Fire Stopping in Great Tew
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Great Tew and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Fire stopping near Great Tew
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Why deal with it now?
An unsealed opening affects more than fire safety: smoke, noise and draughts pass through them every day. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first and the building feels the difference. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like Great Tew, rather than one at a time. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
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 quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why us?
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Public liability insurance in place
Read our cost guide or how we’re accredited.
About our fire stopping in Great Tew
No fire sealant works on its own: its test evidence covers one product in one kind of wall or floor, with set services, gaps, depths and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow, and we say so if it doesn’t fit. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, pipe penetrations and linear gaps at wall heads, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are hidden openings found during inspections and penetration schedules that need working through. Searching for sealant specialists in Great Tew? We have been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Around smaller places like Great Tew, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Place
- Great Tew (OX7)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Places near Great Tew
Other services in Great Tew
When something else is needed
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Great Tew
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
On site: what to expect
We follow your site rules from the start: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. With the paperwork done, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. Smaller jobs around Great Tew can be grouped with others nearby. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
What we need from you
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Quotes
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
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FAQs: Great Tew
Is a smaller place like Great Tew outside your area?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We work across Greater London and the South East. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Can you work at a site such as Enstone Airfield Industrial Estate, by Great Tew?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Great Tew, Enstone Airfield Industrial Estate among them, are all within reach. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
Will you quote for a small job?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it.
How do you choose the sealant?
The specification comes first, if there is one. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
Will you come and look before quoting?
It depends on the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photographs and measurements, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
After the work
After handover, these steps help:
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Record which product was used where
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. Anyone resealing later needs to know which product and detail were used.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. Then the seal goes in while the area is open, not months later.
When to bring in a specialist
Some joints are best left to specialists: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Compartment walls and floors in Great Tew
At about 65 miles from central London, Great Tew is within reach of the capital. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
For a building such as Church of St Michael and All Angels, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing. Where a unit on an estate such as Enstone Airfield Industrial Estate, 2.2 miles to the south of Great Tew, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail. For a school such as Great Tew County Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works.
Great Tew is about 8 miles south-west of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. Across the OX7 postcode area, it works the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. We work across 423 places in Oxfordshire. Sites around Oxford have their own page, about 17 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: OX7. We cover commercial and managed buildings on The Square, Old Road and New Road. Sites close to Great Tew are covered too, including Little Tew (1 mile south-west), Swerford (2 miles north-west), Wigginton (2 miles north), South Newington (3 miles north) and Church Enstone (3 miles south). A short drive away, we cover Banbury (8 miles north-east), Bicester (12 miles east), Witney (12 miles south), Carterton (15 miles south-west), Kidlington (11 miles south-east) and Bure Park (12 miles east).
Near you in Great Tew
We work on buildings around The Falkland Arms Public House. Well-known places in the area include Old Forge Museum (Great Tew) (under half a mile north) and Deddington Castle (4.9 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Woodford Bottom and Lamb's Pool.
Quoting for work in Great Tew
These are the things that shape the price:
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Distance, for remote addresses
- How much existing material needs removing
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
Before you send an enquiry
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Tell us:
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- The postcode of the building
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. If you have questions first, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.