Hare Hatch fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Hare Hatch, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
Need fire stopping in Hare Hatch?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Hare Hatch
A fire-rated sealant is only one part of a tested system: the evidence covers a specific product, wall or floor type, service, gap, depth 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 cable penetrations, service gaps in risers and linear gaps at wall heads, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and unsealed openings around new pipes and cables. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Hare Hatch, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Rural conversions around Hare Hatch 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.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Place
- Hare Hatch (RG10)
- Wider area
- Wokingham
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions we are asked in Hare Hatch
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Hare Hatch?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes 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.
Is Hare Hatch too far out for you?
No. Places such as Hare Hatch are covered as much as the big towns. Our area covers London and the South East counties. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
What will the job cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. For yours, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with a description of the work.
How long does a job like this take?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. We will give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
How do I request a quote?
There are four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photos and a postcode.
Will you quote for a small job?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Send details for a fixed quote.
What we’re called out for in Hare Hatch
Openings in fire-resisting walls normally appear when services are added or changed. A new cable pulled by an electrician, a pipe rerouted by a plumber or a data run drilled through a riser can leave the hole behind. Over a few years of fit-outs, a wall can collect a lot of these.
Clients typically get in touch after noticing something like this:
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Offices at parks like Castle End Business Park, under half a mile to the south of Hare Hatch, are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail.
Before you book anyone
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Proof of insurance
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
Maintenance after handover
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
During planned inspections, look at seals in risers, cupboards and voids. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there.
When it isn’t the sealant
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
If you are not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
Why deal with it now?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach. Converted and older buildings near places like Hare Hatch tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
The specified product makes a difference, and so does the preparation, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Hare Hatch
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Fully insured
- One number for every site we cover
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
Fire stopping in Hare Hatch: the local picture
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. 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. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. Central London is about 32 miles from Hare Hatch. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
Holiday works at schools like Robert Piggott CofE Infant School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. At a university such as University of Reading, which lies west of Hare Hatch, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
Hare Hatch is about 4 miles north-east of Woodley, in Wokingham. Looking for fire stopping in Hare Hatch? We can help, as we do across Wokingham. We work across 42 places in Wokingham, from busy centres to rural villages. Reading is covered too, around 7 miles from Hare Hatch.
We take on service penetrations across the RG10 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. For a building on Bath Road, Tag Lane and Milley Lane or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Close to Hare Hatch, our area also takes in The Holt (1 mile north-east), Kiln Green (1 mile north-east), Ruscombe (1 mile south-west), Twyford (1 mile south-west) and Waltham St Lawrence (2 miles east). A short drive away, we cover Wokingham (6 miles south), Woodley (4 miles south-west), Earley (6 miles south-west), Crowthorne (9 miles south), Lower Earley (6 miles south-west) and Winnersh (5 miles south).
Landmarks near Hare Hatch
We work on buildings around The Queen Victoria pub, Loddon Nature Reserve and The Piggott School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Wargrave station, about 1.4 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include St Mark's Hospital (4.7 miles north-east) and Frazer Nash Archives (3.3 miles north-west). The countryside around Hare Hatch includes Weycock Hill and Hurley Chalk Pit.
How the quote is worked out
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- The site’s rules and procedures
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Details that help us quote
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, the same details help:
- Any specification or named product
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
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Diagnose, treat, sign off
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. If others near Hare Hatch need work, visits can be combined. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- 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.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Before we start on site
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Quotes
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.