Fire stopping in Corran
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Corran and the surrounding area. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
Fire stopping in Corran
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Should maintenance staff do it?
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Fire stopping in Corran, done properly
Facilities managers in Corran 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. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. Site teams most often ask us about builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, across joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, cable penetrations and pipe penetrations. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Corran first comes to us: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Corran can leave gaps around new services. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant as its published detail shows and raise it if another product is needed.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will come back to it.
- Location
- Corran (PH33)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions we are asked in Corran
Is Corran off your patch?
No. Places such as Corran are covered as much as the big towns. Every Scottish council area is within our area. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Corran?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we’ll tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
Can you quote from photographs?
It depends on the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photographs and measurements, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
Can weather delay the job?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Inside work is seldom held up.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm with the quote.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it.
How do you choose the sealant?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Corran
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Our process
Diagnose, treat, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. Jobs near Corran are often grouped with others in the same area, to make the most of each trip. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and raise any questions before we price.
- 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.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Getting the site ready
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Ask for a quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
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What we’re called out for in Corran
Most open service penetrations are left by later work. 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. Across several fit-outs, the openings add up.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Older community buildings such as Ardgour Parish Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
What your quote should include
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Proof of insurance
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
Places near Corran
More services for Corran
Compartment walls and floors in Corran
Scotland has its own building standards: the non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14) says service penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, and products should be tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail. There are a number of hotels within about 2 miles of Corran. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are normally fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
Around Corran, we install fire-rated and intumescent sealant to the product’s tested detail wherever it is the specified product.
Corran is in Highland. Our applicators travel to Corran for work on service penetrations. Across Highland, 256 places are covered, Corran among them. For work in that direction, see our Glasgow page (71 miles or so).
Business premises anywhere in PH33 are within our area for service penetrations. Close to Corran, our area also takes in Clo Mhuillin (1 mile south-west), Inchree (1 mile east), Kentallen (3 miles south), Duror (5 miles south) and Ballachulish (5 miles south-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Fort William (8 miles north-east), Caol (10 miles north-east), Inverlochy (9 miles north-east) and Kinlochmore (11 miles east). Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so mention the location when you ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
What’s near Corran
Green spaces nearby include Ardsheal Hill and Lochan na Luireach.
When it isn’t the sealant
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
If you’re not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
Leave it or put it right?
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 usually a modest job when the openings are accessible. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, so it’s worth renewing joints around Corran before they leak.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
Why clients in Corran choose us
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Constructionline member
- Fully insured
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