Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Heriot, Scottish Borders
Need fire stopping in Heriot? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Fire stopping across Heriot
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Heriot
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. 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, linear gaps at wall heads and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and damaged fire seals in risers and voids. Most enquiries from Heriot 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.
For a building near Heriot, we plan fire-rated sealing so it’s finished in one visit where possible. Photos of the gaps, the services and the wall or floor type help us bring the right products.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, in Heriot as everywhere else we work. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Heriot (EH38)
- Region
- Scottish Borders
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Sealing behind the M&E trades area by area beats a sweep at the end. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down, and the right detail can be checked at the time. Buildings that aren’t in daily use, such as halls and seasonal premises, may let water in unnoticed, giving water time to get in. Early resealing prevents it.
A quote for service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, and any specification that applies. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Heriot
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
Places near Heriot
Other services in Heriot
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. While we are working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Heriot. That goes into the plan alongside 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.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Request a quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with what you know.
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Common questions from Heriot clients
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Heriot?
Under Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14), service penetrations should keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for their end use. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Is Heriot off your patch?
No. Places such as Heriot are covered as much as the big towns. We cover the whole of Scotland. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Can you work while the building is occupied?
Typically, yes. We phase the work so most of the building stays in use.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Let us know which documents the site needs, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm them with the quote.
Can you fit around our working hours?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.
Signs you need fire stopping in Heriot
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it and has to be removed.
Any of the following is a good reason to get the joints checked over:
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Wherever the building is near Heriot, design and sign-off of fire stopping sit with the designer, fire engineer or building control; we install what has been specified.
Comparing quotes
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Proof of insurance
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
What sets the cost
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, since sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Which sealant the job calls for
- How much there is to seal
- Phasing around occupants
- Any access equipment needed
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Sending details for a quote
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. It helps to include:
- Any specification or named product
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Any dates the work must fit around
- The type of building and who uses it
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or email us if you’d rather talk the job through.
Fire-rated sealing for Heriot buildings
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for that end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
For buildings in and around Heriot, fire-rated sealant is installed where it is specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Heriot is about 9 miles south-east of Bonnyrigg, in the Scottish Borders. We send applicators to Heriot for service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Heriot is one of 91 places we cover in the Scottish Borders for service penetrations. Sites around Edinburgh have their own page, about 15 miles away.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in EH38 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on Heriot Way and Shoestanes Road or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Just outside Heriot, we also work in Fountainhall (4 miles south-east), North Middleton (4 miles north-west), Arniston (5 miles north-west), Birkenside (5 miles north-west) and Gorebridge (6 miles north-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Galashiels (13 miles south-east), Peebles (13 miles south-west), Innerleithen (12 miles south), Melrose (15 miles south-east), Earlston (15 miles south-east) and Lauder (9 miles south-east).
Around Heriot
Nearby you’ll also find Crichton Castle (4.3 miles north). For a walk, there’s Dun Law.
When it isn’t the sealant
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Commercial clients in Heriot
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Heriot can sit alongside others in a wider programme.