Ednam fire stopping
Looking for fire stopping in Ednam? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Fire stopping across Ednam
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Ednam
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it using the product and detail it sets out. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. Site teams most often ask us about builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings, across service gaps in risers, cable penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Ednam it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Ednam 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.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Where
- Ednam (TD5)
- Wider area
- Scottish Borders
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
General trades versus a specialist
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Questions about Ednam
Would you work within a site like Kelso Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Can you work at a site such as Rosewood Industrial Estate, by Ednam?
Yes, sites like Rosewood Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Ednam. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
Is BS 476 being phased out?
In England, references to the older BS 476 national classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, with transitional arrangements set by the Government. The European route, BS EN 13501-2, then applies. Your designer will choose products with the right evidence.
How do I request a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photos and a postcode.
How many days will you need on site?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit usually takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Do you need to see the site first?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Simple work can often be priced from photographs, and bigger or more complex jobs usually get a visit.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it.
Also in Ednam
When to call us in Ednam
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
Things that typically lead to an enquiry:
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Industrial units on estates such as Rosewood Industrial Estate (to the south of Ednam) often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal.
Comparing quotes
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
How a job runs
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. We sign and contain the area we’re in, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. For a building near Ednam, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- 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.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Request a quote
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email to discuss it first.
Related advice
Leave it or put it right?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach, and the right detail can be checked at the time. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, and for a smaller place like Ednam, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Why appoint us
- CHAS accredited
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Fully insured
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and insurance.
Different surfaces, different methods
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. Whether sealant alone is acceptable depends entirely on the tested detail, and we won’t substitute it for a specified collar.
Linear joints
Head-of-wall joints often have to absorb slab deflection. The specified product and backing for that movement are what goes in, with no gaps along the run.
What sets the cost
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- The size and state of each joint
- The site’s rules and procedures
- The total length or number of joints
- Whether the work must be split into stages
Cost follows what’s involved: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Details that help us quote
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, the same details help:
- The product your specification calls for
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- The site address and postcode
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
Fire-rated sealing for Ednam buildings
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, using products tested for the way they’re used. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
In a building such as Ednam Church, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. Schools such as Kelso High School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
Ednam is about 15 miles east of Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. Anywhere in TD5, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. 91 places across the Scottish Borders fall within our area, Ednam among them. We also cover Edinburgh, around 38 miles from Ednam.
Postcode districts covered here: TD5. For a building on Duns Road, Eden Road and Popple Burn Park or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. If your building is just outside Ednam, we cover Stichill (2 miles north-west), Sprouston (2 miles south-east), Kelso (2 miles south), Eccles (3 miles north-east) and Heiton (4 miles south). Bigger towns within reach include Galashiels (15 miles west), Jedburgh (12 miles south-west), Duns (11 miles north), Melrose (12 miles west), Earlston (10 miles west) and Lauder (14 miles north-west).
What’s near Ednam
Well-known places in the area include Kelso Hospital (1.9 miles south) and River Tweed Salmon Fishing Museum (2.2 miles south).