Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Broad Street, East Sussex
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Broad Street. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
Need fire stopping in Broad Street?
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 Broad Street
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. If you have fire sealant pulled out of the opening and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, we can help. Searching for sealant specialists in Broad Street? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
For a smaller site near Broad Street, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, with the specification and photos sent in advance. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
Work we carry out in East Sussex comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll come back to it.
- Place
- Broad Street (TN36)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Broad Street: questions and answers
How does the move away from BS 476 affect penetration seals in Broad Street?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Conquest Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
How do we ask for a quote?
There are four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photos and a postcode.
What do you charge?
Each job is quoted on its own details. For yours, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
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, so we will confirm the curing time on the day.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators, which many sites require.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months on every job.
What we’re called out for in Broad Street
Plenty of openings were simply never closed. Inspections, refurbishments and ceiling access typically bring them to light.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Schools such as Icklesham Church of England Primary School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
Comparing quotes
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- The named product and why it was chosen
Owners, agents and contractors
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
How the quote is worked out
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- The total length or number of joints
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
A quote for service penetrations depends on quantities, condition and access. Call for a quote.
Sending details for a quote
We can often quote from photos and a few details. Please tell us:
- When you need the work done
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- The product your specification calls for
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. If you have questions first, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
How a job runs
In a busy building, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed, then handed back before we move to the next. For work around Broad Street, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photos and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and ask about anything unclear.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- 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.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Getting a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email us.
Related advice
Keeping the joints sound
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
Never top up a fire seal with foam, ordinary silicone or filler. Repairs need the same product and detail as the original, or a new specification from the designer.
Keep a register of where seals are and what they are made of. When a new service goes through, everyone knows which product and detail to match, and it helps at inspections.
Why it’s worth doing now in Broad Street
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme which is why earlier is better. Converted and older buildings near places like Broad Street tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Why us?
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- CSCS-carded applicators
Where services cross fire walls in Broad Street
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. At about 51 miles from central London, Broad Street is within reach of the capital. Business park offices in the commuter belt are refitted as tenants change, and each fit-out adds services through compartment walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
In a building such as The Parish Church of St Nicholas, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. At a healthcare site like Conquest Hospital (4.3 miles south-west of Broad Street), new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal.
Broad Street is about 5 miles north-east of Hastings, in East Sussex. Across the TN36 postcode area, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. We work across 308 places in East Sussex, large and small. Brighton is covered too, some 35 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: TN36 for service penetrations. If your building is just outside Broad Street, we cover Icklesham (1 mile east), Udimore (1 mile north), Cock Marling (2 miles north-east), Three Oaks (2 miles south-west) and Broadland Row (2 miles north-west). A short drive away, we cover Hastings (5 miles south-west), Bexhill-on-Sea (9 miles south-west), St Leonards (6 miles south-west), Hastings Old Town (5 miles south-west), Belmont (5 miles south-west) and Hollington (5 miles south-west).
What’s near Broad Street
Broad Street’s nearest station is Doleham station, about 1.8 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include Camber Castle (3.7 miles east) and Winchelsea Court Hall Museum (2.5 miles east). Open spaces near Broad Street include Flatropers Wood.