Fire stopping in Gundleton
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Gundleton, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
Fire stopping near Gundleton
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
How we handle fire stopping in Gundleton
Every service that crosses a compartment wall or floor leaves an opening, and that opening needs sealing to hold back fire and smoke. Our job is fitting fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those service penetrations, and along linear gaps, where it is the specified product. Each seal follows the manufacturer’s tested detail rather than guesswork. We work on cable penetrations, pipe penetrations and service gaps in risers, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Gundleton tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Gundleton often combine new partitions with old walls. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Where
- Gundleton (SO24)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions we are asked in Gundleton
Is Gundleton off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. Our area covers London and the South East counties. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Is Lower Soldridge Business Park, near Gundleton, within your area?
Yes, sites like Lower Soldridge Business Park are within our area, along with the rest of Gundleton. To start, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do you need to see the site first?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photos and measurements, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
Is BS 476 being phased out?
In England, references to the older BS 476 national classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, with transitional arrangements set by the Government. The European route, BS EN 13501-2, then applies. Your designer will choose products with the right evidence.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it.
What will the job cost?
We don’t publish prices, as every site differs. With photographs or drawings, we can give you a fixed quote.
Do you approve fire stopping for building control?
No. Sign-off isn’t ours to give, and we don’t hold a third-party installer certificate. We work to the specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance.
Nearby places to Gundleton
Other services in Gundleton
Signs you need fire stopping in Gundleton
Some service penetrations were never sealed at all. They come to light during inspections, refits or when another trade lifts a tile.
Things that usually lead to an enquiry:
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Openings left by services added after handover
For a building at a site such as Lower Soldridge Business Park, which lies north-east of Gundleton, a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice.
Before you book anyone
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- How the existing material will be dealt with
Honest limits
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. It won’t fix:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
Our process
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. If others near Gundleton need work, visits can be combined. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Preparing the site
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Getting a fixed quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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Aftercare for building managers
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way unless the designer specifies otherwise.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Gundleton
Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Gundleton. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Gundleton can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Hampshire.
Service penetrations in Gundleton buildings
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. Gundleton lies roughly 52 miles out from central London. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls.
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Church of All Saints sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. In a school such as Perins School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified.
Gundleton is about 7 miles south-west of Alton, in Hampshire. Looking for fire stopping in Gundleton? We can help. Gundleton is one of 723 places in Hampshire on our list. Our Southampton page has more on work in that area (17 miles or so).
We take on service penetrations across the SO24 postcode area. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Goscombs Lane and Bighton Lane. Sites close to Gundleton are covered too, including Bishop's Sutton (1 mile south-west), New Alresford (2 miles west), Bramdean (3 miles south), Hinton Ampner (4 miles south) and Cheriton (4 miles south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Basingstoke (12 miles north), Winchester (9 miles west), Eastleigh (13 miles south-west), Horndean (14 miles south), Chandler's Ford (14 miles south-west) and Alton (7 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Gundleton
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Three Horseshoes Public House. Well-known places in the area include Barton Castle (2.9 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Shutts Copse and Red Hill.
Surface by surface
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe, and the tested detail may ask for insulation beyond the wall. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.
Risers and ceiling voids
Voids hide a lot of unsealed openings. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically.