Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Elvetham, Hampshire
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Elvetham and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Fire stopping for Elvetham sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
FAQs: Elvetham
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Fleet Community Hospital, something you do?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Elvetham?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
Can you fit around our working hours?
Give us your site hours and any access windows in your enquiry, and we’ll schedule the work to suit. Our office runs Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm.
What do you charge?
That depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a fixed quote.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, tell us and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
Fire stopping in Elvetham, done properly
No fire sealant works on its own: its test evidence covers one product in one kind of wall or floor, with set services, gaps, depths and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow, and we say so if it doesn’t fit. If you are dealing with fire stopping installed outside its tested range and non-fire-rated filler around services, we can help, on service gaps in risers, cable penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors alike. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Elvetham? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Elvetham often combine new partitions with old walls. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, wherever the site is. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Elvetham (RG27)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Surface by surface
Drylining partitions
Plasterboard partitions are tested as a specific construction. We check that the product’s detail covers that partition type and board thickness.
Small ducts
We seal around ducts only within what the tested detail covers. Dampers and ductwork systems themselves are outside our work.
What we’re called out for in Elvetham
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.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Hidden openings found during inspections
In a school such as Elvetham Heath Primary School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified.
Comparing quotes
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Their public liability cover
Looking after the joints
To get the most from the new sealant:
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Record which product was used where
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. Repairs need the same product and detail as the original, or a new specification from the designer.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts.
How a job runs
A typical day starts with protection: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. The work itself normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access, and we clear our waste as we work. Jobs in and around smaller places like Elvetham are normally planned as a single visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. That way the right products come on the day.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Before we start on site
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Request a quote
For a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
When to bring in a specialist
There’s also the paperwork. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
How the quote is worked out
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Any access equipment needed
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
Pricing service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, plus any specification you’re working to. Call for a quote.
Details that help us quote
We can often quote from photos and a few details. It helps to include:
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Fire stopping around Elvetham: what changes locally
Elvetham has a number of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. 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. Elvetham lies roughly 36 miles out from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls.
At a retail site such as Hart Shopping Centre, 1.7 miles south-east of Elvetham, walls between units may be fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need the specified seal. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Fleet Community Hospital, 1.2 miles to the south-east of Elvetham, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Elvetham is about 2 miles north-west of Fleet, in Hampshire. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Elvetham, we can help. 723 places across Hampshire fall within our area, Elvetham among them. There’s a separate page for Reading, roughly 11 miles from Elvetham.
We cover the RG27 postcode districts. Buildings on Home Farm Road and Fleet Road are within our area for service penetrations. Just outside Elvetham, we also work in Elvetham Heath (1 mile east), Winchfield Hurst (1 mile south-west), Crookham Village (2 miles south), Dogmersfield (2 miles south) and Fleet (2 miles south-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Basingstoke (10 miles west), Farnborough (4 miles east), Aldershot (6 miles south-east), Alton (11 miles south-west), Yateley (3 miles north-east) and Tadley (12 miles west).
Near you in Elvetham
We work on buildings around Sunday School, De Havilland Arms and The Views Meadow, among other places. Elvetham’s nearest station is Fleet station, about 1.8 miles east. A little further out are Fleet Community Hospital (1.2 miles south-east) and Odiham Castle (4.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Aunt's Pool and Hitches Hill.