Craignure fire stopping
Work needed on a service penetration in Craignure? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
Fire stopping for Craignure sites
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Fire stopping in Craignure
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls, and they are easy to forget. Those on your schedule are closed with the specified product. The enquiries we see most involve fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back and hidden openings found during inspections, across joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Craignure, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Craignure can leave gaps around new services. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Location
- Craignure (PA65)
- Wider area
- Argyll and Bute
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Leave it or put it right?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach. Exposed buildings in Scotland take a lot of weather, so it’s worth renewing joints around Craignure before they leak.
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What you get with us
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
Work for main contractors and building owners
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Aftercare for building managers
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. A short check at the end of each job saves a long hunt later.
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.
What affects the price in Craignure
Each job is priced on its own details. The main factors are:
- The size and state of each joint
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- How much there is to seal
- The product specified
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
What to include in your enquiry
Good information means a firmer quote. When you get in touch, include:
- Access details, including height
- The product your specification calls for
- The postcode of the building
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
FAQs: Craignure
Is a hospital such as Mull and Iona Community Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Is Craignure too far out for you?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Our area covers all of Scotland, cities, towns and islands alike. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
How long will the new sealant last?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
How do we ask for a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, and you deal with one contact throughout across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
Do you need to see the site first?
It depends on the job. Simple work can often be priced from photographs, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
Can you tell us what fire stopping our building needs?
No. The specification comes from your designer, fire engineer or building control. Our role is fitting the specified fire-rated sealant, following the maker’s tested details.
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On site: what to expect
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Craignure. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed 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.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Getting the site ready
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
Get a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Advice
Fire-rated sealing for Craignure buildings
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. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
Large healthcare estates like Mull and Iona Community Hospital, less than half a mile to the north-west of Craignure, change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work. Hotels such as Isle of Mull Hotel (to the south of Craignure) rely on fire-resisting walls between bedrooms and corridors, and refits that add services leave penetrations to seal where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Craignure is in Argyll and Bute. We send applicators to Craignure for service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. 124 places across Argyll and Bute fall within our area, including Craignure. Glasgow is covered too, around 70 miles from Craignure.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout PA65. We also cover Lochdon (3 miles south), Lochaline (5 miles north-west), Achnacroish (9 miles east), Balliveolan (9 miles east) and Salen (9 miles west). Bigger towns within reach include Oban (10 miles south-east), Dunollie (10 miles south-east) and Dunbeg (10 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 email the details over.
Near you in Craignure
Recent enquiries here include premises near Craignure Inn. Nearby you’ll also find Duart Castle (2.8 miles south-east) and Mull and Iona Community Hospital (less than half a mile north-west).
Do you need fire stopping in Craignure?
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. An oversized gap, too shallow a bead, missing backing or two makers’ products combined are what we find most often.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Older community buildings such as Torosay Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
Questions to ask before you book
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Their public liability cover