Fire Stopping in Gorseness
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Gorseness, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Fire stopping for Gorseness sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What sets the cost
The price varies from site to site. Expect it to depend on:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- The product specified
- Working within restricted access windows
- Access and working height
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
What we need to price the job
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- The product your specification calls for
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Fire stopping in Gorseness, done properly
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. 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 in Gorseness and nearby. If you have damaged fire seals in risers and voids and non-fire-rated filler around services, we can put it right, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and cable penetrations alike. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Gorseness tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Gorseness 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.
- Place
- Gorseness (KW17)
- Wider area
- Orkney Islands
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Gorseness
Do you decide the fire-stopping details for buildings in Gorseness?
No, that sits with the designer, fire engineer or building control. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Is Gorseness inside the area you cover, given it’s on an island?
Yes. Islands are part of our area, Gorseness included. We plan island jobs around the ferry and the forecast, and bring everything the job needs on the first crossing.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it.
Do you seal on top of existing 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.
Can staff carry on working while you are here?
Yes, with some planning. We agree a sequence with your contact so just one area at a time is disrupted.
Will you quote for a small job?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
How long do sealant joints last?
There isn’t a single answer, because life depends on how much the joint moves, how exposed it is and how it’s cleaned and used. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
When to call us in Gorseness
When a seal departs from its tested detail, the evidence no longer covers it. Gaps beyond the tested size, shallow sealant, no backing where it was needed, or products from different systems mixed together are what we find most often.
Look out for the following:
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Halls and meeting rooms at places like North Hackland Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
What to look for in a quote
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- How they’ll work around occupants
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
What else we do in Gorseness
For managing agents and facilities managers
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Gorseness. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Why deal with it now?
An unsealed opening affects more than fire safety: smoke, noise and draughts pass through them every day. The specified fire seal closes the gap for all of these, and the other benefits follow. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, so it’s worth renewing joints around Gorseness before they leak.
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. Call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
What you get with us
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
Where services cross fire walls in Gorseness
Island jobs, Gorseness among them, are planned around the ferry and the forecast. Photos of each opening and the specification mean the right products make the trip. 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, and products should be tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
For buildings in and around Gorseness, fire-rated sealant is installed where it is specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Gorseness is about 6 miles north of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. Commercial clients in Gorseness can call on us for service penetrations. Gorseness is one of 51 places in the Orkney Islands on our list for service penetrations.
If you need fire stopping in KW17, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. If your building is just outside Gorseness, we cover Isbister (2 miles south-west), Tingwall (2 miles north-west), Norseman (2 miles south-west), Settiscarth (3 miles west) and Balfour (5 miles south-east). Remote and island addresses take more planning, from travel and ferries to the weather, so give the site location in your enquiry.
Near you in Gorseness
Other landmarks nearby include Langskaill House (1.7 miles north-east). Not far away are Trumland RSPB reserve and Loch of Brockan.
On site: what to expect
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. For a building near Gorseness, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and raise any questions before we price.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Getting the site ready
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Quotes
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over if you’d rather talk the job through.
Advice
What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
If you are not sure, just ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers