Fire Stopping in Fords Farm
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Fords Farm. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Need fire stopping in Fords Farm?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Fords Farm
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. The enquiries we see most involve fire sealant pulled out of the opening and snag lists that include open service penetrations, on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and linear gaps at wall heads. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Fords Farm it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Buildings in a smaller place such as Fords Farm that need fire-rated sealing are typically schools, care homes, surgeries, small offices and flats over shops. Specified fire-rated sealant goes around new services there, built to match the manufacturer’s detail.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Fords Farm (RG30, RG31)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Fords Farm
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as University of Reading?
Yes. Education sites usually want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we will confirm them alongside the quote.
Will you take on work at estates like British Estates Business Park, close to Fords Farm?
Yes. We cover Fords Farm and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as British Estates Business Park. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
Will you quote for a small job?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Send details for a fixed quote.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
Will fire-rated sealant work on every penetration?
No. A sealant’s evidence covers set services, gaps and wall or floor types. Outside that, a different product is needed, as set out by the designer.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is fully insured, public liability included.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
Honest limits
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Our process
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, 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. Several jobs near Fords Farm can be grouped on one trip. Mention the building’s opening times and we will work within them.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Getting the site ready
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Send your site hours and access windows
Ask for a quote
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
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Fire-rated sealing for Fords Farm buildings
A 2-mile radius around Fords Farm takes in plenty of hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. 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. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail.
For a building at a site such as British Estates Business Park, which lies north-east of Fords Farm, a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice. Campus buildings at universities such as University of Reading (to the east of Fords Farm) see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified.
Fords Farm is about 2 miles west of Reading, in West Berkshire. If you are looking for fire stopping in Fords Farm, we can help, as we do across West Berkshire. We work across 140 places in West Berkshire, large and small.
If you need fire stopping in RG30 and RG31, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are Low Lane, Mill Lane and Bath Road. If your building is just outside Fords Farm, we cover Horncastle (1 mile north), Southcote (1 mile east), Burghfield Bridge (1 mile south), Beansheaf Farm (1 mile west) and Calcot (1 mile west). Nearby towns on our patch include Newbury (13 miles west), Thatcham (10 miles west), Burghfield Common (3 miles south-west), Speenhamland (13 miles west), Shaw (13 miles west) and Burghfield Hill (3 miles south-west). As one of the bigger centres in West Berkshire, Fords Farm has a broad mix of commercial, public and industrial buildings, and we cover them all.
Local landmarks in Fords Farm
We work on buildings around Prospect School, Elvian School and Calcot Park and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Reading Green Park station, roughly 1.4 miles south-east. A little further out are Beaumys Castle (4.8 miles south-east) and Battle Hospital (1.7 miles north-east). Open spaces near Fords Farm include South Lake and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
Nearby places to Fords Farm
What else we do in Fords Farm
Signs you need fire stopping in Fords Farm
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position and has to be removed.
Look out for the following:
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Integration College, 1.3 miles to the west of Fords Farm, are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal.
Questions to ask before you book
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- Their public liability cover
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
Work for main contractors and building owners
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.
Leave it or put it right?
Inspections and handover checks often pick up fire stopping. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme which is why earlier is better. A failed joint lets water into a building whatever its size. Catching it early means a reseal rather than repairs.
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
What you get with us
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Clear, fixed quotes
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.