Fire stopping in Brighton
Work needed on a service penetration in Brighton? 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
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping near Brighton
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Brighton
Sealant is the specified answer for plenty of openings, such as metal pipes, cables and some small ducts where the detail covers them. Other openings need collars, wraps, batts, pillows or boards. If the detail calls for something other than sealant, we say so rather than force sealant into it. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, service gaps in risers and linear gaps at wall heads, and the failures we are asked to look at most are builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Brighton is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Bigger buildings around a town like Brighton are often done in sequence: services first, then penetration and linear seals. Design and sign-off of fire stopping rest with the designer, fire engineer or building control; we install what has been specified.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Where
- Brighton (BN1, BN2, BN3)
- Region
- Brighton and Hove
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
Some joints are best left to specialists: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Brighton
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Where the site stays busy, the work is phased so only one area is out of use at a time. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed, then handed back before we move to the next. In a large town like Brighton, work on busy buildings is planned area by area, keeping disruption low. Send drawings or photos and we will set out a phasing plan with the quote.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- 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.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Get a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
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How the job changes by surface
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. Whether sealant alone is acceptable depends entirely on the tested detail, and we won’t substitute it for a specified collar.
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. Each gap is measured where it is widest against the detail’s limits, and any that don’t are flagged.
Service penetrations in Brighton buildings
At about 46 miles from central London, Brighton is within reach of the capital. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product. Brighton has eight care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
In a hotel such as Part Of The Greenwood Lodge Hotel, which lies south-west of Brighton, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. Colleges such as Waterbear College Brighton, 0.7 miles to the south-west of Brighton, add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product.
Brighton is in Brighton and Hove. We cover commercial sites throughout Brighton, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. We work across 29 places in Brighton and Hove, from busy centres to rural villages.
Postcode districts covered here: BN1, BN2 and BN3 for service penetrations. Streets here include London Road, Isetta Square and Pelham Square. Access to Brighton is via the A23 and A259 among other routes, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. We also cover Hanover (1 mile south), Carlton Hill (1 mile south), West Hill (1 mile west), Hollingdean (1 mile north) and Seven Dials (1 mile west) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Brighton and Hove (3 miles west), Portslade (4 miles west), Aldrington (3 miles west), Hangleton (3 miles west), Saltdean (4 miles south-east) and Rottingdean (3 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Brighton
In Brighton, that means premises near Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College, William Clarke Park and Park Crescent pub and the streets around them. Brighton has its own railway station: London Road (Brighton) station. Nearby you will also find Brighton General Hospital (0.7 miles east) and Old Police Cells Museum (1 mile south-west). For a walk, there’s Newmarket Hill and Whitehawk Hill.
Nearby places to Brighton
What else we do in Brighton
FAQs: Brighton
Will you work in a care home in Brighton without moving residents out?
Yes, with the manager deciding the order and timing of rooms. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Brighton?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Do you work in Brighton?
Yes. We cover Brighton and the rest of Brighton and Hove, within our coverage of Greater London, South East England and Scotland. For a quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Do you take on small jobs?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Photos and a description are enough to start.
How long will the new sealant last?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we will price the work to it.
How do we ask for a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
What sets the cost
Quotes vary with the job. Expect it to depend on:
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The site’s rules and procedures
- The size and state of each joint
- Access and working height
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.
Details that help us quote
A few photos plus some basic facts will normally do. It helps to include:
- When you need the work done
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Common problems we fix in Brighton
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps, and the wrong product can split as a result. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
Clients typically get in touch after noticing something like this:
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
At a university such as University of Brighton Moulesecoomb Campus, which lies north-east of Brighton, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
What to look for in a quote
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?