Fire stopping in Fort Augustus
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Fort Augustus and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Fire stopping for businesses in Fort Augustus
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Penetration seals near Fort Augustus
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for the way they’re used. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail. There are several hotels within about 2 miles of Fort Augustus. 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.
For a school such as Kilchuimen Academy, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works.
Fort Augustus is about 28 miles south-west of Inverness, in Highland. Commercial clients in Fort Augustus use us for work on service penetrations. We work across 256 places in Highland, from busy centres to rural villages. Our Dundee page has more on work in that area.
We cover the PH32 postcode districts for service penetrations. For a building on Station Road, Free Church Road and Canal Side or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Just outside Fort Augustus, we also work in Newtown (3 miles south-west), Aberchalder (4 miles south-west), Glen Moriston (5 miles north-west), Invermoriston (5 miles north-east) and Stratherrick (7 miles north-east). Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so mention the location when you phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Near you in Fort Augustus
Around Fort Augustus, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Lovat Hotel. Green spaces nearby include Murligan Hill and Loch Uanagan.
Fire stopping in Fort Augustus
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate and we’d rather say that up front. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. If you have openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, we can help, whatever the surface. Whoever orders the work in Fort Augustus, the brief is usually the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Travel to smaller places like Fort Augustus is planned so every penetration is sealed on one trip. Photos of the gaps, the services and the wall or floor type help us bring the right products.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Location
- Fort Augustus (PH32)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
How a job runs
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. For work around Fort Augustus, we aim for one trip, which is why we ask for photographs and a full list first. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Preparing the site
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Ask for a quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us to discuss it first.
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What we’re called out for in Fort Augustus
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
In a hotel such as The Lovat Hotel, which lies south of Fort Augustus, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Comparing quotes
- How they’ll work around occupants
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
How the quote is worked out
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It takes account of:
- How much existing material needs removing
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Working within restricted access windows
- Any access equipment needed
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Sending details for a quote
A few photos plus some basic facts will normally do. Please tell us:
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
For a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Honest limits
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. It won’t fix:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
After the work
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
Add risers, plant rooms and ceiling voids to routine fire-stopping checks. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged, and report them promptly.
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, not months later.
Towns and villages near Fort Augustus
Other services in Fort Augustus
Questions we are asked in Fort Augustus
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Fort Augustus?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. We match the product to the wall or floor and the services, and say if something other than sealant is needed.
Is Fort Augustus too small for you to travel to?
No. Places such as Fort Augustus are covered as much as the big towns. Our area covers all of Scotland, cities, towns and islands alike. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
How long does a typical visit take?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.
Do you take on multi-site work?
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.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Can you fit around our working hours?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
How do you choose the sealant?
The specification comes first, if there is one. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Why deal with it now?
Leave a penetration open and smoke and fire can cross into the next compartment far earlier than intended. While the openings can be reached, sealing them is normally straightforward. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, and for a smaller place like Fort Augustus, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
Why appoint us
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- CHAS accredited
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.