Fire Stopping in Great Parndon
Planning work on a service penetration in Great Parndon? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Fire stopping for Great Parndon sites
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How the quote is worked out
What shapes the price:
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Working within restricted access windows
- How much existing material needs removing
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Sending details for a quote
A few photographs plus some basic facts will normally do. It helps to include:
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- When you need the work done
- Where the site is, with the postcode
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and we will put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
About our fire stopping in Great Parndon
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. To price a package, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product data. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. If you have builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and hidden openings found during inspections, we can help. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Great Parndon 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.
In places the size of Great Parndon, fire-resisting walls and floors are found in schools, care homes, health centres and mixed-use buildings. Around those penetrations, fire-rated sealant is installed if specified, with depth, backing and gap all as tested.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work in Essex. Should something we installed fail, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will come back to it.
- Where
- Great Parndon (CM19, CM18)
- Region
- Essex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint, which is what makes a joint last.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Also near Great Parndon
Also in Great Parndon
When to call us in Great Parndon
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Movement in the frame or slab can open the joint, and the wrong product can split as a result. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Harlow College (to the north-east of Great Parndon) are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
Honest limits
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. These need a different solution:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work in Great Parndon
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Compartment walls and floors in Great Parndon
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in 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. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. Great Parndon has several hotels close by, all within 2 miles. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
For a hospital such as Princess Alexandra Hospital, 1 mile to the north of Great Parndon, penetration sealing is typically phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first. Shop fits in centres such as Bush Fair Shopping Centre (to the east of Great Parndon) can bring new services through fire-resisting walls between units, which then need the specified seal.
Great Parndon is about 2 miles south-west of Harlow, in Essex. Across the CM19 postcode area, it works the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Our Essex coverage takes in 644 places. Our London page has more on work in that area.
Postcode districts covered here: CM19 and CM18 for service penetrations. If your site is on Rectory Lane, Pyenest Road and Paycock Road or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Sites close to Great Parndon are covered too, including Staple Tye (1 mile south-east), Tylerscross (1 mile south-west), Jack's Hatch (1 mile south), Little Parndon (1 mile north) and Broadley Common (1 mile south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Brentwood (13 miles south-east), Loughton (8 miles south), Waltham Abbey (6 miles south-west), Great Dunmow (14 miles north-east), Epping (4 miles south) and Stansted Mountfitchet (11 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Great Parndon
Around Great Parndon, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Hawkenbury Meadow, Stewards Academy - Science Specialist and The Cock Inn, among other places. The closest station to Great Parndon is Harlow Town station, about 1.8 miles north. A little further out are Mark Hall Cycle Museum (2.4 miles north-east) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (1 mile north). Green spaces nearby include Hunsdon Mead.
What the job involves on each surface
Small ducts
Some fire-rated sealant details cover small ducts. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products and we flag that rather than guess.
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework, and some details add wrapping or a set length of insulation. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.
Great Parndon: questions and answers
Is Harlow Business Centre, near Great Parndon, within your area?
Yes. We cover Great Parndon and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Harlow Business Centre. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Can work at a site such as Harlow College fit around teaching?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we will plan the work around them. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
How many days will you need on site?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Can you send site paperwork?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm with the quote.
Do the same rules apply to fire stopping in Scotland?
Our area runs from Greater London and the South East to every part of Scotland. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook says service penetrations should keep at least the fire resistance of the wall or floor, with proprietary products tested for the end use.
When can the area be used after sealing?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and sign any area that should be left alone.
Which standards are fire seals tested to?
Penetration seals are tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4. Classification follows BS EN 13501-2. The rating applies to the product as tested.
From enquiry to sign-off
When we get to site, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before any cutting starts, with the work itself typically taking a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. For a job in Great Parndon, the main thing is a clear picture of the work, so send photos of each area. A fixed quote follows.
- 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.
What we need from you
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Request a quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.