Fire stopping in Fox
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Fox and the surrounding area. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Fire stopping in Fox
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How a job runs
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them. While we’re working, the area stays contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. For a building around Fox, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Send that with the details and we will confirm the plan with the quote.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- 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.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Move anything stored against the joints
Getting a fixed quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
Advice
About our fire stopping in Fox
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it, matching the product and detail it names. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. We work on service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are penetration schedules that need working through and service penetrations left open after M&E works. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Fox is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Smaller places such as Fox still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
Work we carry out in Hampshire comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll come back to it.
- Place
- Fox (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Keeping the joints sound
After handover, these steps help:
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Not every fire-rated product can be painted, and the data sheet says which.
Looking at service areas on a regular cycle pays off. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small; found late, it can be one of many.
Service penetrations in Fox buildings
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. 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. Central London is about 68 miles from Fox. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
For a building such as Church of St Mary, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing. For a hospital such as Andover War Memorial Hospital, which lies north-east of Fox, penetration sealing is normally phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first. Offices at parks like Weyhill Business Park, 2.1 miles to the north-east of Fox, are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail.
Fox is about 5 miles west of Andover, in Hampshire. We send applicators to Fox for service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Fox is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire for service penetrations. Southampton is covered too, around 21 miles from Fox.
We cover the SP11 postcode districts. Sites close to Fox are covered too, including Amport (1 mile north-east), Monxton (1 mile north-east), Abbotts Ann (2 miles east), Kentsboro (2 miles south) and Little Ann (3 miles east). A short drive away, we cover Winchester (15 miles south-east), Andover (5 miles east), Romsey (14 miles south), Hyde (14 miles south-east), Tidworth (5 miles north-west) and Weeke (14 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Fox
The nearest railway station is Grateley station, roughly 2.1 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Andover War Memorial Hospital (4.2 miles north-east). Not far away are Mill Lake and Anton Lakes.
Why deal with it now?
An open or wrongly sealed service penetration lets fire and smoke reach the next compartment much sooner than the building was designed for. Putting it right is normally a modest job when the openings are accessible. Left until ceilings are closed or a tenant moves in, the same work costs more access and more disruption. Converted and older buildings near places like Fox tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
The price depends on the quantity of joints, what has to come out first and how the joints are reached. Call for a quote when you are ready.
What you get with us
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- A fixed quote before work starts
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations.
Questions we are asked in Fox
Is Weyhill Business Park, near Fox, within your area?
Yes, sites like Weyhill Business Park are within our area, along with the rest of Fox. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Is Fox off your patch?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Our area covers London and the South East counties. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so we’ll ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
How long before the joints can be used?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and sign any area that should be left alone.
Will fire-rated sealant work on every penetration?
No. Sealant is the right product only where the tested detail says so. Collars, wraps, batts and boards exist for openings sealant doesn’t cover, and we will tell you when that applies.
How long do sealant joints last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
What affects the price in Fox
We price every job individually. The main factors are:
- Phasing around occupants
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The size and state of each joint
The specified product makes a difference, as does the preparation each joint needs, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Before you send an enquiry
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Specification clauses that apply
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- When you need the work done
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Fox. Several sites can go on one quote, which keeps the paperwork simple.
Doing it in-house
Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.