Fire Stopping in Govan
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Govan and across Glasgow. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping for Govan sites
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Fire stopping in Govan, done properly
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. To price a package, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. Site teams most often ask us about snag lists that include open service penetrations and seals that don’t match their tested detail, on service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and linear gaps at wall heads. Most enquiries from Govan 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.
Under Scotland’s building standards, a service penetration should keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor it passes through. For a building in Govan, specified fire-rated sealant is installed as the maker’s tested detail describes.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. If an installation problem shows up, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will arrange a return visit.
- Location
- Govan (G51, G11, G3)
- Wider area
- Glasgow
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Common questions from Govan clients
Do you cover business parks and estates near Govan, such as Woodville Park Industrial Estate?
Yes, sites like Woodville Park Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Govan. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Govan?
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook covers it in clause 2.1.14: penetrations keep at least the element’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for their end use. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
How long does a job like this take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit typically takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
It depends on the product. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so we will confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
Are you CHAS accredited?
Yes. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. For premises in Govan, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- 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.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Get a fixed quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
Advice
What else we do in Govan
What we are called out for in Govan
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. An oversized gap, too shallow a bead, missing backing or two makers’ products combined are what we find most often.
Things that normally lead to an enquiry:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital (0.6 miles north-east of Govan) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Before you book anyone
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- How joint depth will be controlled
- What site paperwork they can supply
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
Fire-rated sealing for Govan buildings
There are three care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Govan. Care homes rely on fire-resisting walls and floors, and maintenance work that breaks through them leaves openings to seal. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. 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, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
For a site team at a college like Glasgow Kelvin College - West End Campus, which lies north-east of Govan, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works. Residences at universities like University of Glasgow Gilmorehill Campus (to the north-east of Govan) have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change.
Govan is about 1 mile south of Partickhill, in Glasgow. Any commercial site in Govan is covered. We work across 171 places in Glasgow, large and small.
If you need fire stopping in G51, G11 and G3, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Buildings on Govan Road, Pearce Lane and Broomloan Road are within our area. Just outside Govan, we also work in Moorepark (1 mile south), Ibrox (1 mile south), Partick (1 mile north), Thornwood (1 mile north-west) and Linthouse (1 mile west). Further afield, our area takes in Calton (3 miles east), Langside (3 miles south-east), Yoker (4 miles north-west), Mount Florida (3 miles south-east), Hillpark (3 miles south) and Muirend (4 miles south).
Landmarks near Govan
Around Govan, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Isabella Elder Rose Garden, Glasgow University Library and St Peter's Boys School. The closest station to Govan is Partick station, roughly 0.6 miles north of the centre. Nearby you will also find Chinatown (1.9 miles east) and Glasgow Science Centre (0.6 miles east). For a walk, there’s Castle Hill and Kilmardinny.
What we can’t put right
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Govan
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
Maintenance after handover
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. We suggest:
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
Add risers, plant rooms and ceiling voids to routine fire-stopping checks. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged, and report them promptly.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small compared with dozens found at once.
What affects the price in Govan
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Any access equipment needed
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The total length or number of joints
- The site’s rules and procedures
No two sites price the same: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Sending details for a quote
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Let us know:
- Access details, including height
- The site address and postcode
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- Specification clauses that apply
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Different surfaces, different methods
Plastic pipes
In a fire, plastic pipework melts away and leaves an opening. Small sizes are sometimes covered by an intumescent sealant detail. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
Metal pipes
Copper and steel pipes are a common service penetration for fire-rated sealant. The tested detail sets the pipe size range, gap, depth and whether insulation can stay on, so we check each one.