Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Headley, Hampshire
Looking for fire stopping in Headley? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping for businesses in Headley
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
How the job changes by surface
Plastic pipes
In a fire, plastic pipework melts away and leaves an opening. Small sizes are sometimes covered by an intumescent sealant detail, though larger ones normally call for a collar or wrap. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. The specified product and backing for that movement are what goes in.
Fire stopping in Headley, done properly
It helps to set out our role at the start. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance. If you have expanding foam used as fire stopping and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, we can help. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Headley it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Smaller places such as Headley 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.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Location
- Headley (RG19)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What sets the cost
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- The product specified
- The site’s rules and procedures
- The size and state of each joint
- The total length or number of joints
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
What to include in your enquiry
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. It helps to include:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- When you need the work done
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Access details, including height
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and we will put a fixed quote together. To get it moving, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Do you need fire stopping in Headley?
Plenty of openings were simply never closed because they sat out of sight above a ceiling or inside a riser. Inspections, refurbishments and ceiling access typically bring them to light.
Most enquiries start with one or more of the following:
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
On a site such as New Greenham Business Park (1.5 miles north-west of Headley), every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
What your quote should include
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
For managing agents and facilities managers
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Headley can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Hampshire.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Questions about Headley
Can you work on a hospital site such as West Berkshire Community Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Can you work at a site such as New Greenham Business Park, by Headley?
Yes. Our area takes in Headley and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as New Greenham Business Park included. To start, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do you certify or sign off fire stopping?
No. Approval sits with the designer, principal designer or building control. We’ll confirm the product and detail installed.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Is any job too small?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Is colour matching possible?
That depends on the product specified. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so we’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Who decides which product is used?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
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:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
Diagnose, treat, sign off
In a busy building, the work is phased so only one area is out of use at a time. Each section is protected, cleaned back and sealed before the next one starts. If others near Headley need work, visits can be combined, which keeps travel down. 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.
- 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.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
What we need from you
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Getting a fixed quote
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
Advice
Penetration seals near Headley
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. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. Headley lies roughly 51 miles out from central London. Business park offices in the commuter belt are refitted as tenants change, and each fit-out adds services through compartment walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as West Berkshire Community Hospital (3.5 miles north-west of Headley) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. Schools such as Cheam School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
Headley is about 3 miles south of Thatcham, in Hampshire. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Headley use us for work on service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Hampshire. Across Hampshire, 723 places are covered, including Headley. We also cover Reading, some 13 miles away.
We cover the RG19 postcode districts. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Ashford Hill Road, Thornford Road and Harrow Drive and the roads nearby. If your building is just outside Headley, we cover Mill Green (1 mile east), Plastow Green (1 mile south-east), Heads Hill (1 mile north-west), Goose Hill (1 mile east) and Bishop's Green (1 mile west). Nearby towns on our patch include Basingstoke (9 miles south-east), Andover (14 miles south-west), Tadley (5 miles east), Hook (14 miles south-east), Popley (9 miles south-east) and Kempshott (10 miles south-east).
Near you in Headley
In Headley, that means premises near New Greenham Park. The nearest railway station is Thatcham station, roughly 2.3 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include West Berkshire Community Hospital (3.5 miles north-west) and Old Chapel Textile Centre (1.4 miles north-west). Open spaces near Headley include Ladle Hill and Thatcham Reed Beds.