Gergask fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Gergask. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Need fire stopping in Gergask?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Gergask
It helps to set out our role at the start. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance on buildings around Gergask. If you have penetration schedules that need working through and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls, we can help, whatever the surface. Most enquiries from Gergask start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Gergask often have services added during refurbishment. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant as its published detail shows and raise it if another product is needed.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Where
- Gergask (PH20)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
When to bring in a specialist
There’s also the paperwork. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
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. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
How a job runs
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work usually takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Gergask. We will confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- 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.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out 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
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Request a quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Related advice
Looking after the joints
For the best life from the joints:
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. Anyone resealing later needs to know which product and detail were used.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. It costs little and catches breaches early.
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Questions about Gergask
Is a smaller place like Gergask outside your area?
Not at all. Gergask is within our area. Every Scottish council area is within our area. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Do you decide the fire-stopping details for buildings in Gergask?
No. The designer or fire engineer sets the detail and building control accepts it. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant around service penetrations and linear gaps where it is specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
How long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, but the work normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we’ll give you a timescale with the quote.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Internal work is far less affected.
What will the job cost?
There isn’t a price list, because every site is different. With photographs or drawings, we can give you a fixed quote.
What affects the price in Gergask
Before we quote, we look at:
- Which sealant the job calls for
- How much there is to seal
- Working within restricted access windows
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Before you send an enquiry
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
- Specification clauses that apply
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- The postcode of the building
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and we’ll put a fixed quote together. To get it moving, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
How the job changes by surface
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework, and the tested detail may ask for insulation beyond the wall. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Masonry and concrete
Block walls and concrete floors are common substrates for penetration seals. Dust and debris are cleared from the opening.
Why it’s worth doing now in Gergask
Sealing behind the M&E trades area by area beats a sweep at the end. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, and for a smaller place like Gergask, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why clients in Gergask choose us
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- One number for every site we cover
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and insurance.
Compartments and services around Gergask
In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with products tested for that end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
For a building such as Laggan Parish Church, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing. For a hotel such as Laggan Gaskmore Hotel, 0.9 miles east of Gergask, penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade.
Gergask is about 31 miles south of Inverness, in Highland. We send applicators to Gergask for service penetrations. Across Highland, 256 places are covered, Gergask among them. Dundee is covered too, some 62 miles away.
We take on service penetrations across the PH20 postcode area, whatever the building. Sites close to Gergask are covered too, including Laggan (1 mile south-east), Etteridge (5 miles east), Dalwhinnie (6 miles south), Newtonmore (7 miles north-east) and Kingussie (10 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 send details through our quote form.
What’s near Gergask
A little further out are Cluny Castle (2.1 miles east). Not far away are Loch Caoldair and Creag Bhuidhe.