Fire Stopping in Glencarse
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Glencarse and across Perth and Kinross. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Fire stopping in Glencarse
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Glencarse
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. To price a package, call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product data. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and pipe penetrations, and what we’re called in for most is improvised or mixed-product fire seals and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open. Most enquiries from Glencarse 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.
In smaller Scottish places like Glencarse, buildings with fire-resisting walls typically include schools, care homes, hotels and health centres. Those penetrations are closed with the product the specification names, built up as tested.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Location
- Glencarse (PH2)
- Region
- Perth and Kinross
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Glencarse
Can you work on a hospital site such as Bridge of Earn Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Is Glencarse off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We cover the whole of Scotland. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Requirements differ from site to site, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm it when we quote.
Is the BS 476 change in 2029 relevant to fire stopping?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B in England drops its references to BS 476 classes, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. After that, the European classification under BS EN 13501-2 is the route. Product selection stays with your designer.
How long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit normally takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. For bigger or phased jobs, we will set out a timescale with the quote.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so we’ll ask for the register before work on an older building. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
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When it isn’t the sealant
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will say what we think.
What we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
Fire stopping around Glencarse: points for this area
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. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
Large healthcare estates like Bridge of Earn Hospital (to the south-west of Glencarse) change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work. In a hotel such as Glencarse Hotel, which lies east of Glencarse, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. In a building such as All Saints Church, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Glencarse is about 6 miles east of Perth, in Perth and Kinross. We send applicators to Glencarse for service penetrations. Our Perth and Kinross coverage takes in 114 places. Dundee is covered too, some 14 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in PH2 are within our area for service penetrations. Buildings on Madoch Road, Pitfour and Gowrie Way are within our area. Close to Glencarse, our area also takes in St Madoes (1 mile south), Kinfauns (2 miles west), Newburgh (3 miles south-east), Abernethy (3 miles south) and Errol (4 miles east). Nearby towns on our patch include Perth (6 miles west), Blairgowrie and Rattray (15 miles north), Kinross (13 miles south), Letham (7 miles west), Scone (5 miles north-west) and Tulloch (7 miles west).
What’s near Glencarse
Other landmarks nearby include Bridge of Earn Hospital (4.1 miles south-west) and Pitfour Castle (0.5 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Pitcairlie Hill.
Why act early in Glencarse
The longer openings stay, the more there tend to be: each new service adds to the list. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small and avoids a much larger catch-up later. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, and for a smaller place like Glencarse, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Glencarse
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
Take a look at what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.
How the job changes by surface
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough, and we’ll never swap a specified collar for sealant.
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Larger or fire-rated ductwork usually needs a different solution set by the designer.
After the work
Regular inspection catches problems early. Specifically:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. Anyone resealing later needs to know which product and detail were used.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job compared with dozens found at once.
How a job runs
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. 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 we clear our waste as we work. Jobs near Glencarse are often grouped with others in the same area, to make the most of each trip. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- 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.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Quotes
Every quote starts with the facts: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Related advice
Owners, agents and contractors
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Glencarse can form part of a wider programme across Perth and Kinross.