Ferniehill fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Ferniehill and across Edinburgh. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Openings left by services added after handover
Fire stopping for Ferniehill sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Ferniehill
A lot of fire-stopping work comes after M&E installation, a refit or a tenant fit-out. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls, often unnoticed. Those on your schedule are closed with the specified product. The enquiries we see most involve service penetrations left open after M&E works and fire sealant pulled out of the opening, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, cable penetrations and linear gaps at wall heads. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in Ferniehill, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Older stone and tenement buildings in Scotland’s cities have typically been re-serviced many times. Wall type and service type decide the product, so both are checked before sealing, and design questions go to the designer or verifier.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will come back to it.
- Place
- Ferniehill (EH17, EH16, EH22)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. While we’re working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. For premises in Ferniehill, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Getting a fixed quote
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
Related advice
Ferniehill: questions and answers
Can you work in a care home near Ferniehill with residents in?
Yes, with the manager deciding the order and timing of rooms. We follow the home’s own procedures throughout.
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Ferniehill?
Yes, to the specification and the product’s tested detail. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm with the quote.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Internal work is far less affected.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators, as many construction sites ask for.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Leave it or put it right?
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: they also carry noise, draughts and smells between rooms. The specified fire seal closes the gap for all of these and the building feels the difference. Getting access arranged for a building in Ferniehill takes time, so deal with all failing joints while access is up.
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
Why us?
- One contact handling all your sites
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- CHAS accredited contractor
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
General trades versus a specialist
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance 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.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Penetration seals near Ferniehill
In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, using products tested for the way they’re used. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail. Ferniehill has three care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified.
In a school such as Liberton High School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. At a university such as University of Edinburgh Bioquarter, 0.7 miles north of Ferniehill, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
Ferniehill is about 3 miles north of Bonnyrigg, in Edinburgh. Anywhere in EH17, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, including Ferniehill.
Business premises anywhere in EH17, EH16 and EH22 are within our area for service penetrations. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Drum Avenue, Brosie Road and Hyvot Avenue. You will find Ferniehill on or near the A772. Nearby places we also cover include Fernieside (1 mile north), Gilmerton (1 mile south), Moredun (1 mile north-west), Craigour (1 mile north-west) and Ellen's Glen (1 mile west). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (4 miles north-west), Leith (5 miles north), Bonnington (5 miles north-west), Greenside (4 miles north-west), Broughton (4 miles north-west) and Bellevue (4 miles north-west).
Around Ferniehill
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Drum Park. The closest station to Ferniehill is Shawfair station, roughly 1.6 miles east. Nearby you’ll also find Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (1.8 miles north-west) and Ellen's Glen House (0.8 miles west). For a walk, there’s Nether Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
How the quote is worked out
What shapes the price:
- Phasing around occupants
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
No two sites price the same: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
What we need to price the job
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, these details speed things up:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Any specification or named product
- The postcode of the building
- Access details, including height
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we will put a fixed quote together. To get it moving, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us.
What sealant work can’t fix
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. These need a different solution:
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
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Common problems we fix in Ferniehill
Fire stopping can get squeezed at the end of a programme, or done by whoever is on site. That is when untested combinations creep in, which then have to be put right.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
For a site team at a college like Edinburgh College - Milton Road Campus, which lies north-east of Ferniehill, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Questions to ask before you book
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Their approach to joint depth and backing