Fire Stopping in Catterline
Planning work on a service penetration in Catterline? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Fire stopping for businesses in Catterline
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Surface by surface
Small ducts
Ducts are only sealed with sealant where the detail allows it. Dampers and ductwork systems themselves are outside our work.
Plastic pipes
In a fire, plastic pipework melts away and leaves an opening. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, though larger ones typically call for a collar or wrap. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
Fire stopping in Catterline
Where pipes, cables and other services cross a compartment wall or floor, the opening around them has to be closed so fire and smoke can’t move between compartments. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal rather than guesswork. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and pipe penetrations, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are expanding foam used as fire stopping and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Catterline first comes to us: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Catterline can leave gaps around new services. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. That covers our preparation and application, and if something we did falls short, we return to it.
- Where
- Catterline (AB39)
- Region
- Aberdeenshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
How a job runs
Inspect, seal, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. 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. Where we can, we combine work around Catterline with other jobs nearby, to make the most of each trip. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- 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.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Getting the site ready
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Quotes
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Related advice
Honest limits
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will say what we think before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
For managing agents and facilities managers
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
Questions about Catterline
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Woodcot Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Is Catterline too far out for you?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Every Scottish council area is within our area. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
How soon can the area be used again?
We will confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
Often, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
Is fire stopping in Scotland covered by different guidance?
Our work covers Greater London, the South East and every Scottish council area. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook says service penetrations should keep at least the fire resistance of the wall or floor, using products tested for their end use.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
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.
Why deal with it now?
Leave a penetration open and smoke and fire can cross into the next compartment far earlier than intended. 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. For buildings near Catterline, dealing with all the failing joints at once saves return trips. Photos of each area help us quote the whole job.
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What you get with us
- Constructionline member
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- Public liability insurance in place
- One number for every site we cover
Read what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.
Fire stopping in Catterline: the local picture
Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Catterline Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Woodcot Hospital, 4.5 miles to the north of Catterline, all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Catterline is about 16 miles north-east of Montrose, in Aberdeenshire. We cover commercial sites throughout Catterline, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Across Aberdeenshire, 179 places are covered, Catterline among them. Sites around Aberdeen have their own page, roughly 18 miles from Catterline.
Business premises anywhere in AB39 are within our area for service penetrations. We also cover Roadside of Kinneff (2 miles south-west), Inverbervie (4 miles south-west), Kirktown of Fetteresso (5 miles north), Arbuthnott (5 miles south-west) and Stonehaven (5 miles north). Further afield, our area takes in Banchory (15 miles north-west), Portlethen (12 miles north), Laurencekirk (11 miles south-west), Newtonhill (10 miles north), St Cyrus (11 miles south-west) and Johnshaven (8 miles south-west).
What’s near Catterline
Catterline’s nearest station is Stonehaven station, roughly 4.9 miles north of the centre. Nearby you will also find Woodcot Hospital (4.5 miles north) and Dunnottar Castle (3.4 miles north).
Quoting for work in Catterline
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- How accessible the joints are
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Location, for remote and island sites
What a job costs comes down to the quantity of joints, what has to come out first and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote when you are ready.
What we need to price the job
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, the same details help:
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Any dates the work must fit around
Every quote starts with the facts: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.