Finkley Down fire stopping
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Finkley Down and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Fire stopping in Finkley Down
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Fire stopping in Finkley Down, done properly
Facilities managers in Finkley Down often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. If you have non-fire-rated filler around services and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, we can help, on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, service gaps in risers and cable penetrations alike. For commercial sealant work in Finkley Down, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Rural conversions around Finkley Down can put new fire-resisting partitions inside older structures. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and if something we did falls short, we return to it.
- Where
- Finkley Down (SP11, SP10)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What the job involves on each surface
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough, and we’ll never swap a specified collar for sealant.
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. Each gap is measured where it is widest so we know it sits within the tested range.
Towns and villages near Finkley Down
Other services in Finkley Down
Cost factors for service penetrations
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Any access equipment needed
- Distance, for remote addresses
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
What we need to price the job
We can often quote from photos and a few details. It helps to include:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Your programme or deadline
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Fire-rated sealing for Finkley Down buildings
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. 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. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. At about 61 miles from central London, Finkley Down is within reach of the capital. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls.
Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Andover Hospital (Grounds) (to the west of Finkley Down) all have compartment walls crossed by services. Holiday works at schools like Vigo Primary School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. In a hotel such as Best Western Andover Hotel (1.3 miles south-west of Finkley Down), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Finkley Down is about 2 miles north-east of Andover, in Hampshire. Across the SP11 postcode area, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. 723 places across Hampshire fall within our area, including Finkley Down. There’s a separate page for Southampton, about 21 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in SP11 and SP10 are within our area. For a building on Adams Road, Munday Road and Strapp Road or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Sites close to Finkley Down are covered too, including Picket Piece (1 mile east), Andover Down (1 mile south-east), Finkley (1 mile north), East Anton (1 mile north-west) and Picket Twenty (1 mile south). Further afield, our area takes in Basingstoke (15 miles east), Winchester (12 miles south-east), Hyde (12 miles south-east), Tidworth (10 miles west), Weeke (11 miles south-east) and Kempshott (13 miles east).
Around Finkley Down
Around Finkley Down, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Winton Community Academy and Winton Community Academy, among other places. Finkley Down’s nearest station is Andover station, about 2.1 miles west. Nearby you’ll also find Finkley Down Farm Museum (under half a mile west) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (2.1 miles west). For a walk, there’s Mill Lake and Anton Lakes.
Your questions answered
Can you work at a site such as Walworth Business Park, by Finkley Down?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Finkley Down, Walworth Business Park among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Finkley Down?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes 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.
How long before the joints can be used?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, as many construction sites ask for.
How long will the new sealant last?
There isn’t a single answer, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
When can you be on site?
Mention the site’s hours and access windows in your enquiry, and we will schedule the work to suit. Our office runs Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
Why deal with it now?
The longer openings stay, the more there tend to be: every new cable or pipe adds another. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small and avoids a much larger catch-up later. For buildings around smaller places like Finkley Down, water damage can go unnoticed for longer, especially where a building isn’t used daily, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Resealing early avoids that.
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why appoint us
- Clear, fixed quotes
- CHAS accredited
- One number for every site we cover
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
When it isn’t the sealant
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. It won’t fix:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
On site: what to expect
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. We sign and contain the area we are in, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. For a building around Finkley Down, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- 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.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Preparing the site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
Request a quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos. You can also send details through our quote form.