Fire Stopping in Gattonside
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Gattonside and across the Scottish Borders. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
Fire stopping for Gattonside sites
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How the quote is worked out
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we look at:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- How accessible the joints are
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Working within restricted access windows
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
What we need to price the job
For an accurate fixed quote, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Your programme or deadline
- Access details, including height
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Gattonside
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. To price a package, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the schedule or marked-up drawings. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. If you have fire stopping installed outside its tested range and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls, we can help, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and service gaps in risers alike. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Gattonside it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
For a building near Gattonside, we plan fire-rated sealing so it’s finished in one visit where possible. Photos of the gaps, the services and the wall or floor type help us bring the right products.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, in Gattonside as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Where
- Gattonside (TD6)
- Region
- Scottish Borders
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Common questions from Gattonside clients
Is a hospital such as Borders General Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Can you work at a site such as Borders Innovation Park, by Gattonside?
Yes, sites like Borders Innovation Park are within our area, along with the rest of Gattonside. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
Will you sign off the seals for us?
No. Approval sits with the designer, principal designer or building control. We’ll confirm the product and detail installed, and you can tell us what other records you need at quote stage.
Will fire-rated sealant work on every penetration?
No. A sealant’s evidence covers set services, gaps and wall or floor types. If an opening falls outside, it needs another solution, as set out by the designer.
Can you quote from photographs?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photos and measurements, and bigger or more complex jobs typically get a visit.
Can you tell us what fire stopping our building needs?
No. Deciding what is needed sits with the designer, fire engineer and building control. Our role is installing what they specify, to the product’s tested detail.
How much does the work cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. To get one, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with a description of the work.
When it isn’t the sealant
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will say what we think before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
When to bring in a specialist
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong typically costs more in the end than doing them right.
Redoing a failed joint typically costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
When to call us in Gattonside
Physical damage is another reason seals stop doing their job. Maintenance work can knock a seal, cut it back for an extra cable or remove it with an old pipe.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Large healthcare estates like Borders General Hospital (to the south-west of Gattonside) change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work.
Before you book anyone
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
Service penetrations in Gattonside buildings
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, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail. Gattonside has a number of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. 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.
At a university such as Heriot-Watt University - Scottish Borders Campus, 2.2 miles to the west of Gattonside, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work. In a hotel such as The Kings Arms Hotel (0.7 miles south of Gattonside), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Gattonside is about 3 miles east of Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. Any commercial site in Gattonside is covered. 91 places across the Scottish Borders fall within our area, Gattonside among them. For work in that direction, see our Edinburgh page (30 miles or so).
If you need fire stopping in TD6, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Buildings on The Loan, Priors Road and Monkswood are within our area for service penetrations. We also cover Melrose (1 mile south), Darnick (1 mile south-west), Newstead (1 mile south-east), Tweedbank (2 miles west) and Langlee (2 miles west) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Galashiels (3 miles west), Hawick (13 miles south), Kelso (11 miles east), Selkirk (6 miles south-west), Jedburgh (11 miles south-east) and Wilton (13 miles south).
Around Gattonside
Gattonside’s nearest station is Tweedbank station, about 1.3 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Melrose Motor Museum (0.5 miles south-east) and Castle Holydean (3 miles south). For a walk, there’s Eildon Hill North and Bemersyde Moss.
From enquiry to sign-off
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. For work around Gattonside, we aim for one trip, so photos, sizes and a full list matter. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned first.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Before we start on site
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Quotes
For a fixed quote, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
Related advice
Owners, agents and contractors
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Gattonside can form part of a wider programme across the Scottish Borders.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.