Fire stopping in Gordon
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Gordon and nearby, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Openings left by services added after handover
Fire stopping for businesses in Gordon
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
From enquiry to sign-off
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. Jobs near Gordon 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.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Getting a fixed quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
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Fire stopping in Gordon
Fire-rated sealant suits many small service penetrations: copper and steel pipes, cables and some small ducts where the tested detail allows. Larger openings and some plastic pipes call for collars, wraps, batts or boards instead. If the detail calls for something other than sealant, we say so rather than force sealant into it. We work on service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and cable penetrations, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are old intumescent sealant that has split away and improvised or mixed-product fire seals. Searching for sealant specialists in Gordon? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Around smaller places such as Gordon, compartment walls and floors tend to be in schools, hotels, care homes and community buildings. Those penetrations are closed with the product the specification names, built up as tested.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Location
- Gordon (TD3)
- Region
- Scottish Borders
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Quoting for work in Gordon
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It allows for:
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The product specified
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- How accessible the joints are
A quote for service penetrations depends on quantities, condition and access, and any specification that applies. Call for a quote.
Before you send an enquiry
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Any dates the work must fit around
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
What we’re called out for in Gordon
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Halls and meeting rooms at places like East Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
What to look for in a quote
- The named product and why it was chosen
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
Should maintenance staff do it?
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
Certain joints really need a specialist: 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.
FAQs: Gordon
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Gordon?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Will you design a fire-stopping scheme for our building in Gordon?
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.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months.
Does weather matter for sealant 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. Internal work is far less affected.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
When is resealing likely to be due?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
What happens if it’s left?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down. For buildings near Gordon, dealing with all the failing joints at once saves return trips. Photos of each area help us quote the whole job.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits, along with the time of year for external work.
Why us?
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
Nearby places to Gordon
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Penetration seals near Gordon
Scotland has its own building standards: the non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14) says service penetrations should be fire stopped to 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.
Buildings near Gordon get the fire-rated product that’s specified, installed to its tested detail.
Gordon is about 10 miles north-east of Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. Gordon sits inside our coverage, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Our the Scottish Borders coverage takes in 91 places. Edinburgh is covered too, some 31 miles away.
We take on service penetrations across the TD3 postcode area. If your site is on Main Street, Station Road and Murrayfield or close by, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. Sites close to Gordon are covered too, including Smailholm (4 miles south), Westruther (4 miles north), Greenlaw (4 miles north-east), Stichill (5 miles south-east) and Earlston (5 miles south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Galashiels (10 miles south-west), Kelso (7 miles south-east), Selkirk (14 miles south-west), Jedburgh (14 miles south), Duns (11 miles north-east) and Melrose (8 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Gordon
A little further out are Mellerstain House (2.5 miles south). For a walk, there’s Gordon Moss and Brotherstone Hill.
When something else is needed
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers