Fire stopping in Cameron Toll
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Cameron Toll and across Edinburgh. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
Need fire stopping in Cameron Toll?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
What the job involves on each surface
Drylining partitions
Holes in board are often cut larger than needed. An oversized hole may be outside the sealant’s range and we will tell you what the detail says instead.
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough, and we will never swap a specified collar for sealant.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Cameron Toll
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. If you are dealing with expanding foam used as fire stopping and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open, we can help, whatever the surface. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Cameron Toll, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook says a service penetration ought to match, as a minimum, how long the wall or floor resists fire. In Cameron Toll, penetrations get the fire-rated sealant the specification asks for, built to its tested arrangement.
We stand by our work: 12 months, guaranteed. That covers our preparation and application, and if something we did falls short, we return to it.
- Where
- Cameron Toll (EH16, EH9)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
From enquiry to sign-off
Before we leave any area, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked, ready for your sign-off. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. For premises in Cameron Toll, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, and we’ll plan the work to suit, phased where areas need to stay in use.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- 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
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Get a fixed quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
Advice
Where services cross fire walls in Cameron Toll
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 proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail. A 2-mile radius around Cameron Toll takes in plenty of hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
Shop fits in centres such as Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, under half a mile south-west of Cameron Toll, can bring new services through fire-resisting walls between units, which then need the specified seal. Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh (2.3 miles north-west of Cameron Toll) are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal.
Cameron Toll is about 2 miles south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Looking for fire stopping in Cameron Toll? We can help, as we do across Edinburgh. Cameron Toll is one of 174 places we cover in Edinburgh for service penetrations.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in EH16 and EH9 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are Ross Road, Lady Road and Orrok Lane, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. You’ll find Cameron Toll on or near the A7, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. Nearby places we also cover include Bridge End (1 mile south-east), Prestonfield (1 mile north), Mayfield (1 mile north-west), Inch (1 mile south-east) and Craigmillar (1 mile east) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Leith (4 miles north), Bonnington (3 miles north), Silvermills (3 miles north-west), Pilrig (3 miles north), Stockbridge (3 miles north-west) and North Leith (3 miles north).
Landmarks near Cameron Toll
In Cameron Toll, that means premises near Royal Blind School, Inch Park and Leslie's Bar, among other places. Nearby too are National Museums Scotland Library (1.6 miles north-west) and Duddingston Kirk (1 mile north-east). For rail, the closest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, roughly 1.9 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1.1 miles south-east) and Craigmillar Castle (0.8 miles east). Open spaces near Cameron Toll include The New Leaf Co-op and Duddingston Loch.
Also near Cameron Toll
What else we do in Cameron Toll
Work for main contractors and building owners
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
When it isn’t the sealant
Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. We will tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
If you’re not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
Why deal with it now?
Open penetrations multiply: every new cable or pipe adds another. A schedule that is dealt with regularly stays manageable and avoids a much larger catch-up later. Failed sealant in a shared building in Cameron Toll can affect more than one owner. Acting early avoids disputes and bigger repairs.
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. Call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
What you get with us
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- One contact handling all your sites
- Constructionline member
- CHAS accredited contractor
Do you need fire stopping in Cameron Toll?
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. An oversized gap, too shallow a bead, missing backing or two makers’ products combined are the usual culprits.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (1 mile south-east of Cameron Toll) all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Before you book anyone
- What site paperwork they can supply
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
Questions about Cameron Toll
Can you work in a care home near Cameron Toll with residents in?
Yes. We agree rooms and times with the manager and work a few areas at a time. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
Can you work at a site such as Peffermill Industrial Estate, by Cameron Toll?
Yes. Our area takes in Cameron Toll and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Peffermill Industrial Estate included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Do you certify or sign off fire stopping?
No. Approval sits with the designer, principal designer or building control. We’ll confirm the products and details used and agree any further records when we quote.
Can you quote from photographs?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Simple work can often be priced from photos, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
Will you write the fire-stopping specification?
No, that isn’t our role. With the designer’s details in hand, we can price the sealant elements, and tell you if a detail needs another product.
How long before the joints can be used?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.