Currie fire stopping
Fire stopping for Currie, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Fire stopping for businesses in Currie
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Currie, done properly
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. Each new cable, pipe or data route cut through a fire-resisting wall leaves an opening behind, and they are easy to forget. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. Site teams most often ask us about seals that don’t match their tested detail and non-fire-rated filler around services, on linear gaps at wall heads, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and cable penetrations. Searching for sealant specialists in Currie? We have been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Currie often have services added during refurbishment. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant as its published detail shows and raise it if another product is needed.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll come back to it.
- Place
- Currie (EH14)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Doing it in-house
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Questions we’re asked in Currie
Is Currie too far out for you?
No. Places such as Currie are covered as much as the big towns. We work across every Scottish council area. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Can you work at a site such as Westside Plaza Shopping Centre, by Currie?
Yes, sites like Westside Plaza Shopping Centre are within our area, along with the rest of Currie. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Requirements differ from site to site, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
What will the job cost?
There isn’t a price list, as every site differs. Send photos or drawings and we will price it at a fixed figure.
Will you write the fire-stopping specification?
No, that isn’t our role. Once you have a specification, we can price and install the sealant elements of it.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
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 if asbestos is suspected, work stops until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Penetration seals near Currie
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, using products tested for the way they’re used. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
For an estates team at a campus like Heriot-Watt University, 1.2 miles to the north-west of Currie, summer M&E works are typically followed by a round of penetration sealing. At a college such as Edinburgh College - Sighthill Campus, which lies north of Currie, checking penetration seals after summer M&E works is good practice. In a building such as Currie Kirk, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Currie is about 5 miles south-west of West Coates, in Edinburgh. Our applicators travel to Currie for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, Currie among them.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout EH14, whatever the building. Buildings on Bryce Road, Palmer Road and Tweedie Lane are within our area. Sites close to Currie are covered too, including Curriehill (1 mile north-west), Juniper Green (1 mile north-east), Torphin (1 mile east), Balerno (1 mile south-west) and Baberton (1 mile north-east). Bigger towns within reach include Edinburgh (5 miles north-east), Leith (8 miles north-east), Bonnington (7 miles north-east), Greenside (6 miles north-east), Broughton (6 miles north-east) and Bellevue (6 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Currie
Around Currie, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Malleny Park and Juniper Green Parish Church and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Curriehill station, roughly 0.5 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Bavelaw Castle (3.2 miles south) and Craiglockhart Hydropathic (3 miles north-east). Open spaces near Currie include Warklaw Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Commercial clients in Currie
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
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 will confirm them with the quote.
Our process
On arrival, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, and the work typically takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Currie. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Quotes
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.
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Quoting for work in Currie
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- How accessible the joints are
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
What we need to price the job
There’s no need for a formal survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Access details, including height
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- The type of building and who uses it
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.
What we can’t put right
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
If you’re not sure, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
Maintenance after handover
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. We suggest:
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. Then the seal goes in while the area is open.