Fire Stopping in Caputh
Fire stopping for Caputh, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping for Caputh sites
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Questions we are asked in Caputh
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Caputh?
Under Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14), service penetrations should keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for their end use. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
Is Caputh too far out for you?
Not at all. Caputh is within our area. Our area covers all of Scotland, cities, towns and islands alike. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators, as many construction sites ask for.
Which sealant will you use?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
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.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Will you quote for a small job?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
About our fire stopping in Caputh
Sealant is the specified answer for plenty of openings, such as metal pipes, cables and some small ducts where the detail covers them. Other openings need collars, wraps, batts, pillows or boards. If the detail calls for something other than sealant, we say so rather than force sealant into it. We work on service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and cable penetrations, and the failures we are asked to look at most are head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal and non-fire-rated filler around services. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Caputh is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
In smaller Scottish places like Caputh, buildings with fire-resisting walls typically include schools, care homes, hotels and health centres. Where services pass through, specified fire-rated sealant is installed following the manufacturer’s guidance for that wall or floor.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Where
- Caputh (PH1)
- Region
- Perth and Kinross
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Cost factors for service penetrations
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- The size and state of each joint
- Whether the work must be split into stages
Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Before you send an enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need to understand the site. Useful things to include:
- Any specification or named product
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Any dates the work must fit around
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Surface by surface
Small ducts
Some fire-rated sealant details cover small ducts. Larger or fire-rated ductwork normally needs a different solution set by the designer and we flag that rather than guess.
Linear joints
Linear joints run along the head of a wall, at a slab edge or between two fire-resisting elements. Their tested detail, under BS EN 1366-4, sets the width, depth, backing and movement allowed, and we work within it.
Doing it in-house
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, which is what makes a joint last.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
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What we can’t put right
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email us and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
Leave it or put it right?
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: they also carry noise, draughts and smells between rooms. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first, and the other benefits follow. Around smaller places like Caputh, halls, stores and seasonal buildings may not be checked often, giving water time to get in. Resealing early avoids that.
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
Why us?
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Fire stopping in Caputh: the local picture
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, using products tested for the way they’re used. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Older community buildings such as Caputh Parish Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. Buildings near Caputh get the fire-rated product that’s specified, installed to its tested detail.
Caputh is about 7 miles south-west of Blairgowrie and Rattray, in Perth and Kinross. Anywhere in PH1, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Our Perth and Kinross coverage takes in 114 places, from busy centres to rural villages. There’s a separate page for Dundee, about 20 miles away.
If you need fire stopping in PH1, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Nearby places we also cover include Middleton (1 mile west), Gellyburn (1 mile south-east), Murthly (1 mile south-east), Spittalfield (1 mile north-east) and Bankfoot (3 miles south). Further afield, our area takes in Perth (10 miles south), Blairgowrie and Rattray (7 miles north-east), Letham (10 miles south), Scone (9 miles south), Pitlochry (14 miles north-west) and Tulloch (9 miles south).
Landmarks near Caputh
The closest station to Caputh is Dunkeld & Birnam station, about 3.6 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Murthly Castle (1 mile west). The countryside around Caputh includes Lily Loch and Birnam Hill.
On site: what to expect
Where the site stays busy, the work is phased so only one area is out of use at a time. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed, then reopened once the sealant allows before the next one starts. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Caputh is planned so the job is finished in one visit where possible, so photographs, sizes and a full list matter. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
What we need from you
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Request a quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.