Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen
Looking for fire stopping in Craigiebuckler? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Fire stopping for Craigiebuckler sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, 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.
How we handle fire stopping in Craigiebuckler
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. Deciding the specification sits with the designer, the fire engineer and building control. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, cable penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are damaged fire seals in risers and voids and unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in Craigiebuckler, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Large city estates in Scotland, from universities to hospitals and offices, are re-serviced constantly, and each new run of cable or pipe through a compartment wall needs sealing. New openings are closed with the specified fire-rated product, following its test evidence.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Location
- Craigiebuckler (AB15)
- Wider area
- Aberdeen
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Nearby places to Craigiebuckler
What else we do in Craigiebuckler
What sets the cost
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we look at:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- How much existing material needs removing
- The total length or number of joints
- Which sealant the job calls for
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
Sending details for a quote
For an accurate fixed quote, we need a clear picture of the site. Send us:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Specification clauses that apply
- Any dates the work must fit around
- The postcode of the building
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.
Our process
In a busy building, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed, then reopened once the sealant allows before we move to the next. Work on a big city site in Scotland usually involves inductions and permits. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Flag any permit to work we will need
Ask for a quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
Advice
After the work
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Record which product was used where
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.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and installation follows the programme.
Do you need fire stopping in Craigiebuckler?
Head-of-wall joints and wall-to-wall junctions are frequent weak points. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
At a university such as Robert Gordon University (1.5 miles south-east of Craigiebuckler), labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
Fire-rated sealing for Craigiebuckler buildings
The area within 2 miles of Craigiebuckler holds plenty of hotels. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Where a unit on an estate such as Mastrick Industrial Estate, which lies north of Craigiebuckler, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail. For a hotel such as DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Aberdeen Treetops, less than half a mile to the south-east of Craigiebuckler, penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade.
Craigiebuckler is about 2 miles south-west of Aberdeen, in Aberdeen. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Craigiebuckler use us for work on service penetrations. Craigiebuckler is one of 40 places in Aberdeen on our list.
Commercial sites across AB15 are covered. Buildings on Oyne Road, Queen's Road and Fintray Road are within our area. Main routes into Craigiebuckler include the A9119. Just outside Craigiebuckler, we also work in Braeside (1 mile south-east), West End (1 mile east), Summerhill (1 mile north), Rubislaw (1 mile north-east) and Midstocket (1 mile north-east). Bigger towns within reach include New Aberdeen (3 miles east), Dyce (5 miles north), Tillydrone (3 miles north-east), Donside Village (3 miles north-east), Cove Bay (3 miles south-east) and Danestone (3 miles north).
Near you in Craigiebuckler
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Hazlehead Academy and Hazlehead Park. The nearest railway station is Aberdeen station, about 2.4 miles east. Nearby you will also find Woodend Hospital (0.9 miles north-west) and Gordon Highlanders Museum (0.5 miles east). For a walk, there’s Rubislaw Quarry and Kincorth Hill.
Craigiebuckler: questions and answers
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Craigiebuckler?
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 will tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as Robert Gordon University?
Yes, holiday working periods are the norm on campus jobs. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we’ll confirm them alongside the quote.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators, which many sites require.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months.
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.
Will you come and look before quoting?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Simple work can often be priced from photographs, and bigger or more complex jobs usually get a visit.
How the job changes by surface
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. The gap is measured at the widest point so we know it sits within the tested range, and any that don’t are flagged.
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough.