penetration in Bramber? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping for businesses in Bramber
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
About our fire stopping in Bramber
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, and raise it with you if it falls outside. The enquiries we see most involve non-fire-rated filler around services and old intumescent sealant that has split away, across small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, service gaps in risers and cable penetrations. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Bramber, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
A job near Bramber is usually planned around one visit, with the specification and photographs sent in advance. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Location
- Bramber (BN44)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Bramber: questions and answers
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Bramber?
Yes, to the specification and the product’s tested detail. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we will tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Bramber?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a visit before quoting.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, let us know and we will send them with the quote.
What hours do you work?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
What will the job cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. To get one, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over with a description of the work.
Keeping the joints sound
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Not every fire-rated product can be painted.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there.
Fire stopping in Bramber: the local picture
Bramber lies roughly 43 miles out from central London. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product. Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. 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. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Halls and meeting rooms at places like The Parish Church of St Nicholas sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. For a hospital such as Southlands Hospital, 4.1 miles south-east of Bramber, penetration sealing is usually phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first. In a hotel such as Old Tollgate Hotel & Restaurant (under half a mile south of Bramber), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Bramber is about 4 miles north-west of Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex. Any commercial site in Bramber is covered, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. 373 places across West Sussex fall within our area, including Bramber. There’s a separate page for Brighton, about 9 miles away.
Commercial sites across BN44 are covered for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are The Street, King's Stone Avenue and Saxon Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. If your building is just outside Bramber, we cover Steyning (1 mile west), Upper Beeding (1 mile east), Botolphs (1 mile south), Sompting (4 miles south) and Lancing (4 miles south). Further afield, our area takes in Horsham (12 miles north), Worthing (6 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (12 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (10 miles north-east), Littlehampton (11 miles south-west) and Shoreham-by-Sea (4 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Bramber
In Bramber, that means premises near Hillside Park (parke sa Hiniusang Gingharian), The Model Bakery The Norfolk Arms and Steyning Grammar School, among other places. Bramber’s nearest station is Shoreham-By-Sea station, about 4.1 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Southlands Hospital (4.1 miles south-east) and Steyning Museum (under half a mile west). Green spaces nearby include Steep Down and Woods Mill.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. For a building around Bramber, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we will build it into the plan.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Before we start on site
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the site address and an outline of the work. You can also send details through our quote form.
Advice
Owners, agents and contractors
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
When something else is needed
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Nearby places to Bramber
What else we do in Bramber
Cost factors for service penetrations
These are the things that shape the price:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Any access equipment needed
- Distance, for remote addresses
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.
What we need to price the job
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Your programme or deadline
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
What the job involves on each surface
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. An oversized hole may be outside the sealant’s range, and the detail may call for board patching or another product.
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe, and the tested detail may ask for insulation beyond the wall. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.