Fire Stopping in Drylaw
Work needed on a service penetration in Drylaw? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Need fire stopping in Drylaw?
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Owners, agents and contractors
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We’re fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Fire stopping in Drylaw, done properly
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. The enquiries we see most involve seals that don’t match their tested detail and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open, on service gaps in risers, cable penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors. For commercial sealant work in Drylaw, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Older stone and tenement buildings in Scotland’s cities have usually been re-serviced many times. Wall type and service type decide the product, so both are checked before sealing.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: preparation, application and finish. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Location
- Drylaw (EH4, EH5)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Nearby places to Drylaw
Other services in Drylaw
How the job changes by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We follow your schedule area by area.
Drylining partitions
Drylined fire walls are tested in a particular build-up. We check that the product’s detail covers that partition type and board thickness first.
Fire stopping in Drylaw: the local picture
Five care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Drylaw. In a care home, any new pipe or cable through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified. 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 proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
In a hotel such as Village Hotel, which lies north-east of Drylaw, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. Colleges such as Edinburgh College - Granton Campus, 0.9 miles to the north of Drylaw, add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product.
Drylaw is about 2 miles west of Stockbridge, in Edinburgh. Looking for fire stopping in Drylaw? We can help, as we do across Edinburgh. Drylaw is one of 174 places we cover in Edinburgh for service penetrations.
Business premises anywhere in EH4 and EH5 are within our area for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Mottram Road, Telford Road and Drylaw Avenue, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Access to Drylaw is via the A902, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. We also cover Blackhall (1 mile south-west), Muirhouse (1 mile north), Crewe Toll (1 mile north-east), East Pilton (1 mile east) and West Pilton (1 mile north) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Leith (3 miles east), Bonnington (3 miles east), Greenside (3 miles east), Buccleuch (3 miles south-east), Pilrig (3 miles east) and North Leith (3 miles east).
Near you in Drylaw
Recent enquiries here include premises near Stewart's Melville College and Gabrielle Keiller Library and the streets around them. The closest station to Drylaw is Haymarket station, roughly 1.7 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Western General Hospital (0.6 miles east) and Murrayfield Experience (1.6 miles south). For a walk, there’s Corstorphine Hill and Dunsapie Loch.
How the quote is worked out
Before we quote, we look at:
- How much there is to seal
- How accessible the joints are
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The size and state of each joint
Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
What we need to price the job
There’s no need for a formal survey. These details are enough to start:
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
Every quote starts with the facts: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Do you need fire stopping in Drylaw?
Some service penetrations were never sealed at all, often hidden above suspended ceilings or behind boxing. They come to light during inspections, refits or when another trade lifts a tile.
Most enquiries start with something like this:
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
For a unit at a site such as Drylaw Shopping Centre, which lies north-east of Drylaw, any new service through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the tested detail.
What to look for in a quote
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
Our process
Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. For premises in Drylaw, 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 and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Before we start on site
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Request a quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Related advice
Drylaw: questions and answers
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Drylaw?
Yes, where fire-rated sealant is the specified product. We match the product to the wall or floor and the services, and say if something other than sealant is needed.
Could you schedule work at a campus like University of Edinburgh - Lauriston Campus for the vacation?
Yes. We plan campus work around teaching, exams and residence turnarounds. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we’ll confirm them alongside the quote.
Do you take on small jobs?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Do you work in Drylaw?
Yes. We take on work across Drylaw.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Honest limits
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’re upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
If you are not sure, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations