Fire Stopping in Broadwater
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Broadwater. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping in Broadwater
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Broadwater
Every service that crosses a compartment wall or floor leaves an opening, and that opening needs sealing to hold back fire and smoke. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. Each seal follows the manufacturer’s tested detail rather than guesswork. If you have open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and fire stopping installed outside its tested range, we can help, whatever the surface. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Broadwater it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Around smaller places like Broadwater, many commercial buildings are conversions or extensions of older ones, so the wall or floor a service passes through isn’t always what the drawings assume. We match the product to the substrate and service, and say so if a collar, wrap or batt is the specified item.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Where
- Broadwater (BN14, BN11)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Maintenance after handover
To get the most from the new sealant:
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t, so check the product data first.
Looking at service areas on a regular cycle pays off. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job; found late, it can be one of many.
FAQs: Broadwater
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Broadwater?
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.
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Worthing Hospital, something you do?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. It runs for twelve months and covers how we prepared and sealed the joints, though not damage or work by other trades.
What will the job cost?
It depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a quote.
Is Broadwater in your area?
Yes. Sites across Broadwater are covered, and the same phone number covers every area.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
How long do sealant joints last?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
Leave it or put it right?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down and each detail can be checked as we go. A failed joint lets water into a building whatever its size. Early resealing avoids the damage that follows a leak.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Why clients in Broadwater choose us
- Constructionline member
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- CHAS accredited contractor
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations.
Surface by surface
Masonry and concrete
Many seals are made in blockwork, brickwork or concrete slabs. Dust and loose debris are cleared out of the opening, so the sealant and any backing sit properly.
Cables and cable bundles
New data and power cables are the most common breach we see. Openings around new cables are resealed to the detail.
What we can’t put right
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work in Broadwater
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Service penetrations in Broadwater buildings
Broadwater has 25 care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Care homes rely on fire-resisting walls and floors, and maintenance work that breaks through them leaves openings to seal. Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
In a hotel such as The Railway Hotel (0.7 miles south of Broadwater), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. At a college such as Northbrook College, under half a mile to the south of Broadwater, checking penetration seals after summer M&E works is good practice. On a site such as Downlands Business Park, 0.7 miles to the north-east of Broadwater, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
Broadwater is about 1 mile east of Worthing, in West Sussex. We send applicators to Broadwater for service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Across West Sussex, 373 places are covered, including Broadwater. Sites around Brighton have their own page, about 11 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in BN14 and BN11 are within our area for service penetrations. If your site is on Forest Road, Turner Road and Langton Road or close by, we can quote for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Offington (1 mile north-west), Worthing (1 mile west), Salvington (1 mile north-west), East Worthing (1 mile south-east) and Sompting (2 miles east). Bigger towns within reach include Bognor Regis (14 miles west), Burgess Hill (14 miles north-east), Littlehampton (7 miles west), Shoreham-by-Sea (5 miles east), Rustington (6 miles west) and Storrington (7 miles north-west).
What’s near Broadwater
Around Broadwater, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Thomas A Becket First School, Bohunt School Worthing and Beach House Park, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Worthing station, about 0.7 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Museum of Sussex Folklore (0.9 miles west) and Old Castle (0.8 miles west). The countryside around Broadwater includes Widewater Lagoon and Steep Down.
Towns and villages near Broadwater
Also in Broadwater
On site: what to expect
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. For a site in Broadwater, we plan so the whole job is done in one go where possible. Photos with rough sizes let us arrive with everything needed.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Advice
What affects the price in Broadwater
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- The total length or number of joints
- How accessible the joints are
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.
Details that help us quote
There’s no need for a formal survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- The site address and postcode
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email to discuss it first.