Craigmore fire stopping
Fire stopping for Craigmore, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Fire stopping in Craigmore
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Craigmore
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules.
How we handle fire stopping in Craigmore
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate, and we won’t pretend otherwise. What we offer is careful installation of the specified sealant to its tested detail, with a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. If you have builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, we can put it right. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Craigmore it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
In smaller Scottish places like Craigmore, buildings with fire-resisting walls typically include schools, care homes, hotels and health centres. Where services pass through, specified fire-rated sealant is installed following the manufacturer’s guidance for that wall or floor.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Place
- Craigmore (PA20)
- Region
- Argyll and Bute
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Other services in Craigmore
From enquiry to sign-off
Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we are cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Craigmore. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned so the seal starts clean.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
What we need from you
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
Get a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email us.
Related advice
How the job changes by surface
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. We use the product and backing the detail names for that movement.
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 flag that rather than guess.
Fire stopping in Craigmore: the local picture
There are plenty of hotels within about 2 miles of Craigmore. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are typically fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, and products should be tested for their end use. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
Holiday works at schools like Rothesay Academy often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. Hospital estates such as Victoria Hospital (to the south-west of Craigmore) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
Craigmore is about 12 miles south-west of Greenock, in Argyll and Bute. If you are looking for fire stopping in Craigmore, we can help, as we do across Argyll and Bute. Our Argyll and Bute coverage takes in 124 places, from busy centres to rural villages. We also cover Glasgow, some 29 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in PA20 are within our area. For a building on Wellpark Road, Albany Road and Eastlands Road or nearby, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. Just outside Craigmore, we also work in Rothesay (1 mile west), Ardbeg (1 mile north-west), Port Bannatyne (2 miles north-west), Toward (3 miles north-east) and Innellan (4 miles north-east). Further afield, our area takes in Dunoon (9 miles north-east), An Tairbeart (15 miles west) and Sandbank (10 miles north). 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 email a schedule or drawings.
Landmarks near Craigmore
We work on buildings around Golfers Bar, among other places. A little further out are Victoria Hospital (1.3 miles south-west) and Rockhill Castle (less than half a mile south-east). Not far away are Kames Hill and Loch Ascog.
After the work
After handover, a little attention goes a long way:
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
Never top up a fire seal with foam, ordinary silicone or filler. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way unless the designer specifies otherwise.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small compared with dozens found at once.
Your questions answered
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Craigmore?
Under Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14), service penetrations should keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for their end use. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Craigmore?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. We match the product to the wall or floor and the services, and say if something other than sealant is needed.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so we’ll ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Can you send site paperwork?
Each site asks for different documents, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
How soon can the area be used again?
That comes down to the sealant and the temperature. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
How do I request a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form. Include photographs or drawings if you have them.
Common problems we fix in Craigmore
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. Gaps beyond the tested size, shallow sealant, no backing where it was needed, or products from different systems mixed together are the usual culprits.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Openings left by services added after handover
Older community buildings such as Trinity Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
Comparing quotes
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
Quoting for work in Craigmore
The price varies from site to site. Expect it to depend on:
- Access and working height
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Travel to remote or island sites
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Sending details for a quote
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- Access details, including height
- Your programme or deadline
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.