Fire Stopping in Burdiehouse
Planning work on a service penetration in Burdiehouse? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping in Burdiehouse
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
When it isn’t the sealant
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Burdiehouse
Penetration seals are fire tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4. A rating such as EI 60 only holds when the product is installed as it was tested. So our job is to reproduce that arrangement faithfully. We work on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, cable penetrations and service gaps in risers, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are old intumescent sealant that has split away and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Burdiehouse from the first photos to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Large city estates in Scotland, from universities to hospitals and offices, are re-serviced constantly, and new cabling and pipework through compartment walls is a common reason fire stopping gets breached. Intumescent sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with backing and depth as tested.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. Should something we installed fail, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll come back to it.
- Place
- Burdiehouse (EH17, EH16, EH20)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
When to bring in a specialist
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
There’s also the paperwork. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Signs you need fire stopping in Burdiehouse
Physical damage is another reason seals stop doing their job. Maintenance work can knock a seal, cut it back for an extra cable or remove it with an old pipe, and the repair is often skipped.
Clients usually get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
For a unit at a site such as Eldin Industrial Estate (0.8 miles south-east of Burdiehouse), new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall.
Comparing quotes
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
What else we do in Burdiehouse
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. For premises in Burdiehouse, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Preparing the site
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Agree which areas must stay open
Request a quote
To get a fixed quote, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form. You can also send details through our quote form.
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Common questions from Burdiehouse clients
Can you work in a care home near Burdiehouse with residents in?
Yes, with the manager deciding the order and timing of rooms. We follow the home’s own procedures throughout.
Is a hospital such as Ellen's Glen Community Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes. The 12-month guarantee covers our preparation and application, though not damage or work by other trades.
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.
How many days will you need on site?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit normally 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 will give you a timescale with the quote.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
That depends on the product specified. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so we will confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
What the job involves on each surface
Cables and cable bundles
Cable penetrations are frequently sealed with fire-rated sealant where the detail allows. Bundle size, cable type and the space between cables all matter, so we check before sealing.
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. The specified product and backing for that movement are what goes in, along the full length of the run.
Penetration seals near Burdiehouse
Burdiehouse has two 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. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. Burdiehouse has a number of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal.
On a hospital site such as Ellen's Glen Community Hospital, 0.9 miles north-east of Burdiehouse, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits. Residences at universities like University of Edinburgh Bioquarter (1.9 miles north-east of Burdiehouse) have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change.
Burdiehouse is about 4 miles south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Burdiehouse sits inside our coverage and the rest of Edinburgh, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Burdiehouse is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list for service penetrations.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in EH17, EH16 and EH20 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. If your site is on Tor Lane, Shale Road and Mansion Lane or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Close to Burdiehouse, our area also takes in Loanhead (1 mile south), Old Pentland (1 mile south-west), Hillend (2 miles south-west), Lasswade (2 miles south-east) and Bilston (2 miles south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Edinburgh (4 miles north-west), Leith (6 miles north), Bonnington (5 miles north), Greenside (4 miles north), Broughton (4 miles north) and Bellevue (5 miles north).
Landmarks near Burdiehouse
Around Burdiehouse, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Drum Park and Liberton Parish Church, among other places. Burdiehouse’s nearest station is Shawfair station, roughly 3 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Liberton Hospital (0.8 miles north) and Craigmillar Castle (2.1 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Blackford Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
What affects the price in Burdiehouse
Before we quote, we look at:
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and how the joints are reached. Call for a quote once you have the details.
Sending details for a quote
However big the job, the same details help:
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- When you need the work done
- Access details, including height
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.