Fire stopping in Canongate
Fire stopping in Canongate, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Fire stopping across Canongate
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Why deal with it now?
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. The fix is to remove it and reinstall to the detail, and doing it once, properly, is cheaper. Getting access arranged for a building in Canongate takes time, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. Call for a quote.
Why us?
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- One contact handling all your sites
- Public liability insurance in place
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
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Fire stopping in Canongate
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 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. If you have fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated and penetration schedules that need working through, we can help, whatever the surface. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Canongate, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
In Scotland’s cities, university, hospital and office estates see services added year after year, and each new run of cable or pipe through a compartment wall needs sealing. Intumescent sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with backing and depth as tested.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Place
- Canongate (EH1, EH8, EH7)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
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What sets the cost
Before we quote, we look at:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Access and working height
- Joint width, depth and condition
- The product specified
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
What to include in your enquiry
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Any specification or named product
- Access details, including height
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Maintenance after handover
After handover, these steps help:
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. Repairs need the same product and detail as the original, or a new specification from the designer.
Keep a register of where seals are and what they are made of. It tells the next contractor exactly what to reinstate, and it helps at inspections.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
How a job runs
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. Work on a big city site in Scotland typically involves inductions and permits. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned.
- 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
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Get a fixed quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form to discuss it first.
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How the job changes by 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
Head-of-wall joints often have to absorb slab deflection. We use the product and backing the detail names for that movement.
Fire-rated sealing for Canongate buildings
There are a good number of hotels within about 2 miles of Canongate. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail. Scotland has its own building standards: the non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14) says service penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, using products tested for the way they’re used. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
At a university such as University of Edinburgh - Holyrood Campus, under half a mile to the south of Canongate, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work. Tenant changes at centres like St. James Centre (less than half a mile north-west of Canongate) often mean new services through walls between units. For a unit at a site such as Meadowbank Shopping Park, 0.7 miles north-east of Canongate, any new service through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the tested detail.
Canongate is about 1 mile north-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Canongate can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Edinburgh. Canongate is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list for service penetrations.
Commercial sites across EH1, EH8 and EH7 are covered. Buildings on High Street, Calton Road and Hutton Road are within our area for service penetrations. Close to Canongate, our area also takes in Holyrood (1 mile south-west), Dumbiedykes (1 mile south), Greenside (1 mile north-west), Buccleuch (1 mile south) and Abbeyhill (1 mile north-east). Further afield, our area takes in Queensferry (9 miles west), Southhouse (4 miles south), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Muirhouse (3 miles north-west), Slateford (3 miles south-west) and Gracemount (3 miles south).
Landmarks near Canongate
Around Canongate, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Scottish Poetry Library, The World's End pub and St Cuthbert's Church and the streets around them. You will also find London Street Primary School (0.6 miles north-west) and Holyrood Park (less than half a mile east). There’s a railway station in Canongate itself: Edinburgh Waverley station. Well-known places in the area include Edinburgh Castle (0.9 miles west) and St. James Centre (less than half a mile north-west). Not far away are Salisbury Crags and The New Leaf Co-op.
FAQs: Canongate
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like University of Edinburgh - Holyrood Campus?
Yes. Education sites normally want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we will confirm them alongside the quote.
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Canongate?
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. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Can weather delay the job?
Outside, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Inside work is seldom held up.
How do we ask for a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
How soon can the area be used again?
That comes down to the sealant and the temperature. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, and we confirm it before leaving site.
How much does the work cost?
Each job is quoted on its own details. To get one, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with a description of the work.
Do you need to see the site first?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photos and measurements, and bigger or more complex jobs typically get a visit.