Felcourt fire stopping
Commercial sealant work in Felcourt for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, quoted at a fixed price.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Need fire stopping in Felcourt?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Penetration seals near Felcourt
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. At about 24 miles from central London, Felcourt is within reach of the capital. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
Large healthcare estates like Queen Victoria Hospital (1.9 miles south-east of Felcourt) change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work. For a school such as Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works. On a site such as Scanda-Hus Business Park, which lies north of Felcourt, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
Felcourt is about 2 miles north of East Grinstead, in Surrey. If you are looking for fire stopping in Felcourt, we can help, as we do across Surrey. We work across 379 places in Surrey, large and small. There’s a separate page for Brighton, roughly 23 miles from Felcourt.
Postcode districts covered here: RH19 and RH7 for service penetrations. Streets here include Felcourt Lane, Felcourt Road and Blackberry Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Just outside Felcourt, we also work in Dormans Park (1 mile south-east), Newchapel (1 mile west), Lingfield (1 mile north), Dormansland (1 mile east) and Felbridge (2 miles south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Horley (6 miles west), Redhill (8 miles north-west), Reigate (9 miles north-west), Caterham (9 miles north), Dorking (14 miles west) and Oxted (6 miles north).
What’s near Felcourt
In Felcourt, that means premises near Imberhorne School and Centenary Fields. The nearest railway station is Dormans station, about 0.8 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include East Grinstead Museum (2.5 miles south) and Queen Victoria Hospital (1.9 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Hedgecourt Lake.
How we handle fire stopping in Felcourt
It helps to set out our role at the start. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required; sign-off sits with them too. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance in Felcourt and nearby. If you’re dealing with snag lists that include open service penetrations and non-fire-rated filler around services, we can help, whatever the surface. Searching for sealant specialists in Felcourt? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
A job near Felcourt is typically planned around one visit, so send the specification and photos first. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Location
- Felcourt (RH19, RH7)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
When it isn’t the sealant
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we are upfront when that’s the case. It won’t fix:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
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From enquiry to sign-off
Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. With the paperwork done, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. If others near Felcourt need work, visits can be combined. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- 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.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
What we need from you
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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Felcourt: questions and answers
Would you work within a site like Queen Victoria Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Felcourt?
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.
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.
How do we ask for a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
When can you be on site?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Cost factors for service penetrations
The price varies from site to site. Expect it to depend on:
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Any access equipment needed
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
Before you send an enquiry
There’s no need for a formal survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Any dates the work must fit around
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Why deal with it now?
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. Converted and older buildings near places like Felcourt tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Why us?
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Fully insured
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and insurance.
Work for main contractors and building owners
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. Several sites can go on one quote, which keeps the paperwork simple.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
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 where general trades tend to cut corners.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.