Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Craigour, Edinburgh
Need fire stopping in Craigour? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping near Craigour
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Craigour
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. If you have fire stopping installed outside its tested range and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls, we can help, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, service gaps in risers and cable penetrations alike. Most enquiries from Craigour start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
Older stone and tenement buildings in Scotland’s cities have typically been re-serviced many times. Wall type and service type decide the product, so both are checked before sealing.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Where
- Craigour (EH17, EH16)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
On site: what to expect
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 the next one starts. For premises in Craigour, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Before we start on site
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Getting a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Related advice
Nearby places to Craigour
Also in Craigour
Compartment walls and floors in Craigour
Craigour has three care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Care homes rely on fire-resisting walls and floors, and maintenance work that breaks through them leaves openings to seal. 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, and products should be tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
At a university such as University of Edinburgh Bioquarter (less than half a mile north-east of Craigour), labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work. For a hotel such as Northumberland Hotel, 1.5 miles to the north-west of Craigour, penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade.
Craigour is about 3 miles north-west of Bonnyrigg, in Edinburgh. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Craigour can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Edinburgh. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, Craigour among them.
We cover the EH17 and EH16 postcode districts for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Gilmerton Road, Craigour Avenue and Ferniehill Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. With the A772 nearby, Craigour is straightforward for us to reach. Close to Craigour, our area also takes in Moredun (1 mile south-east), Fernieside (1 mile south-east), Little France (1 mile north), Ferniehill (1 mile south-east) and Ellen's Glen (1 mile south-west). Bigger towns within reach include Edinburgh (3 miles north-west), Leith (5 miles north), Bonnington (4 miles north-west), Greenside (3 miles north-west), Broughton (4 miles north-west) and Bellevue (4 miles north-west).
What’s near Craigour
Recent enquiries here include premises near Drum Park, among other places. The nearest railway station is Shawfair station, about 1.8 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Natural History Collections (1.5 miles north-west) and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (0.6 miles north). Open spaces near Craigour include Nether Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
FAQs: Craigour
Does your area include sites such as Craigmillar Shopping Centre, near Craigour?
Yes, sites like Craigmillar Shopping Centre are within our area, along with the rest of Craigour. To start, just call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Craigour?
Yes, where fire-rated sealant is the specified product. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators, as many construction sites ask for.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
For external joints, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Internal work is rarely affected.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. Before we disturb old sealant in an older building, we ask to see the asbestos register or survey, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
Can you send site paperwork?
Let us know which documents the site needs, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Surface by surface
Plastic pipes
In a fire, plastic pipework melts away and leaves an opening. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, though larger ones usually call for a collar or wrap. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
Risers and ceiling voids
Voids hide a lot of unsealed openings. We follow your schedule area by area, and note anything we find that isn’t on it.
When it isn’t the sealant
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. It won’t fix:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
Not sure which it is? You can phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work in Craigour
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
When to call us in Craigour
Plenty of openings were simply never closed because they sat out of sight above a ceiling or inside a riser. They come to light during inspections, refits or when another trade lifts a tile.
Look out for the following:
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Edinburgh College - Milton Road Campus (2.5 miles north-east of Craigour) are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal.
Comparing quotes
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
Looking after the joints
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Not every fire-rated product can be painted, and the data sheet says which.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small; found late, it can be one of many.
Owners, agents and contractors
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we’re straightforward to vet for your supplier list. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
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. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.