Fire stopping in Fant
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Fant and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Fire stopping across Fant
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping in Fant, done properly
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; sign-off sits with them too. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant following that specification and the maker’s installation guidance. We work on cable penetrations, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations, and what we are called in for most is service penetrations left open after M&E works and head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Fant first comes to us: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Buildings in a smaller place such as Fant that need fire-rated sealing are typically schools, care homes, surgeries, small offices and flats over shops. Around those penetrations, fire-rated sealant is installed if specified, with depth, backing and gap all as tested.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Location
- Fant (ME16, ME15)
- Region
- Kent
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. If neighbouring businesses or buildings around Fant need work too, visits can be combined. Tell us your site hours and we will plan around them.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Before we start on site
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Request a quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Related advice
General trades versus a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Certain joints really need a specialist: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Fant
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Aftercare for building managers
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Not every fire-rated product can be painted.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job; found late, it can be one of many.
Other services in Fant
Cost factors for service penetrations
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- The product specified
- Joint width, depth and condition
- The total length or number of joints
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 requirements come into it too.
Before you send an enquiry
There’s no need for a formal survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- The postcode of the building
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Your programme or deadline
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Compartment walls and floors in Fant
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. Fant 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.
Colleges such as MidKent College Maidstone Campus (to the north-east of Fant) add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product. In a hotel such as Grange Moor Hotel, 0.7 miles to the east of Fant, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. Tenant changes at parks like Tovil Green Business Park (to the east of Fant) bring new data and services, and openings through fire-resisting walls need the specified seal.
Fant is about 2 miles west of Maidstone, in Kent. Fant sits inside our coverage, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. 931 places across Kent fall within our area, Fant among them. There’s a separate page for London, about 30 miles away.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout ME16 and ME15, for business premises of every kind. Streets here include Fant Lane, Glebe Lane and Burns Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Access to Fant is via the A26 among other routes. Close to Fant, our area also takes in East Farleigh (1 mile south), Kettle Corner (1 mile south-west), Dean Street (1 mile south), Barming Heath (1 mile west) and Hoppers Corner (1 mile south-west). Bigger towns within reach include Sittingbourne (12 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (13 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles south-west), Gravesend (12 miles north-west), Tonbridge (10 miles south-west) and Northfleet (13 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Fant
Recent enquiries here include premises near Oakwood Park Grammar School, The Bull Inn and St Augustine Academy, among other places. The closest station to Fant is East Farleigh station, roughly 0.8 miles south. Nearby you will also find Kent Fire Brigade Museum (1.2 miles south-east) and Fremlin Walk (1.4 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Boxley Hills and Burham Down.
FAQs: Fant
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Fant?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Fant?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, which many sites require.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
Can you quote from photographs?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Simple work can often be priced from photographs, and bigger or more complex jobs typically get a visit.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. 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.
How long does a job like this take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we are given. You will have an expected duration with the quote.
When it isn’t the sealant
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’re upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
If in doubt, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations