Fire stopping in Hankham
Fire stopping for Hankham, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Need fire stopping in Hankham?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Honest limits
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Hankham
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. Site teams most often ask us about openings left by services added after handover and fire stopping installed outside its tested range, across cable penetrations, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and pipe penetrations. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Hankham? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Rural conversions around Hankham can put new fire-resisting partitions inside older structures. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Place
- Hankham (BN24)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
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From enquiry to sign-off
At the end of each section, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint with your site contact. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. For a building around Hankham, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- 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.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Preparing the site
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Ask for a quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
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FAQs: Hankham
Is Langsett Industrial Estate, near Hankham, within your area?
Yes, sites like Langsett Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Hankham. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like University of Brighton Eastbourne Campus?
Yes, holiday working periods are the norm on campus jobs. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we will confirm them alongside the quote.
Will you sign off the seals for us?
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, and any records you need can be confirmed with the quote.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
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.
Do you work in Scotland as well as England?
Building standards in Scotland are separate from England’s, while England relies on Approved Document B. Either way, we install the specified sealant to its tested detail.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
There are four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
Is Hankham in your area?
Yes. We cover Hankham. For a quote, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
Doing it in-house
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
When to call us in Hankham
Most open service penetrations are left by later work. A new cable pulled by an electrician, a pipe rerouted by a plumber or a data run drilled through a riser leaves an opening that nobody returns to. Across several fit-outs, the openings add up.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
On estates like Langsett Industrial Estate, 0.6 miles to the south-east of Hankham, the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal.
Before you book anyone
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
Quoting for work in Hankham
Before we quote, we look at:
- Working within restricted access windows
- The product specified
- How much there is to seal
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Details that help us quote
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Your programme or deadline
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email the details over to discuss it first.
Where services cross fire walls in Hankham
The area within 2 miles of Hankham holds several hotels. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail. Hankham lies roughly 50 miles out from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls.
Residences at universities like University of Brighton Eastbourne Campus (to the south of Hankham) have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change. For a site team at a college like East Sussex College Eastbourne, which lies south-west of Hankham, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Hankham is about 3 miles north of Eastbourne, in East Sussex. Any commercial site in Hankham is covered, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. Across East Sussex, 308 places are covered, including Hankham. Brighton is covered too, around 19 miles from Hankham.
Commercial sites across BN24 are covered. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Hankham Road, Milton Street and Foords Lane. Just outside Hankham, we also work in Blackness (1 mile south-west), Stone Cross (1 mile south), Polegate (2 miles west), Lower Willingdon (2 miles south-west) and Willingdon (2 miles south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Eastbourne (3 miles south), Hastings (12 miles east), Bexhill-on-Sea (8 miles east), Seaford (9 miles west), Lewes (13 miles west) and Hailsham (3 miles north-west).
Around Hankham
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Red Lion pub and Causeway School. For rail, the closest station is Pevensey & Westham station, roughly 1.4 miles south-east. A little further out are Eastbourne District General Hospital (2.9 miles south-west) and Pevensey Castle (1.7 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Combe Hill.