Fire Stopping in Dalmore
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Dalmore. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Fire stopping near Dalmore
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Dalmore, done properly
Sealant is the specified answer for plenty of openings, such as metal pipes, cables and some small ducts where the detail covers them. Other openings need collars, wraps, batts, pillows or boards. If the detail calls for something other than sealant, we say so rather than force sealant into it. If you have seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and unsealed openings around new pipes and cables, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Most enquiries from Dalmore start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Around smaller places such as Dalmore, compartment walls and floors tend to be in schools, hotels, care homes and community buildings. Those penetrations are closed with the product the specification names, built up as tested.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Where
- Dalmore (IV17)
- Region
- Highland
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Diagnose, treat, sign off
At the end of each section, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. Where we can, we combine work around Dalmore with other jobs nearby, to make the most of each trip. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- 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.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Getting the site ready
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Getting a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over. You can also send details through our quote form.
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Why act early in Dalmore
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: they also carry noise, draughts and smells between rooms. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first and the building feels the difference. Renewing every failing joint on one visit is the sensible approach for a place like Dalmore. Send photographs and we will quote for everything together.
The price depends on the quantity of joints, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a quote once you have the details.
Why appoint us
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Clear, fixed quotes
See our cost guide and our accreditations.
Quoting for work in Dalmore
What shapes the price:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- How accessible the joints are
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Removal of failed or old sealant
A quote for service penetrations depends on quantities, condition and access, plus any specification you are working to. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What to include in your enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Any specification or named product
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, ring 01277 525 020 or email us.
Your questions answered
Is a smaller place like Dalmore outside your area?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. Every Scottish council area is within our area. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Can you seal penetrations in a hotel in Dalmore after a refit?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is fully insured, public liability included.
Can you fit around our working hours?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
How do we ask for a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
What do you charge?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. For yours, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Do you take on small jobs?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Send details for a fixed quote.
Service penetrations in Dalmore 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 products tested for that end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail. There are several hotels within about 2 miles of Dalmore. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal.
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Rosskeen Parish Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. Where a unit on an estate such as Teaninich Industrial Estate, which lies west of Dalmore, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail.
Dalmore is about 15 miles north of Inverness, in Highland. We send applicators to Dalmore for service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. 256 places across Highland fall within our area, including Dalmore.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout IV17. Main routes into Dalmore include the A9, which helps when planning parking and deliveries for the job. We also cover Alness (1 mile north-west), Invergordon (3 miles east), Cullicudden (3 miles south), Saltburn (4 miles east) and Evanton (4 miles south-west) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Inverness (15 miles south), Cradlehall (15 miles south), Tain (11 miles north-east), Merkinch (14 miles south), Dingwall (9 miles south-west) and Dornoch (15 miles north-east). For island and remote sites, we plan travel and materials carefully.
Near you in Dalmore
There’s a railway station in Dalmore itself: Alness station. Well-known places in the area include Contullich Castle (2 miles north-west) and County Community Hospital (3.3 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Cnoc Fyrish and Loch Achnacloich.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm them with the quote.
Nearby places to Dalmore
What else we do in Dalmore
Maintenance after handover
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Share these points with them:
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Record which product was used where
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
Add risers, plant rooms and ceiling voids to routine fire-stopping checks. Watch for cracked sealant, new services with no seal and openings that have grown.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. Then the seal goes in while the area is open, not months later.
Do you need fire stopping in Dalmore?
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it, so it has to come out.
Clients normally get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
For a hotel such as Station Hotel, which lies north-west of Dalmore, penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade.
Before you book anyone
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid