Fire stopping in Hatherden
Fire stopping in Hatherden, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Need fire stopping in Hatherden?
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 Hatherden
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. To price a package, phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product data. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. If you have openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and old intumescent sealant that has split away, we can help, whatever the surface. For commercial sealant work in Hatherden, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Hatherden often combine new partitions with old walls. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Location
- Hatherden (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
How the quote is worked out
What shapes the price:
- Phasing around occupants
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Any access equipment needed
- Removal of failed or old sealant
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a quote when you are ready.
What we need to price the job
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Tell us:
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- The product your specification calls for
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us with what you know.
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, so it makes sense to get it right first time. Halls, stores and units around places like Hatherden may not be checked every day, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Renewing joints in good time avoids the problem.
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well, along with the time of year for external work.
What you get with us
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Constructionline member
- Fully insured
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we are cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. Rural sites near Hatherden may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. 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.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
What we need from you
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
Get a fixed quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photos and a description will do.
Related advice
Hatherden: questions and answers
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Andover War Memorial Hospital?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Is Portway Industrial Estate, near Hatherden, within your area?
Yes. We cover Hatherden and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Portway Industrial Estate. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
How do I request a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
Do you have third-party installer accreditation for fire stopping?
No. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. Our credentials are CHAS accreditation, Constructionline membership and CSCS-carded applicators, and we are fully insured. Where a client or main contractor requires a scheme member, we will say so right away rather than waste your time.
How long before the joints can be used?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, so we will confirm the curing time on the day.
How long will the new sealant last?
There isn’t a single answer, because life depends on how much the joint moves, how exposed it is and how it’s cleaned and used. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
What sealant work can’t fix
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work in Hatherden
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Towns and villages near Hatherden
Other services in Hatherden
Fire stopping around Hatherden: what changes locally
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. At about 63 miles from central London, Hatherden is within reach of the capital. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
In a building such as Christchurch, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. Industrial units on estates such as Portway Industrial Estate, 2.6 miles south of Hatherden, often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal. In a school such as Hatherden Church of England Primary School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified.
Hatherden is about 3 miles north of Andover, in Hampshire. We cover Hatherden and the rest of Hampshire, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Our Hampshire coverage takes in 723 places, large and small. Our Southampton page has more on work in that area (24 miles or so).
Business premises anywhere in SP11 are within our area. Among the streets we cover are Hatherden Lane, The Close and Hatchet Lane. Sites close to Hatherden are covered too, including Clanville (1 mile west), Foxcotte (2 miles south), Tangley (2 miles north-west), Penton Mewsey (2 miles south-west) and Charlton (2 miles south). Nearby towns on our patch include Andover (3 miles south), Hyde (15 miles south-east), Tidworth (7 miles west), Weeke (15 miles south-east), Ludgershall (5 miles west) and Whitchurch (8 miles east).
Local landmarks in Hatherden
In Hatherden, that means premises near The Hare & Hounds pub and Harrow Way Community School. Hatherden’s nearest station is Andover station, about 2.9 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Andover War Memorial Hospital (2.6 miles south) and Andover Museum (3.2 miles south-east). Not far away are Mill Lake and Anton Lakes.
Different surfaces, different methods
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products.
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. BS EN 1366-4 testing sets the joint widths, depths, backing and movement a seal covers.
General trades versus a specialist
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class, which is what makes a joint last.