Fire Stopping in Hardley
Sealant work in Hardley for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Fire stopping near Hardley
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Why act early in Hardley
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: smoke, noise and draughts pass through them every day. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first. Around Hardley, 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.
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote.
Why clients in Hardley choose us
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- One contact handling all your sites
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
About our fire stopping in Hardley
We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. We hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate and we’d rather say that up front. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and service gaps in risers, and the failures we are asked to look at most are open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and openings left by services added after handover. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Hardley is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
For a smaller site near Hardley, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, with the specification and photos sent in advance. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: twelve months on the work we carried out. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Location
- Hardley (SO45)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Do you need fire stopping in Hardley?
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. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
Any of the following is a good reason to get the joints checked over:
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
In a hotel such as Fountain Court Hotel (1.1 miles north of Hardley), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Questions to ask before you book
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
What sets the cost
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It allows for:
- How much there is to seal
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Joint width, depth and condition
- The product specified
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
Details that help us quote
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- The site address and postcode
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Any specification or named product
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Fire-rated sealing for Hardley buildings
A 2-mile radius around Hardley takes in 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. 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. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Totton College Waterside Centre, 1.4 miles to the north-west of Hardley, are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Hythe Hospital (to the north of Hardley) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Hardley is about 2 miles south of Hythe, in Hampshire. We send applicators to Hardley for service penetrations. Hardley is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire.
We take on service penetrations across the SO45 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. For a building on Harrier Way, Harrier Green and Falconer Court or nearby, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. Close to Hardley, our area also takes in Little Holbury (1 mile south), Holbury (1 mile south), Frostlane (1 mile north), Roughdown (1 mile south) and Blackfield (2 miles south-east). Further afield, our area takes in Gosport (11 miles east), Eastleigh (9 miles north), Fareham (9 miles east), Totton (7 miles north-west), Chandler's Ford (10 miles north) and Hedge End (7 miles north-east).
Around Hardley
We work on buildings around Manor Church of England Infant School. For rail, the closest station is Netley station, roughly 3.3 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Royal South Hants Hospital (5.1 miles north) and Beaulieu Abbey And Display Of Monastic Life (2.9 miles west). The countryside around Hardley includes Mercury Marshes.
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Building owners, agents and FMs in Hardley
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Hardley. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
On site: what to expect
When we get to site, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Everything around the joints gets protected before anything is cut or cleaned, with the work itself usually taking anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. Rural sites near Hardley may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Send that with the details and we will confirm the plan with the quote.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Quotes
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
Advice
Common questions from Hardley clients
Can you work at a site such as Glenmore Business Park, by Hardley?
Yes. Our area takes in Hardley and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Glenmore Business Park included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Hardley?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
When can you be on site?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
How do I request a quote?
There are four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
For external joints, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Internal work is rarely affected.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
When it isn’t the sealant
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will tell you honestly.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers