Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Fair Oak, Hampshire
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Fair Oak. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping for Fair Oak sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Fair Oak
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant following that specification and the maker’s installation guidance on sites in Fair Oak. If you have fire sealant pulled out of the opening and openings left by services added after handover, we can help, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, cable penetrations and linear gaps at wall heads alike. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Fair Oak is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Around Fair Oak, penetration and linear seals tend to be one-building jobs. With the specification and photographs of the gaps, we can give a fixed quote and bring the right products.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Location
- Fair Oak (SO50)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
For managing agents and facilities managers
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
From enquiry to sign-off
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. On site, the work usually 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. If neighbouring businesses or buildings around Fair Oak need work too, visits can be combined. Mention the building’s opening times and we’ll work within them.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- 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
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Request a quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
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Common questions from Fair Oak clients
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Fair Oak?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as Eastleigh College - Desborough Campus?
Yes. Education sites usually want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
What will the job cost?
That depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a quote and we’ll price it properly.
How many days will you need on site?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. You will have an expected duration with the quote.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Do you need fire stopping in Fair Oak?
Fire stopping can get squeezed at the end of a programme, or done by whoever is on site. That is how unsuitable products and improvised details end up in compartment walls, which then have to be put right.
Things that normally lead to an enquiry:
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Tenant changes at centres like Bradbeers Retail park, 2.7 miles to the south of Fair Oak, often mean new services through walls between units.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- The named product and why it was chosen
- How they’ll work around occupants
- How the existing material will be dealt with
Why it’s worth doing now in Fair Oak
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down, and the right detail can be checked at the time. Small buildings around Fair Oak suffer from failed joints as much as large ones. Early resealing avoids the damage that follows a leak.
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why appoint us
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Public liability insurance in place
- Constructionline member
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
Nearby places to Fair Oak
What else we do in Fair Oak
Different surfaces, different methods
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. Their tested detail, under BS EN 1366-4, sets the width, depth, backing and movement allowed, and we work within it.
Cables and cable bundles
Cable penetrations are frequently sealed with fire-rated sealant where the detail allows. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables.
Compartments and services around Fair Oak
Central London is about 64 miles from Fair Oak. Business park offices in the commuter belt are refitted as tenants change, and each fit-out adds services through compartment walls. Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
On estates like Deer Park Farm Industrial Estate (0.5 miles east of Fair Oak), the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal. For a hospital such as Moorgreen Hospital, 2.7 miles to the south-west of Fair Oak, penetration sealing is usually phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first.
Fair Oak is about 2 miles east of Eastleigh, in Hampshire. Fair Oak sits inside our coverage and the rest of Hampshire, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Fair Oak is one of 723 places in Hampshire on our list.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in SO50 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Buildings on Dean Road, Witt Road and Sandy Lane are within our area. We also cover Horton Heath (1 mile south), Wintershill (2 miles east), Durley (2 miles south-east), Lower Upham (2 miles east) and Durley Street (2 miles east) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Winchester (7 miles north), Gosport (13 miles south-east), Havant (15 miles south-east), Fareham (9 miles south-east), Horndean (13 miles east) and Totton (10 miles west).
Around Fair Oak
We work on buildings around The Old George Public House, Wyvern Technology College and Wyvern Technology College. Fair Oak’s nearest station is Hedge End station, about 2.2 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Moorgreen Hospital (2.7 miles south-west) and Eastleigh Museum (2.5 miles west). The countryside around Fair Oak includes Bishops Waltham Branch LNR.
After the work
Regular inspection catches problems early. Specifically:
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small.