Fire stopping in Ellen's Green
Work needed on a service penetration in Ellen's Green? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Fire stopping for businesses in Ellen's Green
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Our process
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. Smaller jobs around Ellen's Green can be grouped with others nearby. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Ask for a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Advice
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Ellen's Green
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. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. If you have openings left by services added after handover and seals that don’t match their tested detail, we can help, on cable penetrations, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and linear gaps at wall heads alike. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Ellen's Green? We have been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Around smaller places like Ellen's Green, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Location
- Ellen's Green (RH12)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
After the work
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Record which product was used where
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail using the same product.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job.
What we can’t put right
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It isn’t the answer for:
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will say what we think.
What we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
Surface by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Risers and ceiling voids hold most of a building’s service penetrations. Access is often tight, so we agree it with you in advance, including keys, permits and any isolations.
Drylining partitions
Plasterboard partitions are tested as a specific construction. The sealant detail has to be tested in that wall type, with the stated board layers before sealing.
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Questions we are asked in Ellen's Green
Will you work in a care home in Ellen's Green without moving residents out?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. We follow the home’s own procedures throughout.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Horsham Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
Can you tell us what fire stopping our building needs?
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.
Do you have third-party installer accreditation for fire stopping?
No, and we’d rather be clear about that. Third-party schemes aren’t a legal requirement, but many clients and main contractors ask for them, so check your contract first. Where it isn’t required, we install the specified sealant to the maker’s details.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.
Do the same rules apply to fire stopping in Scotland?
Our area runs from Greater London and the South East to every part of Scotland. Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects service penetrations to be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance, with proprietary products tested for the end use.
What affects the price in Ellen's Green
Before we quote, we look at:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- The product specified
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Sending details for a quote
We can often quote from photos and a few details. It helps to include:
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- The product your specification calls for
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We will 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 email us.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Ellen's Green
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Ellen's Green can form part of a wider programme across Surrey.
Compartment walls and floors in Ellen's Green
The 2 miles around Ellen's Green include three care or nursing homes. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Industrial units on estates such as The Old Brickworks Industrial Estate, 1.8 miles to the south-west of Ellen's Green, often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal. At a healthcare site like Horsham Hospital, 4.8 miles to the south-east of Ellen's Green, new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal.
Ellen's Green is about 5 miles north-west of Horsham, in Surrey. Looking for fire stopping in Ellen's Green? We can help. Our Surrey coverage takes in 379 places, from busy centres to rural villages. For work in that direction, see our Brighton page, about 23 miles away.
Commercial sites across RH12 are covered for service penetrations. Close to Ellen's Green, our area also takes in Walliswood (2 miles north-east), Mayes Green (2 miles north), Ewhurst Green (3 miles north), Ewhurst (3 miles north) and Cranleigh (4 miles north-west). Further afield, our area takes in Guildford (12 miles north-west), Horley (12 miles north-east), Redhill (14 miles north-east), Reigate (13 miles north-east), Dorking (9 miles north-east) and Ashtead (15 miles north).
Around Ellen's Green
The nearest railway station is Warnham station, about 4 miles east. Well-known places in the area include Horsham Hospital (4.8 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Warnham LNR and Vann Lake.