Fire stopping in Ellon
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Ellon and nearby, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping for businesses in Ellon
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
What the job involves on each surface
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough.
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.
Fire stopping in Ellon, done properly
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product data. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, pipe penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and snag lists that include open service penetrations. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Ellon is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Ellon can leave gaps around new services. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we’re upfront about that.
- Where
- Ellon (AB41)
- Region
- Aberdeenshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
From enquiry to sign-off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Ellon. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
What we need from you
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Send your site hours and access windows
Request a quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
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Penetration seals near Ellon
There are several hotels within about 2 miles of Ellon. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail. 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. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
For a building at a site such as Ellon Business Park (0.9 miles east of Ellon), a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice. Hotels like New Inn Hotel (to the south of Ellon) are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls.
Ellon is about 15 miles north of Aberdeen, in Aberdeenshire. Ellon sits inside our coverage and the rest of Aberdeenshire, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Our Aberdeenshire coverage takes in 179 places. Sites around Aberdeen have their own page, roughly 15 miles from Ellon.
Commercial sites across AB41 are covered. Buildings on Market Hill, Firhill Square and Market Brae are within our area for service penetrations. Being close to the A920 and A948, Ellon is straightforward for us to reach. Sites close to Ellon are covered too, including Newburgh (4 miles south-east), Foveran (5 miles south), Pitmedden (5 miles south-west), Cultercullen (5 miles south-west) and Udny Station (5 miles south-west). Bigger towns within reach include Peterhead (14 miles north-east), Inverurie (13 miles south-west), Garioch (13 miles south-west), Roanheads (15 miles north-east), Clerkhill (14 miles north-east) and Port Henry (15 miles north-east). Ellon ranks among the main centres of Aberdeenshire, with offices, shops, schools and other public and commercial buildings.
What’s near Ellon
A little further out are Ellon Castle (under half a mile south-east). For a walk, there’s Cotehill Loch and Hill of Dudwick.
Why deal with it now?
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Late discoveries can delay handover while openings are reopened and resealed. Renewing every failing joint on one visit is the sensible approach for a place like Ellon. Send photographs and we will quote for everything together.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
What you get with us
- Constructionline member
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Public liability insurance in place
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Towns and villages near Ellon
Other services in Ellon
Questions about Ellon
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Ellon?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Ellon?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
How do you choose the sealant?
The specification comes first, if there is one. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
When is resealing likely to be due?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, because life depends on how much the joint moves, how exposed it is and how it’s cleaned and used. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
How soon can the area be used again?
We’ll confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure.
Do you take on small jobs?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
What sets the cost
These are the things that shape the price:
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- The product specified
We don’t publish prices, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote.
What we need to price the job
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Tell us:
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
Common problems we fix in Ellon
Physical damage is another reason seals stop doing their job. Seals get knocked during maintenance, cut back to add a cable or pulled out when services are swapped.
Most enquiries start with something like this:
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Holiday works at schools like Ellon Academy often leave service openings to seal before pupils return.
Comparing quotes
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Proof of insurance
What sealant work can’t fix
Honesty saves time and money. New sealant won’t cure:
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or email us and we will say what we think before you book.
What we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads