Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Bromley, Greater London
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Bromley and across Greater London. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping for Bromley sites
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 Bromley
Facilities managers in Bromley often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it, matching the product and detail it names. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. The enquiries we see most involve seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and service penetrations left open after M&E works, on cable penetrations, service gaps in risers and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Most enquiries from Bromley start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
In a London area such as Bromley, buildings are refitted often, and every new cable, pipe or duct through a fire-resisting wall or floor leaves a gap. Where the specification names fire-rated sealant, it goes in exactly as the manufacturer’s test evidence shows for that wall or floor.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. If an installation problem shows up, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll arrange a return visit.
- Where
- Bromley (BR2, BR1, BR6, BR5)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Compartments and services around Bromley
Bromley has 21 care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. In a care home, any new pipe or cable through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in 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.
For a site team at a college like Bromley College, 1.4 miles south-east of Bromley, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works. Hospital estates such as Sloane Hospital (to the north-west of Bromley) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
Bromley is about 8 miles south-east of London, in Greater London. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Bromley, we can help, as we do across Greater London. Our Greater London coverage takes in 764 places. Sites around London have their own page, roughly 8 miles from Bromley.
We take on service penetrations across the BR2, BR1, BR6 and BR5 postcode area. Buildings on High Street, Church Road and St Paul's Square are within our area. With the A222 and A223 nearby, Bromley is easy to get to with materials and equipment. Close to Bromley, our area also takes in Sundridge (1 mile north-east), Plaistow (1 mile north), Bickley (1 mile east), Widmore (1 mile east) and Downham (2 miles north). Nearby towns on our patch include London (8 miles north-west), City of Westminster (11 miles north-west), Marylebone (11 miles north-west), Kensington (12 miles north-west), St Pancras (10 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (9 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Bromley
Around Bromley, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Bullers Wood School for Boys, The Richmal Crompton pub and Church House Gardens and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Bromley itself: Bromley South station. Well-known places in the area include The Mall (under half a mile east) and Bromley Hospital (under half a mile south-east). For a walk, there’s Downham Woodland Walk and Summer Hill.
What else we do in Bromley
What we’re called out for in Bromley
Openings in fire-resisting walls typically appear when services are added or changed. A new cable pulled by an electrician, a pipe rerouted by a plumber or a data run drilled through a riser can leave the hole behind. Across several fit-outs, the openings add up.
Things that typically lead to an enquiry:
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Tenant changes at parks like Chartwell Business Centre (1 mile east of Bromley) bring new data and services, and openings through fire-resisting walls need the specified seal.
What to look for in a quote
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
What sealant work can’t fix
Being straight saves everyone time. New sealant won’t cure:
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Where we work in Bromley
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Questions about Bromley
Would you work within a site like Sloane Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Can you work in a care home near Bromley with residents in?
Yes, with the manager deciding the order and timing of rooms. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
Do you hold third-party fire-stopping installer certification?
No. We are not members of a third-party fire-stopping installer scheme. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and our applicators are CSCS-carded. If your contract requires third-party installer certification, we’re not the right fit for that package.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Requirements differ from site to site, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Will you sign off the seals for us?
No. We don’t certify or sign off fire stopping, and we hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. Our part is fitting the specified product to its tested detail.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months on every job.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint.
What affects the price in Bromley
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It takes account of:
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Phasing around occupants
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Travel to remote or island sites
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote when you are ready.
Details that help us quote
A few photographs plus some basic facts will normally do. Please tell us:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- The site address and postcode
- The type of building and who uses it
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we will arrange one.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Diagnose, treat, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. All of Greater London is in the ULEZ, and kerbside space in Bromley can be scarce. If there’s a loading bay, a car park or a permit we can use, tell us when you send details.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out so the seal starts clean.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Getting the site ready
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Getting a fixed quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Advice
What the job involves on each surface
Small ducts
We seal around ducts only within what the tested detail covers. The ductwork, its supports and any dampers are for the ductwork contractor.
Risers and ceiling voids
Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access is often tight, so we agree it with you in advance.