Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Broomhouse, Glasgow
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Broomhouse. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Openings left by services added after handover
Need fire stopping in Broomhouse?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Broomhouse
We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate, and we won’t pretend otherwise. What we offer is careful installation of the specified sealant to its tested detail, with a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. We work on service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and the failures we are asked to look at most are penetration schedules that need working through and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls. Whoever orders the work in Broomhouse, the brief is usually the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Around smaller places such as Broomhouse, compartment walls and floors tend to be in schools, hotels, care homes and community buildings. Those penetrations are closed with the product the specification names, built up as tested.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Where
- Broomhouse (G69, G71)
- Wider area
- Glasgow
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Surface by surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall joints often have to absorb slab deflection. The specified product and backing for that movement are what goes in, with no gaps along the run.
Metal pipes
Sealant details often cover copper and steel pipework. The tested detail sets the pipe size range, gap, depth and whether insulation can stay on and we confirm each before sealing.
Maintenance after handover
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way unless the designer specifies otherwise.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
How a job runs
On arrival, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, with the work itself typically taking a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. For work around Broomhouse, we aim for one trip, which is why we ask for photos and a full list first. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- 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.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Quotes
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email to discuss it first.
Advice
When to bring in a specialist
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.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Fire stopping around Broomhouse: what changes locally
The area within 2 miles of Broomhouse holds several hotels. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for that end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Lightburn Hospital (to the north-west of Broomhouse) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. Halls and meeting rooms at places like Baillieston St Andrew's Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. For an estates team at a campus like University of Strathclyde, which lies north-west of Broomhouse, summer M&E works are typically followed by a round of penetration sealing.
Broomhouse is about 2 miles north-west of Uddingston, in Glasgow. We cover commercial sites throughout Broomhouse, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Broomhouse is one of 171 places in Glasgow on our list for service penetrations. There’s a separate page for Glasgow, about 6 miles away.
If you need fire stopping in G69 and G71, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Streets here include Boghall Road, Caledonia Road and Calderpark Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Access to Broomhouse is via the M73. We also cover Daldowie (1 mile south), Baillieston (1 mile north), Garrowhill (1 mile north-west), Barrachnie (1 mile north-west) and Mount Vernon (1 mile west). A short drive away, we cover Glasgow (6 miles west), Hillhead (7 miles west), Dowanhill (8 miles west), Woodlands (7 miles west), Woodside (7 miles west) and North Kelvinside (7 miles north-west).
Near you in Broomhouse
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Black Bear pub and Dr Ann Mitchell Park. There’s a railway station in Broomhouse itself: Baillieston station. Other landmarks nearby include Lightburn Hospital (2.6 miles north-west) and Tollcross Museum (2.5 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Cathkin Braes and Hogganfield Loch.
Your questions answered
Could you schedule work at a campus like University of Strathclyde for the vacation?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we’ll plan the work around them. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we’ll confirm them alongside the quote.
Will you work in a care home in Broomhouse without moving residents out?
Yes. We agree rooms and times with the manager and work a few areas at a time. Tell us about any infection-control or safeguarding requirements and we’ll work to them.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Do you certify or sign off fire stopping?
No. Sign-off isn’t ours to give, and we don’t hold a third-party installer certificate. We work to the specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and any records you need can be confirmed with the quote.
Do the same rules apply to fire stopping in Scotland?
Building standards in Scotland are separate from England’s, and England uses Approved Document B. Wherever the site is, our work follows the specification and the tested detail.
How many days will you need on site?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit usually takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we’ll give you a timescale with the quote.
Can you quote from photographs?
It depends on the job. Simple work can often be priced from photos, and bigger or more complex jobs usually get a visit.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Broomhouse can form part of a wider programme.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
When it isn’t the sealant
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
If in doubt, phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will say what we think before you book.
What we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers