Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Codmore Hill, West Sussex
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Codmore Hill. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Need fire stopping in Codmore Hill?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
About our fire stopping in Codmore Hill
Facilities managers in Codmore Hill often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it, matching the product and detail it names. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, cable penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are openings left by services added after handover and damaged fire seals in risers and voids. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Codmore Hill tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
For a smaller site near Codmore Hill, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, with the specification and photos sent in advance. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Where
- Codmore Hill (RH20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Surface by surface
Drylining partitions
Holes in board are often cut larger than needed. An oversized hole may be outside the sealant’s range, and the detail may call for board patching or another product.
Cables and cable bundles
Cable penetrations are frequently sealed with fire-rated sealant where the detail allows. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables and we work within those limits.
What we are called out for in Codmore Hill
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it, so it has to come out.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
In a hotel such as Chequers Hotel (1 mile south-west of Codmore Hill), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
What to look for in a quote
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- Who will actually carry out the work
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Proof of insurance
After the work
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail, by someone who knows the system.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and installation follows the programme.
Why it’s worth doing now in Codmore Hill
An open or wrongly sealed service penetration lets fire and smoke reach the next compartment much sooner than the building was designed for. Putting it right is normally a modest job when the openings are accessible. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. Older rural buildings around Codmore Hill move with the seasons, and rigid or tired sealant can’t keep up. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
Why us?
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- One contact handling all your sites
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
On site: what to expect
A typical day starts with protection: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access, and we clear our waste as we work. If others near Codmore Hill need work, visits can be combined, which keeps travel down. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- 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.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Before we start on site
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Ask for a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with what you know.
Related advice
Questions about Codmore Hill
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like Brinsbury College?
Yes. Education sites normally want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
Can you work at a site such as Broomers Hill Business Park, by Codmore Hill?
Yes. We cover Codmore Hill and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Broomers Hill Business Park. To start, just call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Can you send site paperwork?
Each site asks for different documents, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm it when we quote.
How long before the joints can be used?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to.
Can you fire stop behind the services contractors?
Yes, provided a specification covers them. New services after M&E works often breach existing seals and we close them with the specified product.
Do the same rules apply to fire stopping in Scotland?
Scotland sets its own building regulations, with Technical Handbooks, and England uses Approved Document B. Wherever the site is, our work follows the specification and the tested detail.
Nearby places to Codmore Hill
Other services in Codmore Hill
Fire stopping in Codmore Hill: the local picture
Codmore Hill is about 40 miles from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product. Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail.
For a school such as St Mary's Church of England Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works. Halls and meeting rooms at places like The Parish Church of St Mary sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Codmore Hill is about 10 miles south-west of Horsham, in West Sussex. Anywhere in RH20, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Codmore Hill is one of 373 places we cover in West Sussex for service penetrations. Brighton is covered too, around 19 miles from Codmore Hill.
Postcode districts covered here: RH20. Streets here include Masons Way, Hill Farm Lane and Stane Street, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Just outside Codmore Hill, we also work in Broomershill (1 mile south-east), North Heath (1 mile north-east), Nutbourne (1 mile south-east), Marehill (1 mile south-east) and Gay Street (2 miles east). Further afield, our area takes in Horsham (10 miles north-east), Worthing (11 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (15 miles south-west), Chichester (15 miles south-west), Littlehampton (11 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (14 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Codmore Hill
Codmore Hill’s nearest station is Pulborough station, roughly 1.2 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Coates Castle (4.2 miles west). Green spaces nearby include The Mens.
Quoting for work in Codmore Hill
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- The product specified
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Phasing around occupants
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Sending details for a quote
Good information means a firmer quote. Helpful details to send:
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- The site address and postcode
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.