Fire stopping in Corstorphine
Fire stopping in Corstorphine, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
Fire stopping across Corstorphine
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Corstorphine, done properly
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. If you’re dealing with non-fire-rated filler around services and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, we can help, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, service gaps in risers and linear gaps at wall heads alike. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Corstorphine it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Tenement blocks and converted stone buildings in Scottish cities often hide old service routes through walls and floors. Before sealing, we confirm the wall or floor and the services passing through, so the product matches the detail.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, in Corstorphine as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Where
- Corstorphine (EH12, EH4)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Where services cross fire walls in Corstorphine
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, with products tested for that end use. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail. Corstorphine has four care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified.
Large healthcare estates like Spire Murrayfield Hospital (to the east of Corstorphine) change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work. For a unit at a site such as Corstorphine Retail Park, which lies west of Corstorphine, any new service through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the tested detail. At a university such as Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus, 1.3 miles to the south of Corstorphine, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
Corstorphine is about 3 miles west of West End, in Edinburgh. Across the EH12 postcode area, it works the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Corstorphine is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list for service penetrations.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout EH12 and EH4. Among the streets we cover are Manse Road, Gordon Road and Station Road. If your building is just outside Corstorphine, we cover Wester Broom (1 mile south-west), Carrick Knowe (1 mile south-east), South Gyle (1 mile south-west), Drumbrae (1 mile north) and Clermiston (1 mile north). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (3 miles east), Leith (5 miles north-east), Bonnington (5 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles east), Broughton (4 miles east) and Bellevue (4 miles east).
What’s near Corstorphine
In Corstorphine, that means premises near The Torfin pub and Saughton Park. For rail, the closest station is South Gyle station, about 0.7 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Craigcrook Castle (1.1 miles north-east) and The Gyle Shopping Centre (1.1 miles west). For a walk, there’s The New Leaf Co-op and Corstorphine Hill.
Why it’s worth doing now in Corstorphine
The longer openings stay, the more there tend to be: each new service adds to the list. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small. In Corstorphine, as across Scotland, rain finds any gap, so a split or hardened joint lets water into the wall. Renewing them early protects the fabric.
The specified product makes a difference, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
What you get with us
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Constructionline member
- Specification-led, product-correct work
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
When to bring in a specialist
Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Towns and villages near Corstorphine
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Questions we are asked in Corstorphine
Do you work in occupied care homes around Corstorphine?
Yes, with the manager deciding the order and timing of rooms. We follow the home’s own procedures throughout.
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Spire Murrayfield 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.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
That depends on the product. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so we will confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Asbestos is possible in some older mastics, particularly in buildings from before 2000. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, with one point of contact across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
Do you approve fire stopping for building control?
No. Sign-off belongs to the designer or building control, not the installer. We will confirm the products and details used and agree any further records when we quote.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
How the quote is worked out
We price every job individually. The main factors are:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Phasing around occupants
- Access and working height
Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
What to include in your enquiry
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Access details, including height
- When you need the work done
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
For a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or email us with the site address and an outline of the work. Our quote form is another easy route.
What the job involves on each surface
Metal pipes
Copper and steel pipes are a common service penetration for fire-rated sealant. The tested detail sets the pipe size range, gap, depth and whether insulation can stay on.
Risers and ceiling voids
Voids hide a lot of unsealed openings. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically, and note anything we find that isn’t on it.
How a job runs
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Shared closes, stairs and the property factor may need to be part of the plan.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- 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.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Before we start on site
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Get a fixed quote
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. For a chat about it beforehand, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.