Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Godshill, Hampshire
Planning work on a service penetration in Godshill? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Need fire stopping in Godshill?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
After the work
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Record which product was used where
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
Looking at service areas on a regular cycle pays off. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Godshill
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate and we’d rather say that up front. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. If you’re dealing with snag lists that include open service penetrations and non-fire-rated filler around services, we can help. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Godshill it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Godshill often combine new partitions with old walls. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. That covers our preparation and application, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Where
- Godshill (SP6)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Common problems we fix in Godshill
Plenty of openings were simply never closed, often hidden above suspended ceilings or behind boxing. They come to light during inspections, refits or when another trade lifts a tile.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
On a hospital site such as Fordingbridge Hospital (1.9 miles west of Godshill), fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
Questions about Godshill
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Fordingbridge Hospital, something you do?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Godshill?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we’ll price the work to it.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. The 12-month guarantee covers our preparation and application, though not damage or work by other trades.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
That depends on the product specified. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
Do you take on small jobs?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Send details for a fixed quote.
How soon can the area be used again?
We’ll confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
How the quote is worked out
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It allows for:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Working within restricted access windows
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
What to include in your enquiry
However big the job, the same details help:
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- The product your specification calls for
- Access details, including height
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Places near Godshill
What else we do in Godshill
Why act early in Godshill
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Late discoveries can delay handover while openings are reopened and resealed which is why earlier is better. Older rural buildings around Godshill 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.
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What you get with us
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- CHAS accredited
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Clear, fixed quotes
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
What the job involves on each surface
Drylining partitions
Holes in board are often cut larger than needed. If the gap exceeds the tested range, sealant alone won’t do.
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. The specified product and backing for that movement are what goes in, with no gaps along the run.
On site: what to expect
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. While we’re working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. Jobs in and around smaller places like Godshill are normally planned as a single visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. That way the right products come on the day.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Get a fixed quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we will arrange one.
Related advice
Fire stopping in Godshill: the local picture
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
Where a unit on an estate such as Arch Farm Industrial Estate, 2 miles west of Godshill, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail. Halls and meeting rooms at places like St Giles sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Godshill is in Hampshire. We send applicators to Godshill for service penetrations. Godshill is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire for service penetrations. There’s a separate page for Southampton, roughly 16 miles from Godshill.
If you need fire stopping in SP6, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Buildings on Purlieu Lane, Southampton Road and Roger Penny Way are within our area. Sites close to Godshill are covered too, including Sandy Balls (1 mile south-west), Criddlestyle (1 mile south-west), Blissford (1 mile south), Frogham (1 mile south) and Stuckton (1 mile south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Totton (11 miles east), Lymington (15 miles south-east), Romsey (12 miles east), New Milton (13 miles south), Ringwood (6 miles south) and Barton on Sea (14 miles south).
Local landmarks in Godshill
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Fighting Cocks pub and the streets around them. Other landmarks nearby include Godshill Castle Hill (0.9 miles north-west) and Fordingbridge Doll Museum (1.7 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Blashford Lakes.