Forest Park fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Forest Park and across Bracknell Forest. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Fire stopping for Forest Park sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Forest Park, done properly
Every service that crosses a compartment wall or floor leaves an opening, and that opening needs sealing to hold back fire and smoke. Our job is fitting fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those service penetrations, and along linear gaps, where it is the specified product. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal, not a rule of thumb. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, cable penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and what we are called in for most is seals that don’t match their tested detail and openings left by services added after handover. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Forest Park from the first photos to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
In places the size of Forest Park, fire-resisting walls and floors are found in schools, care homes, health centres and mixed-use buildings. Specified fire-rated sealant goes around new services there, built to match the manufacturer’s detail.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Place
- Forest Park (RG12)
- Wider area
- Bracknell Forest
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
How the job changes by surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall joints often have to absorb slab deflection. The specified product and backing for that movement are what goes in, along the full length of the run.
Drylining partitions
Drylined fire walls are tested in a particular build-up. We check that the product’s detail covers that partition type and board thickness.
Common questions from Forest Park clients
Can work at a site such as Imperial College Silwood Park Campus fit around teaching?
Yes, holiday working periods are the norm on campus jobs. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we’ll confirm them alongside the quote.
Would you work within a site like Heatherwood Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Can you tell us what fire stopping our building needs?
No. The specification comes from your designer, fire engineer or building control. Our role is installing what they specify, to the product’s tested detail.
Is BS 476 being phased out?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B in England drops its references to BS 476 classes, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. After that, the European classification under BS EN 13501-2 is the route. Your designer will choose products with the right evidence.
How soon can the area be used again?
That comes down to the sealant and the temperature. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and any queries are raised before we start.
Are you members of a third-party fire-stopping installer scheme?
No, and we won’t imply otherwise. Some clients require third-party installer schemes even though the law doesn’t, so it’s worth checking what your contract says. If it doesn’t require one, we can install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
After the work
For the best life from the joints:
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there.
Towns and villages near Forest Park
What else we do in Forest Park
What sealant work can’t fix
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We’ll tell you if the real problem is one of these:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
Not sure which it is? You can phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
Building owners, agents and FMs in Forest Park
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. Work in places the size of Forest Park is planned as a single visit where we can. Photos with rough sizes let us arrive with everything needed.
- 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.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Request a quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Related advice
When to call us in Forest Park
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Movement in the frame or slab can open the joint, and a product not tested for that movement may crack. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
Things that usually lead to an enquiry:
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
For a hotel such as Village Hotel Bracknell, which lies south-west of Forest Park, penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- How joint depth will be controlled
- The named product and why it was chosen
Where services cross fire walls in Forest Park
Forest Park has several hotels close by, all within 2 miles. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. 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.
Campus buildings at universities such as Imperial College Silwood Park Campus (to the east of Forest Park) see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Heatherwood Hospital (to the east of Forest Park) all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Forest Park is about 1 mile south-east of Bracknell, in Bracknell Forest. Forest Park sits inside our coverage and the rest of Bracknell Forest, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Across Bracknell Forest, 48 places are covered, Forest Park among them. We also cover Reading, around 11 miles from Forest Park.
Commercial sites across RG12 are covered for service penetrations. Buildings on Bog Lane, Bere Road and The Square are within our area. Nearby places we also cover include The Warren (1 mile north-east), Jennett's Park (1 mile north), Martins Heron (1 mile north), Harmans Water (1 mile west) and Bullbrook (1 mile north) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Sandhurst (4 miles south-west), Binfield (3 miles north-west), Temple Park (3 miles north-west), Popeswood (3 miles north-west), College Town (5 miles south-west) and Farley Wood (3 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Forest Park
Recent enquiries here include premises near Ranelagh School and The Brakenhale School. There’s a railway station in Forest Park itself: Martins Heron station. Other landmarks nearby include Heatherwood Hospital (1.8 miles east) and The Lexicon (1.5 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Heath Lake and Wildmoor Heath.