Fire Stopping in East Craigs
Looking for fire stopping in East Craigs? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Fire stopping in East Craigs
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 East Craigs
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. We use sealant where it is the specified product, and we tell you when a detail calls for something else. The enquiries we see most involve openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, across linear gaps at wall heads, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and cable penetrations. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in East Craigs it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
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.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Where
- East Craigs (EH12, EH4)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What we can’t put right
Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. We will tell you if the real problem is one of these:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
On site: what to expect
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before anything is cut or cleaned, and the work usually takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in East Craigs, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Preparing the site
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Getting a fixed quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
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Your questions answered
Does your area include sites such as West Craigs Industrial Estate, near East Craigs?
Yes, sites like West Craigs Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of East Craigs. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus?
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.
Will you write the fire-stopping specification?
No. The specification comes from your designer, fire engineer or building control. Our role is installing what they specify, to the product’s tested detail.
Will you quote for a small job?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
Do you work in Scotland as well as England?
Scotland sets its own building regulations, with Technical Handbooks, and England uses Approved Document B. Either way, we install the specified sealant to its tested detail.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Work for main contractors and building owners
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. East Craigs can form part of a wider programme across Edinburgh.
Keeping the joints sound
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Record which product was used where
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. A short check at the end of each job saves a long hunt later.
Looking at service areas on a regular cycle pays off. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job.
Surface by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We follow your schedule area by area, and note anything we find that isn’t on it.
Masonry and concrete
Block walls and concrete floors are common substrates for penetration seals. Dust and debris are cleared from the opening, so the sealant and any backing sit properly.
Why it’s worth doing now in East Craigs
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product. In a tenement or shared city building, water from a failed joint can reach other owners’ property. Acting early avoids disputes and bigger repairs.
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in East Craigs
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- One contact handling all your sites
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or how we’re accredited.
Compartment walls and floors in East Craigs
The 2 miles around East Craigs include five care or nursing homes. 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. The area within 2 miles of East Craigs holds a good number of hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
Hospital estates such as Spire Murrayfield Hospital, 1.8 miles east of East Craigs, are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail. At a university such as Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus, which lies south-east of East Craigs, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work. Colleges such as Edinburgh College - Sighthill Campus, 1.8 miles south-east of East Craigs, add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product.
East Craigs is about 4 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We send applicators to East Craigs for service penetrations. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout EH12 and EH4. For a building on Niven Road, Craigs Road and Maybury Road or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Sites close to East Craigs are covered too, including Bughtlin (1 mile north), West Craigs (1 mile south-west), Maybury (1 mile south), Cammo (1 mile north) and Barnton (1 mile north). Further afield, our area takes in Edinburgh (4 miles east), Leith (6 miles east), Bonnington (5 miles east), Greenside (5 miles east), Broughton (5 miles east) and Bellevue (5 miles east).
Local landmarks in East Craigs
The nearest railway station is Edinburgh Gateway station, roughly 0.7 miles south-west. A little further out are Craigcrook Castle (1.7 miles east) and Corstorphine Hospital (1.5 miles east). Open spaces near East Craigs include Corstorphine Hill and Dundas Loch.