Fire stopping in Conford
Need fire stopping in Conford? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Fire stopping for Conford sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Why deal with it now?
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme, so earlier action pays back. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like Conford, rather than one at a time. Send photos of each area and we’ll quote for the lot.
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Conford
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- One contact handling all your sites
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations and insurance.
Fire stopping in Conford, done properly
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. Each new cable, pipe or data route cut through a fire-resisting wall leaves an opening behind, and they are easy to forget. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. Most enquiries involve fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated and fire sealant pulled out of the opening, on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, linear gaps at wall heads and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Conford from the first photographs to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Around smaller places like Conford, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, in Conford as everywhere else we work. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Place
- Conford (GU30)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Signs you need fire stopping in Conford
Plenty of openings were simply never closed because they sat out of sight above a ceiling or inside a riser. Inspections, refurbishments and ceiling access typically bring them to light.
Things that usually lead to an enquiry:
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Industrial units on estates such as Passfield Industrial Estate (to the north of Conford) often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal.
What your quote should include
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- How joint depth will be controlled
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
Service penetrations in Conford buildings
The area within 2 miles of Conford holds a number of hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. 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. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
For a hotel such as Old Thorns Manor Hotel, which lies south of Conford, penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade. Schools such as Liphook Infant School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
Conford is about 2 miles south-east of Bordon, in Hampshire. We cover Conford, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Across Hampshire, 723 places are covered, including Conford. For work in that direction, see our Portsmouth page, about 22 miles away.
If you need fire stopping in GU30, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Sites close to Conford are covered too, including Passfield (1 mile north-west), Weavers Down (1 mile south), Liphook (1 mile south-east), Longmoor (2 miles south-west) and Woolmer (2 miles west). A short drive away, we cover Farnborough (14 miles north), Fleet (13 miles north), Horndean (15 miles south-west), Aldershot (11 miles north), Alton (8 miles north-west) and Petersfield (8 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Conford
In Conford, that means premises near Bohunt School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Liphook station, roughly 1.8 miles south-east. A little further out are Chase Community Hospital (1.9 miles north-west). Not far away are Wheeler's Down and Deadwater Valley.
Aftercare for building managers
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
Add risers, plant rooms and ceiling voids to routine fire-stopping checks. Watch for cracked sealant, new services with no seal and openings that have grown.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there, not months later.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. Rural sites near Conford may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- 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.
What we need from you
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Quotes
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us to discuss it first.
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Common questions from Conford clients
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Chase Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Conford?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Can staff carry on working while you are here?
In most cases, yes. Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use.
Can weather delay the job?
Outside, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Internal work is rarely affected.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.
How long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, but the work usually takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we’ll give you a timescale with the quote.
Honest limits
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. It won’t fix:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
What else we do in Conford
Different surfaces, different methods
Masonry and concrete
Many seals are made in blockwork, brickwork or concrete slabs. Dust and loose debris are cleared out of the opening, so the sealant and any backing sit properly.
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products, and we’ll say if that applies.