Broughty Ferry fire stopping
Planning work on a service penetration in Broughty Ferry? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Need fire stopping in Broughty Ferry?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Common problems we fix in Broughty Ferry
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. Gaps beyond the tested size, shallow sealant, no backing where it was needed, or products from different systems mixed together are what we find most often.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
In a retail centre such as Kingsway East Retail Park, 2.3 miles west of Broughty Ferry, any fire-resisting wall between units that is crossed by new services needs sealing to the tested detail.
Comparing quotes
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- How they’ll work around occupants
- The named product and why it was chosen
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Broughty Ferry
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate and we’d rather say that up front. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. If you’re dealing with snag lists that include open service penetrations and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls, we can put it right. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Broughty Ferry first comes to us: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
Tenement blocks and converted stone buildings in Scottish cities often hide old service routes through walls and floors. Wall type and service type decide the product, so both are checked before sealing, and design questions go to the designer or verifier.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Place
- Broughty Ferry (DD5, DD4)
- Region
- Dundee
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
In a busy building, the work is phased so only one area is out of use at a time. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed before we move to the next. Work on a big city site in Scotland typically involves inductions and permits. Tell us the rules and we will work to them.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Get a fixed quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
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Leave it or put it right?
An open or wrongly sealed service penetration lets fire and smoke reach the next compartment much sooner than the building was designed for. While the openings can be reached, sealing them is normally straightforward. Left until ceilings are closed or a tenant moves in, the same work costs more access and more disruption. Getting access arranged for a building in Broughty Ferry takes time, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
The specified product makes a difference, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What you get with us
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- A fixed quote before work starts
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
What else we do in Broughty Ferry
Questions about Broughty Ferry
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Broughty Ferry?
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook covers it in clause 2.1.14: penetrations keep at least the element’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for their end use. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Broughty Ferry?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it.
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 photographs and a postcode.
Can you fit around our working hours?
Mention the site’s hours and access windows in your enquiry, and we’ll schedule the work to suit. You can reach the office between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Each site asks for different documents, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
After the work
For the best life from the joints:
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Not every fire-rated product can be painted.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. Then the seal goes in while the area is open.
General trades versus a specialist
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.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Broughty Ferry can form part of a wider programme across Dundee.
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
Fire stopping in Broughty Ferry: the local picture
There are four care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Broughty Ferry. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product. There are several hotels within about 2 miles of Broughty Ferry. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are typically fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
Hospital estates such as Ashludie Hospital (2 miles north-east of Broughty Ferry) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail. Industrial units on estates such as West Pitkerro Industrial Estate, 0.9 miles north-west of Broughty Ferry, often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal.
Broughty Ferry is about 4 miles east of Dundee, in Dundee. Commercial clients in Broughty Ferry can call on us for service penetrations. Across Dundee, 28 places are covered, Broughty Ferry among them.
Commercial sites across DD5 and DD4 are covered. Streets here include Leven Street, Torridon Road and Fyne Road. You will find Broughty Ferry on or near the A92 and A930, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. Nearby places we also cover include Barnhill (1 mile east), Douglas (2 miles west), Monifieth (2 miles east), Ballumbie (2 miles north-west) and Tayport (2 miles south) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Dundee (4 miles west), Stobswell (4 miles west), Blackness (5 miles west), Logie (5 miles west), St Marys (6 miles west) and Downfield (5 miles west).
Around Broughty Ferry
Recent enquiries here include premises near Jolly's Hotel. The closest station to Broughty Ferry is Broughty Ferry station, roughly 0.6 miles south-west. Nearby you’ll also find James Guthrie Orchar Art Gallery (0.8 miles south) and Claypotts Castle (0.9 miles west). The countryside around Broughty Ferry includes Trottick Mill Ponds.