Glithno fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Glithno, by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Fire stopping for Glithno sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
How we handle fire stopping in Glithno
Where pipes, cables and other services cross a compartment wall or floor, the opening around them has to be closed so fire and smoke can’t move between compartments. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. Each seal follows the manufacturer’s tested detail rather than guesswork. If you’re dealing with fire stopping installed outside its tested range and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls, we can help, whatever the surface. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Glithno first comes to us: 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 Glithno 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.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Location
- Glithno (AB39)
- Region
- Aberdeenshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Doing it in-house
Certain joints really need a specialist: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Questions we are asked in Glithno
Is Glithno too small for you to travel to?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We cover the whole of Scotland. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
Is Arduthie Business Centre, near Glithno, within your area?
Yes. Our area takes in Glithno and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Arduthie Business Centre included. To start, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email us with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is BS 476 being phased out?
For buildings in England, Approved Document B removes BS 476 references from 2 September 2029. Products are then judged on BS EN 13501-2 classifications, though transitional rules apply. In Scotland, the Technical Handbook sets its own guidance, including clause 2.1.14 on service penetrations.
Do the same rules apply to fire stopping in Scotland?
Scotland sets its own building regulations, with Technical Handbooks. Either way, we install the specified sealant to its tested detail.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
Looking after the joints
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts.
On site: what to expect
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Glithno. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Preparing the site
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Quotes
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with what you know.
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What we are called out for in Glithno
When a seal departs from its tested detail, the evidence no longer covers it. An oversized gap, too shallow a bead, missing backing or two makers’ products combined are the usual culprits.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Hospital estates such as Kincardine Community Hospital (to the south of Glithno) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
Questions to ask before you book
- Their public liability cover
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
When something else is needed
Honesty saves time and money. New sealant won’t cure:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
Not sure which it is? You can phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Places near Glithno
Also in Glithno
Fire-rated sealing for Glithno buildings
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, using products tested for the way they’re used. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
Holiday works at schools like Mackie Academy often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. Office fit-outs on sites such as Arduthie Business Centre (2 miles south of Glithno) add cabling and pipework through fire-resisting walls, and fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it.
Glithno is about 12 miles south of Aberdeen, in Aberdeenshire. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Glithno, we can help, as we do across Aberdeenshire. Our Aberdeenshire coverage takes in 179 places. Sites around Aberdeen have their own page, about 12 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: AB39 for service penetrations. Close to Glithno, our area also takes in Redcloak (1 mile south), Cowie (2 miles south-east), Stonehaven (2 miles south), Kirktown of Fetteresso (2 miles south) and Rickarton (3 miles west). Nearby towns on our patch include Westhill (11 miles north), Banchory (11 miles north-west), Portlethen (6 miles north-east), Laurencekirk (14 miles south-west), Newtonhill (4 miles north-east) and Blackburn (15 miles north).
Around Glithno
The nearest railway station is Stonehaven station, roughly 2 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Cowie Castle (2 miles south-east) and Kincardine Community Hospital (1.8 miles south). For a walk, there’s Kempstone Hill.
What the job involves on each surface
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. We use the product and backing the detail names for that movement, with no gaps along the run.
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically and tell you about openings outside the list.