Fire Stopping in Easthouses
Fire stopping in Easthouses, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
Need fire stopping in Easthouses?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping in Easthouses
It helps to set out our role at the start. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required; sign-off sits with them too. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance on sites in Easthouses. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, service gaps in risers and cable penetrations, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and unsealed openings around new pipes and cables. Most enquiries from Easthouses start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Travel to smaller places like Easthouses is planned so every penetration is sealed on one trip. Photos of the gaps, the services and the wall or floor type help us bring the right products.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Where
- Easthouses (EH22)
- Region
- Midlothian
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What the job involves on each surface
Metal pipes
Copper and steel pipes are a common service penetration for fire-rated sealant. Pipe diameter, annular gap, sealant depth and any pipe insulation all have to match the detail, so we check each one.
Cables and cable bundles
Single cables and small bundles are often within a fire-rated sealant’s tested detail. Bundle size, cable type and the space between cables all matter and we work within those limits.
How the quote is worked out
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we look at:
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- How accessible the joints are
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Whether the work must be split into stages
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
What we need to price the job
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- Specification clauses that apply
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Your programme or deadline
- Clear photos of the problem areas
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
When it isn’t the sealant
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
What else we do in Easthouses
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Redoing a failed joint typically costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
On site: what to expect
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we are cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Easthouses is planned so the job is finished in one visit where possible, so photos, sizes and a full list matter. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and ask about anything unclear.
- 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.
What we need from you
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Point out any areas we must not close
Ask for a quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over to discuss it first.
Advice
Your questions answered
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Midlothian Community Hospital, something you do?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Easthouses, such as McSence Business Park?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Easthouses, McSence Business Park among them, are all within reach. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
Can you seal any opening with fire-rated sealant?
No. Sealant is the right product only where the tested detail says so. Large openings, many plastic pipes and some ducts need collars, wraps, batts or boards, and we will tell you when that applies.
Do you approve fire stopping for building control?
No. Sign-off belongs to the designer or building control, not the installer. We’ll confirm the products and details used, and you can tell us what other records you need at quote stage.
Do you work in Scotland as well as England?
Scotland sets its own building regulations, with Technical Handbooks, while England relies on Approved Document B. Either way, we install the specified sealant to its tested detail.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Requirements differ from site to site, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Why act early in Easthouses
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product. Exposed buildings in Scotland take a lot of weather, so it’s worth renewing joints around Easthouses before they leak.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Why clients in Easthouses choose us
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Penetration seals near Easthouses
A 2-mile radius around Easthouses takes in a number of hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
For a site team at a college like Newbattle Abbey College (0.7 miles west of Easthouses), fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works. In a hotel such as Cross Keys Hotel, 1.3 miles to the north-west of Easthouses, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. Large healthcare estates like Midlothian Community Hospital, 1.6 miles west of Easthouses, change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work.
Easthouses is about 1 mile south-east of Dalkeith, in Midlothian. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Easthouses use us for work on service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Midlothian. Across Midlothian, 34 places are covered, Easthouses among them. There’s a separate page for Edinburgh, roughly 8 miles from Easthouses.
Business premises anywhere in EH22 are within our area. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Mayfield Road, Park Crescent and Easthouses Road. Nearby places we also cover include Mayfield (1 mile south-east), Newtongrange (1 mile south-west), Dalkeith (1 mile north-west), D'Arcy (1 mile south-east) and Newbattle (1 mile west) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Penicuik (7 miles south-west), Loanhead (4 miles west), Shawfair (3 miles north-west), Danderhall (3 miles north-west), Rosewell (4 miles south-west) and Roslin (5 miles west).
Around Easthouses
The nearest railway station is Newtongrange station, about 1.3 miles south-west. Nearby you’ll also find Midlothian Community Hospital (1.6 miles west) and Cousland Smiddy (2.7 miles north-east).