Fire Stopping in Forres
Fire stopping for Forres, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Fire stopping for businesses in Forres
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Forres, 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 part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal. If you are dealing with penetration schedules that need working through and non-fire-rated filler around services, we can put it right, on linear gaps at wall heads, pipe penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows alike. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Forres is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
In a Scottish town such as Forres, buildings with compartment walls include schools, health centres, care homes and offices. Scotland’s building standards expect service penetrations to keep the wall or floor’s fire resistance, so the seal must match a tested detail.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Place
- Forres (IV36)
- Region
- Moray
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Looking after the joints
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Share these points with them:
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there instead of being left for someone else.
Questions about Forres
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Leanchoil Hospital, something you do?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like Findhorn Foundation - Cluny Hill College?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we will plan the work around them. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
How long do sealant joints last?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
Do you take on small jobs?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
What do you charge?
It depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a fixed quote and we will price it properly.
Is BS 476 being phased out?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B in England drops its references to BS 476 classes. The European route, BS EN 13501-2, then applies. Product selection stays with your designer.
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.
What the job involves on each surface
Metal pipes
Sealant details often cover copper and steel pipework. The tested detail sets the pipe size range, gap, depth and whether insulation can stay on.
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. Whether sealant alone is acceptable depends entirely on the tested detail, and we’ll never swap a specified collar for sealant.
When to bring in a specialist
Redoing a failed joint typically costs more than getting it right at the outset, 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.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Forres
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
What we can’t put right
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Forres
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
Our process
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. In a Scottish town such as Forres, outside work is planned around the weather and inside work around the occupants. Send photographs or drawings and we’ll quote and plan to suit.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Quotes
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
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Penetration seals near Forres
Scotland has its own building standards: the non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14) says service penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail. Several hotels sit less than 2 miles from Forres. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail.
Colleges such as Findhorn Foundation - Cluny Hill College (to the east of Forres) add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product. Where a unit on an estate such as Waterford Industrial Estate, which lies north of Forres, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail. In a building such as Castlehill Church, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Forres is about 12 miles west of Elgin, in Moray. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Forres, we can help. Forres is one of 59 places we cover in Moray. For work in that direction, see our Aberdeen page (64 miles or so).
Anyone looking for fire stopping in IV36 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Streets here include Church Road, Market Street and High Street. You’ll find Forres on or near the A96 and A940. Nearby places we also cover include Red Craig (1 mile south-west), Mundole (2 miles south-west), Rafford (2 miles south-east), Dyke (3 miles west) and Moor of Granary (3 miles south-east). Further afield, our area takes in Elgin (12 miles east), Lossiemouth (14 miles north-east), Ashgrove (12 miles east), Burghead (8 miles north-east), Hopeman (10 miles north-east) and Lhanbryde (15 miles east). Among the larger centres in Moray is Forres, and we take on service penetrations for its commercial and public buildings. Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so give the site location in your enquiry.
Around Forres
In Forres, that means premises near Forres Academy, Red Lion Hotel and Roysvale Park. For rail, the closest station is Forres station, roughly 0.5 miles north-west. Nearby you will also find Forres Castle (under half a mile north) and Leanchoil Hospital (1 mile east). Green spaces nearby include Sanquhar Loch and Cluny Hill.