Funtington fire stopping
Fire stopping in Funtington, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Fire stopping in Funtington
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Fire stopping in Funtington, done properly
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 using the product and detail it sets out. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. If you have head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back, we can help, whatever the surface. Most enquiries from Funtington start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Smaller places such as Funtington still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Place
- Funtington (PO18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Fire stopping in Funtington: the local picture
At about 55 miles from central London, Funtington is within reach of the capital. 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. Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
In a school such as Funtington Primary School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. In a building such as The Parish Church of St Mary, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Funtington is about 4 miles north-west of Chichester, in West Sussex. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Funtington, we can help. Funtington is one of 373 places we cover in West Sussex. Our Portsmouth page has more on work in that area (10 miles or so).
Anyone looking for fire stopping in PO18 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. If your site is on Church Lane, Lynch Down and Weston Lane or close by, we can quote for service penetrations. Close to Funtington, our area also takes in West Ashling (1 mile south-east), East Ashling (1 mile south-east), Hambrook (1 mile south-west), Racton (1 mile west) and Lordington (2 miles north-west). Bigger towns within reach include Bognor Regis (9 miles south-east), Chichester (4 miles south-east), Selsey (10 miles south), Littlehampton (15 miles east), Portfield (5 miles south-east) and Yapton (12 miles east).
What’s near Funtington
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Fox And Hounds Public House, among other places. The nearest railway station is Nutbourne station, about 1.8 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Chichester Castle (4.3 miles south-east) and Emsworth Museum (3.6 miles south-west). Not far away are Stoke Down and Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve.
From enquiry to sign-off
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in 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. For work around Funtington, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. That way the right products come on the day.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Before we start on site
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Agree which areas must stay open
Ask for a quote
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
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Your questions answered
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Chichester Centre?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Funtington?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited, we’re a Constructionline member and we use CSCS-carded applicators.
When can you be on site?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
How soon can the area be used again?
We’ll confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure.
How much does the work cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. For yours, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with a description of the work.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
What we’re called out for in Funtington
Most open service penetrations are left by later work. New cabling, rerouted pipework or a data route drilled through a riser leaves an opening that nobody returns to. Across several fit-outs, the openings add up.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Residences at universities like University of Chichester (4.2 miles south-east of Funtington) have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change.
Before you book anyone
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Their public liability cover
- Who will actually carry out the work
When it isn’t the sealant
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work in Funtington
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
What happens if it’s left?
The longer openings stay, the more there tend to be: every new cable or pipe adds another. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small, rather than turning into a full building survey and reseal. Older rural buildings around Funtington move with the seasons, and rigid or tired sealant can’t keep up. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well, along with the time of year for external work.
Why clients in Funtington choose us
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Fully insured
- CHAS accredited
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
Also near Funtington
What else we do in Funtington
What the job involves on each surface
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe, and the tested detail may ask for insulation beyond the wall. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically.