Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Craigleith, Edinburgh
Commercial sealant work in Craigleith for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, quoted at a fixed price.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Need fire stopping in Craigleith?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Maintenance after handover
After handover, these steps help:
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
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.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and installation follows the programme.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Craigleith
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required; sign-off sits with them too. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant following that specification and the maker’s installation guidance on sites in Craigleith. Most enquiries involve fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls, across service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and pipe penetrations. Most enquiries from Craigleith start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Older stone and tenement buildings in Scotland’s cities have usually been re-serviced many times. Before sealing, we confirm the wall or floor and the services passing through, so the product matches the detail.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. Should something we installed fail, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll come back to it.
- Location
- Craigleith (EH4, EH5, EH3)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Diagnose, treat, sign off
When we get to site, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, with the work itself usually taking anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. 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.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us. You can also send details through our quote form.
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Building owners, agents and FMs in Craigleith
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we’re straightforward to vet for your supplier list. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Places near Craigleith
Also in Craigleith
How the job changes by surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall joints often have to absorb slab deflection. We use the product and backing the detail names for that movement.
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Why it’s worth doing now in Craigleith
Open penetrations multiply: every new cable or pipe adds another. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small and avoids a much larger catch-up later. Failed sealant in a shared building in Craigleith can affect more than one owner, which makes early repair simpler for everyone. Fixing it promptly keeps repairs small.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: 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.
Why us?
- One contact handling all your sites
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- CHAS accredited
- Clear, fixed quotes
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Compartments and services around Craigleith
There are plenty of hotels within about 2 miles of Craigleith. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. Craigleith has five 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.
For a hotel such as Village Hotel, which lies north-west of Craigleith, penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade. Hospital estates such as Western General Hospital (Edinburgh), under half a mile west of Craigleith, are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail. At a university such as University of Edinburgh - Lauriston Campus, 1.6 miles south-east of Craigleith, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
Craigleith is about 2 miles north-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Craigleith sits inside our coverage, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including Craigleith.
Commercial sites across EH4, EH5 and EH3 are covered for service penetrations. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Ferry Road, Orchard Road and Grigor Avenue. We also cover East Pilton (1 mile north-west), Comely Bank (1 mile south-east), Crewe Toll (1 mile north-west), Inverleith (1 mile north-east) and Stockbridge (1 mile east). A short drive away, we cover Leith (3 miles north-east), Newington (3 miles south-east), Queensferry (7 miles west), Burgh Muir (3 miles south-east), Timber Bush (3 miles north-east) and Lochend (3 miles east).
Near you in Craigleith
We work on buildings around Hamilton's Bar & Kitchen, St Columba's Parish Church and Gabrielle Keiller Library, among other places. You will also find Stewart's Melville College (0.6 miles south) and King George V Park (1.2 miles east). The closest station to Craigleith is Haymarket station, roughly 1.2 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Western General Hospital (under half a mile west) and Edinburgh Castle (1.4 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Corstorphine Hill and Dunsapie Loch.
Craigleith: questions and answers
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Craigleith?
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook covers it in clause 2.1.14: penetrations keep at least the element’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for their end use. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Craigleith?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
How long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators.
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.
Do you work in Craigleith?
Yes. Sites across Craigleith are covered, and the same phone number covers every area.
Is colour matching possible?
In many cases, 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.
When to bring in a specialist
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.