Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Hammer, West Sussex
Fire stopping in Hammer, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Openings left by services added after handover
Fire stopping for businesses in Hammer
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Hammer
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls, and they are easy to forget. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. Most enquiries involve builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls, on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, linear gaps at wall heads and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Hammer from the first photographs to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Smaller places such as Hammer still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
The 12-month guarantee is for workmanship rather than wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Where
- Hammer (GU27)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Leave it or put it right?
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product, and doing it once, properly, is cheaper. Around Hammer, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once, rather than one at a time. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Why us?
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- One number for every site we cover
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Common problems we fix in Hammer
Damage plays a part too. Seals get knocked during maintenance, cut back to add a cable or pulled out when services are swapped.
Most enquiries start with something like this:
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
On estates like Kings Road Industrial Estate (1 mile east of Hammer), the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal.
Questions to ask before you book
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Proof of insurance
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
How the job changes by surface
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough, and we will never swap a specified collar for sealant.
Cables and cable bundles
New data and power cables are the most common breach we see. Openings around new cables are resealed to the detail, and we tell you if the bundle exceeds what sealant covers.
How a job runs
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself usually takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence, and we clear our waste as we work. For a building around Hammer, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we will build it into the plan.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Get a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. If you have questions first, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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Towns and villages near Hammer
More services for Hammer
Compartments and services around Hammer
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. Several hotels sit less than 2 miles from Hammer. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
Holiday works at schools like Woolmer Hill School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. On a hospital site such as Holy Cross Hospital, which lies north-east of Hammer, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
Hammer is about 9 miles south of Farnham, in West Sussex. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Hammer use us for work on service penetrations, as part of our coverage of West Sussex. Our West Sussex coverage takes in 373 places, large and small. Our Portsmouth page has more on work in that area (24 miles or so).
Postcode districts covered here: GU27 for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Hammer Lane, Moor Road and Copse Road. We also cover Woolmer Hill (1 mile south), Hammer Bottom (1 mile west), Shottermill (1 mile east), Bramshott Chase (1 mile north) and Linchmere (1 mile south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Billingshurst (14 miles east), Midhurst (7 miles south), Pulborough (14 miles south-east), Petworth (9 miles south-east), Easebourne (6 miles south) and Fernhurst (3 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Hammer
Around Hammer, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Prince of Wales pub and Camelsdale Primary School. For rail, the closest station is Haslemere station, roughly 1.5 miles east. A little further out are Haslemere and District Hospital (2 miles east). For a walk, there’s Lynchmere Commons and Wheeler's Down.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Honest limits
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
If you’re not sure, just ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Questions about Hammer
Can you seal penetrations in a hotel in Hammer after a refit?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Hammer?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so we’ll ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Do you take on small jobs?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, as many construction sites ask for.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.