Charing fire stopping
Work needed on a service penetration in Charing? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping near Charing
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
How we handle fire stopping in Charing
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product data. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. We work on pipe penetrations, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and linear gaps at wall heads, and the failures we are asked to look at most are snag lists that include open service penetrations and hidden openings found during inspections. For commercial sealant work in Charing, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
In places the size of Charing, fire-resisting walls and floors are found in schools, care homes, health centres and mixed-use buildings. Around those penetrations, fire-rated sealant is installed if specified, with depth, backing and gap all as tested.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Place
- Charing (TN27)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What affects the price in Charing
Before we quote, we look at:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- How much existing material needs removing
- The product specified
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
What we need to price the job
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- The type of building and who uses it
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Any specification or named product
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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What happens if it’s left?
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Late discoveries can delay handover while openings are reopened and resealed, so earlier action pays back. For buildings in places like Charing, one well-planned visit beats several small ones, so we’d suggest renewing all the joints that are going, not just the worst.
Cost follows what’s involved: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why us?
- One contact handling all your sites
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Specification-led, product-correct work
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
On site: what to expect
Before we leave any area, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. For a job in Charing, the main thing is a clear picture of the work, so send photographs of each area. You’ll then get a fixed price for the work.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and ask about anything unclear.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Ask for a quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with what you know.
Related advice
When to bring in a specialist
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong typically costs more in the end than doing them right.
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.
Aftercare for building managers
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t, and the data sheet says which.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned.
What the job involves on each surface
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. The gap is measured at the widest point so we know it sits within the tested range, and any that don’t are flagged.
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Larger or fire-rated ductwork usually needs a different solution set by the designer.
Fire stopping around Charing: points for this area
At about 43 miles from central London, Charing is within reach of the capital. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product. Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail.
Schools such as Charing Church of England Primary School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards. Older community buildings such as Church of St Peter and St Paul that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
Charing is about 6 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. If you are looking for fire stopping in Charing, we can help. Charing is one of 931 places in Kent on our list. London is covered too, around 43 miles from Charing.
We take on service penetrations across the TN27 postcode area. Streets here include The High Street, Market Place and Station Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Sites close to Charing are covered too, including Charing Heath (1 mile west), Cold Harbour (2 miles north-west), Lenham Heath (2 miles west), Stonebridge Green (2 miles west) and Lenham Forstal (3 miles west). Nearby towns on our patch include Maidstone (12 miles west), Ashford (6 miles south-east), Canterbury (13 miles east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north), Whitstable (14 miles north-east) and Faversham (8 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Charing
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Spuckles and Kennelling Woods and King's Head Public House, among other places. There’s a railway station in Charing itself: Charing station. Other landmarks nearby include Coldbridge Castle (4.3 miles west).
Questions we’re asked in Charing
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Charing?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Can you produce the fire-stopping design for a job in Charing?
No, that sits with the designer, fire engineer or building control. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
How do we ask for a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
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.
Do you work in Charing?
Yes. Charing is in our area and the rest of Kent, within our coverage of Greater London, South East England and Scotland. For a quote, ring 01277 525 020 or email us.