Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Heart's Delight, Kent
Work needed on a service penetration in Heart's Delight? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
Fire stopping for businesses in Heart's Delight
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Doing it in-house
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Fire stopping in Heart's Delight, done properly
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. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal rather than guesswork. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, pipe penetrations and cable penetrations, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls. Most enquiries from Heart's Delight start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Around smaller places like Heart's Delight, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. 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. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Where
- Heart's Delight (ME10, ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Keeping the joints sound
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. In particular:
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t, and the data sheet says which.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
How the job changes by surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall joints often have to absorb slab deflection. We use the product and backing the detail names for that movement.
Small ducts
Ducts are only sealed with sealant where the detail allows it. Dampers and ductwork systems themselves are outside our work.
Fire stopping around Heart's Delight: how the place shapes the job
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail. Central London is about 37 miles from Heart's Delight. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls.
Office fit-outs on sites such as Kent Science Park (to the south-east of Heart's Delight) add cabling and pipework through fire-resisting walls, and fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital, 1.2 miles to the east of Heart's Delight, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. For an estates team at a campus like Canterbury Christ Church University, which lies south of Heart's Delight, summer M&E works are normally followed by a round of penetration sealing.
Heart's Delight is about 1 mile south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. We cover commercial sites throughout Heart's Delight, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. We work across 931 places in Kent. Our London page has more on work in that area.
Commercial sites across ME10 and ME9 are covered. Streets here include The Street, Borden Lane and Coppins Lane, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. If your building is just outside Heart's Delight, we cover Borden (1 mile north-west), Tunstall (1 mile south-east), Sittingbourne (1 mile north-east), Highsted (2 miles south-east) and Rodmersham Green (2 miles south-east). A short drive away, we cover Maidstone (9 miles south-west), Ashford (15 miles south-east), Whitstable (14 miles east), Faversham (8 miles east), Minster (7 miles north-east) and Kings Hill (14 miles west).
Around Heart's Delight
Around Heart's Delight, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Westlands School and Cromers Wood and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Sittingbourne station, roughly 1.4 miles north-east. Nearby you will also find Bayford Court (1.7 miles north-east) and Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (1.5 miles north-east).
Your questions answered
Can you work at a site such as Kent Science Park, by Heart's Delight?
Yes, sites like Kent Science Park are within our area, along with the rest of Heart's Delight. To start, just phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is a hospital such as Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Is BS 476 being phased out?
For buildings in England, Approved Document B removes BS 476 references from 2 September 2029. Products are then judged on BS EN 13501-2 classifications, subject to transitional arrangements. In Scotland, the Technical Handbook sets its own guidance, including clause 2.1.14 on service penetrations.
Do you certify or sign off fire stopping?
No. We don’t certify or sign off fire stopping, and we hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. Our part is fitting the specified product to its tested detail.
Will you come and look before quoting?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photographs and measurements, and bigger or more complex jobs typically get a visit.
Which standards are fire seals tested to?
BS EN 1366-3 covers penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 covers linear joints. Results are classified under BS EN 13501-2 as E for integrity and I for insulation, with a time such as EI 60 or EI 120. That rating only holds when the product is installed to its tested detail.
How do we ask for a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
On site: what to expect
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, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. For work around Heart's Delight, we aim to finish in one visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Preparing the site
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Ask for a quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Advice
Owners, agents and contractors
Whether you’re a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Quoting for work in Heart's Delight
These are the things that shape the price:
- Any access equipment needed
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
A quote for service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, plus any specification you’re working to. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What to include in your enquiry
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Let us know:
- Your programme or deadline
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Specification clauses that apply
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.