Fire stopping in Chineham
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Chineham. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Fire stopping across Chineham
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
What affects the price in Chineham
We price every job individually. The main factors are:
- Phasing around occupants
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- How accessible the joints are
- How much there is to seal
A quote for service penetrations depends on quantities, condition and access, and any specification that applies. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What we need to price the job
For an accurate fixed quote, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- When you need the work done
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
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.
Fire stopping in Chineham, done properly
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. The enquiries we see most involve unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal, on service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Chineham first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Buildings in a smaller place such as Chineham that need fire-rated sealing are typically schools, care homes, surgeries, small offices and flats over shops. Specified fire-rated sealant goes around new services there, built to match the manufacturer’s detail.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Location
- Chineham (RG24, RG27)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Why act early in Chineham
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. Over time, UV, weather and movement wear any sealant out. Renewing it in good time keeps the building weathertight.
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Why appoint us
- One contact handling all your sites
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Chineham
Whether you are a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules.
Also near Chineham
Also in Chineham
Fire stopping around Chineham: points for this area
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail. There are a number of hotels within about 2 miles of Chineham. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are normally fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
In a retail centre such as The Malls, which lies south-west of Chineham, any fire-resisting wall between units that is crossed by new services needs sealing to the tested detail. Colleges such as Basingstoke College of Technology, 2.7 miles south-west of Chineham, add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product. Hospital estates such as Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (2.7 miles west of Chineham) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
Chineham is about 3 miles north-east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Looking for fire stopping in Chineham? We can help, as we do across Hampshire. Our Hampshire coverage takes in 723 places, large and small. For work in that direction, see our Reading page (11 miles or so).
Business premises anywhere in RG24 and RG27 are within our area. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Bowman Road, Cufaude Lane and Cibbons Road and the roads nearby. With the A33 nearby, Chineham is easy to get to with materials and equipment. Sites close to Chineham are covered too, including Lychpit (1 mile south), Wildmoor (1 mile east), Popley (1 mile west), Old Basing (2 miles south) and Water End (2 miles south-east). Further afield, our area takes in Basingstoke (3 miles south-west), Farnborough (12 miles east), Fleet (9 miles east), Aldershot (13 miles east), Alton (10 miles south) and Yateley (10 miles east).
Local landmarks in Chineham
Around Chineham, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Loddon School, The Vyne Community School and Eastrop Park and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Basingstoke station, roughly 2.2 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Basing House (1.5 miles south) and Basing House (1.5 miles south). The countryside around Chineham includes Daneshill Park Woods.
General trades versus a specialist
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
There’s also the paperwork. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
What we can’t put right
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Chineham
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
Chineham: questions and answers
Does your area include sites such as Chineham Court Business Park, near Chineham?
Yes. We cover Chineham and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Chineham Court Business Park. To start, just call 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Can work at a site such as Basingstoke College of Technology fit around teaching?
Yes. Education sites normally want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Tell us which site documents you need, such as RAMS, our insurance certificate or CSCS details, and they’re confirmed with the quote.
Will you sign off the seals for us?
No. Approval sits with the designer, principal designer or building control. We’ll confirm the product and detail installed and agree any further records when we quote.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and any queries are raised before we start.
Can you reseal penetrations after our M&E works?
Yes, where there is a specification for those walls and floors. Openings left by new services are among the most common jobs we see.
Which standards are fire seals tested to?
The tests are BS EN 1366-3 for penetrations and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints, and classification is to BS EN 13501-2. EI 60 means integrity and insulation for 60 minutes in the tested arrangement and the installation has to match the test.
How soon can the area be used again?
We’ll confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and sign any area that should be left alone.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
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 before the next one starts. For a site in Chineham, we plan so the whole job is done in one go where possible. Photos with rough sizes let us arrive with everything needed.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Get a fixed quote
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.