Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Compton, Surrey
Work needed on a service penetration in Compton? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Fire stopping near Compton
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What sets the cost
These are the things that shape the price:
- Any access equipment needed
- How much there is to seal
- Distance, for remote addresses
- How much existing material needs removing
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. Call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
Details that help us quote
For an accurate fixed quote, we need a clear picture of the site. Send us:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Any specification or named product
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
How we handle fire stopping in Compton
No fire sealant works on its own: its test evidence covers one product in one kind of wall or floor, with set services, gaps, depths and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow, and we say so if it doesn’t fit. Most enquiries involve improvised or mixed-product fire seals and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls, across service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and cable penetrations. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Compton is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
For a smaller site near Compton, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, with the specification and photographs sent in advance. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Location
- Compton (GU3)
- Region
- Surrey
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Nearby places to Compton
More services for Compton
When to call us in Compton
Openings in fire-resisting walls typically appear when services are added or changed. A new cable pulled by an electrician, a pipe rerouted by a plumber or a data run drilled through a riser can leave the hole behind. Over a few years of fit-outs, a wall can collect a lot of these.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Godalming College (2.6 miles south of Compton) are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal.
Questions to ask before you book
- How joint depth will be controlled
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
Keeping the joints sound
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. Anyone resealing later needs to know which product and detail were used.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
Surface by surface
Masonry and concrete
Many seals are made in blockwork, brickwork or concrete slabs. Dust and debris are cleared from the opening.
Plastic pipes
In a fire, plastic pipework melts away and leaves an opening. Small sizes are sometimes covered by an intumescent sealant detail, though larger ones normally call for a collar or wrap. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
Questions we are asked in Compton
Can work at a site such as University of Surrey - Manor Park Campus fit around teaching?
Yes. We plan campus work around teaching, exams and residence turnarounds. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
How does the move away from BS 476 affect penetration seals in Compton?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Can the building stay open while you work?
Yes, with some planning. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. The 12-month guarantee covers our preparation and application, though not damage or work by other trades.
How long do sealant joints last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
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 confirm what’s available for the specified product when we quote.
Why deal with it now?
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. Left until ceilings are closed or a tenant moves in, the same work costs more access and more disruption. Around Compton, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
What you get with us
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Specification-led, product-correct work
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
How a job runs
At the end of each section, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint with your site contact. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out. For a building around Compton, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we will build it into the plan.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Quotes
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Related advice
Compartments and services around Compton
Central London is about 30 miles from Compton. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls; the gaps need the specified seal. Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
In a building such as Church of St Nicholas, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Royal Surrey County Hospital (2.1 miles north-east of Compton) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Compton is about 3 miles south-west of Guildford, in Surrey. Looking for fire stopping in Compton? We can help. We work across 379 places in Surrey. We also cover Reading, some 22 miles away.
Commercial sites across GU3 are covered. Streets here include The Street, Spiceall and Almsgate, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Close to Compton, our area also takes in Hurtmore (1 mile south), Binscombe (1 mile south-east), Littleton (1 mile east), Shackleford (2 miles south-west) and Onslow Village (2 miles north-east). Bigger towns within reach include Guildford (3 miles north-east), Woking (7 miles north), Camberley (9 miles north-west), Farnham (7 miles west), Egham (15 miles north) and Walton-on-Thames (15 miles north-east).
Near you in Compton
We work on buildings around Broadwater School, Pucks Oak Barn and McAlmont Reserves and The Harrow pub, among other places. The closest station to Compton is Farncombe station, roughly 1.6 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Charterhouse School Museum (1.2 miles south) and Guildford Castle (2.8 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Farncombe Wood and Frith Hill.