Curridge fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Curridge. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Fire stopping for businesses in Curridge
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Different surfaces, different methods
Linear joints
Head-of-wall joints often have to absorb slab deflection. We use the product and backing the detail names for that movement, with no gaps along the run.
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Larger or fire-rated ductwork usually needs a different solution set by the designer, and we’ll say if that applies.
Fire stopping in Curridge, done properly
Facilities managers in Curridge often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it using the product and detail it sets out. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. Most enquiries involve snag lists that include open service penetrations and fire sealant pulled out of the opening, across joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, linear gaps at wall heads and cable penetrations. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Curridge from the first photographs to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Rural conversions around Curridge can put new fire-resisting partitions inside older structures. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Where
- Curridge (RG18)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work normally takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. For a building around Curridge, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Before we start on site
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Request a quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. If you have questions first, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Advice
What sets the cost
These are the things that shape the price:
- The product specified
- Any access equipment needed
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- The total length or number of joints
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
What we need to price the job
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Your programme or deadline
To get a fixed quote, ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
Service penetrations in Curridge buildings
The area within 2 miles of Curridge holds several hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. At about 52 miles from central London, Curridge is within reach of the capital. Business park offices in the commuter belt are refitted as tenants change, and each fit-out adds services through compartment walls.
In a building such as Holy Trinity, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. Holiday works at schools like Curridge Primary School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return.
Curridge is about 3 miles north-west of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. Our applicators travel to Curridge for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Our West Berkshire coverage takes in 140 places. Sites around Reading have their own page, roughly 14 miles from Curridge.
We cover the RG18 postcode districts. Buildings on Chapel Lane, Kiln Drive and Marsh Lane are within our area. If your building is just outside Curridge, we cover Longlane (1 mile east), Hermitage (1 mile north-east), Oare (2 miles north-east), Little Hungerford (2 miles north-east) and Wellhouse (2 miles east). A short drive away, we cover Newbury (3 miles south), Thatcham (3 miles south-east), Burghfield Common (11 miles east), Speenhamland (3 miles south-west), Hungerford (10 miles west) and Fords Farm (12 miles east).
Local landmarks in Curridge
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Bunk Inn and Trinity School, among other places. Curridge’s nearest station is Newbury Racecourse station, about 3.2 miles south. A little further out are West Berkshire Community Hospital (2.7 miles south) and Donnington Castle (2.5 miles south-west). Not far away are Snelsmore Common.
Looking after the joints
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Share these points with them:
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Record which product was used where
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail.
Keep a register of where seals are and what they are made of. When a new service goes through, everyone knows which product and detail to match, which saves guesswork.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Questions we’re asked in Curridge
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Curridge?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Will you take on work at estates like Red Shute Hill Industrial Estate, close to Curridge?
Yes. We cover Curridge and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Red Shute Hill Industrial Estate. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance.
Will you quote for a small job?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Send details for a fixed quote.
What will the job cost?
That depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a quote and we’ll price it properly.
Do you need fire stopping in Curridge?
Most open service penetrations are left by later work. New cabling, rerouted pipework or a data route drilled through a riser leaves an opening that nobody returns to. Over a few years of fit-outs, a wall can collect a lot of these.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Shop fits in centres such as 9Yards Retail Park (to the south of Curridge) can bring new services through fire-resisting walls between units, which then need the specified seal.
What your quote should include
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations