Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Croftfoot, Glasgow
Looking for fire stopping in Croftfoot? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
Fire stopping across Croftfoot
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
On site: what to expect
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. City jobs in Croftfoot usually need parking and loading planned. Shared closes, stairs and the property factor may need to be part of the plan.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- 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.
- 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
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Ask for a quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over to discuss it first.
Related advice
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Croftfoot
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. To price a package, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with the schedule or marked-up drawings. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. We work on pipe penetrations, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and linear gaps at wall heads, and what we’re called in for most is non-fire-rated filler around services and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back. Most enquiries from Croftfoot 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, and design questions go to the designer or verifier.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Croftfoot (G44, G45, G73)
- Wider area
- Glasgow
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
After the work
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Not every fire-rated product can be painted.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. It costs little and catches breaches early.
Compartment walls and floors in Croftfoot
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, and products should be tested for their end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified. Croftfoot has two 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. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified.
Campus buildings at universities such as University of Strathclyde (3.3 miles north of Croftfoot) see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified. For a site team at a college like Glasgow Clyde College - Langside Campus (1.4 miles north-west of Croftfoot), fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Croftfoot is about 2 miles north-east of Giffnock, in Glasgow. We cover Croftfoot and the rest of Glasgow, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Croftfoot is one of 171 places we cover in Glasgow.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in G44, G45 and G73 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. If your site is on Cavin Road, Menock Road and Machrie Road or close by, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. Just outside Croftfoot, we also work in Polmadie (1 mile north), Spittal (1 mile east), King's Park (1 mile north-west), Simshill (1 mile west) and Castlemilk (1 mile south). A short drive away, we cover Glasgow (3 miles north-west), Hillhead (5 miles north-west), Dowanhill (5 miles north-west), Woodlands (4 miles north-west), Woodside (5 miles north) and North Kelvinside (5 miles north).
What’s near Croftfoot
Recent enquiries here include premises near Cathkin Park and Couper Institute and Library and the streets around them. Croftfoot has its own railway station: Croftfoot station. Well-known places in the area include Rutherglen Castle (1.3 miles north-east) and The Forge Shopping Centre (3.1 miles north-east). Not far away are Cathkin Braes.
Questions about Croftfoot
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Croftfoot?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Is hospital work, at somewhere like New Victoria Hospital, something you do?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Do you need to see the site first?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
Can you send site paperwork?
Requirements differ from site to site, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
How much does the work cost?
It depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a fixed quote and we will price it properly.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. 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 photos and a postcode.
Why act early in Croftfoot
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product, so it makes sense to get it right first time. In a tenement or shared city building, water from a failed joint can reach other owners’ property, which makes early repair simpler for everyone. Fixing it promptly keeps repairs small.
The specified product makes a difference, and so does the preparation. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why us?
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Fully insured
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Croftfoot
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
If you are not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work in Croftfoot
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Nearby places to Croftfoot
Also in Croftfoot
When to call us in Croftfoot
Some service penetrations were never sealed at all, often hidden above suspended ceilings or behind boxing. Inspections, refurbishments and ceiling access usually bring them to light.
Clients normally get in touch after noticing something like this:
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as New Victoria Hospital, 1.5 miles to the north-west of Croftfoot, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Before you book anyone
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid