Fire stopping in High Easter
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in High Easter. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Need fire stopping in High Easter?
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 High Easter
Facilities managers in High Easter often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. If you have head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back, we can help, on pipe penetrations, cable penetrations and service gaps in risers alike. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in High Easter, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Rural conversions around High Easter 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.
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.
- Place
- High Easter (CM1)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
When to call us in High Easter
On a busy project, programme pressure can mean fire stopping is rushed or left to whichever trade is closest. That is how unsuitable products and improvised details end up in compartment walls, which then have to be put right.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Broomfield Hospital (to the south-east of High Easter) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Comparing quotes
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
Towns and villages near High Easter
More services for High Easter
What sets the cost
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- How accessible the joints are
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Details that help us quote
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Tell us:
- The postcode of the building
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- The type of building and who uses it
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photos and a description will do.
Surface by surface
Plastic pipes
In a fire, plastic pipework melts away and leaves an opening. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, though larger ones normally call for a collar or wrap. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
Drylining partitions
Holes in board are often cut larger than needed. If the gap exceeds the tested range, sealant alone won’t do.
Why act early in High Easter
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, and doing it once, properly, is cheaper. Converted and older buildings near places like High Easter tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why us?
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- One number for every site we cover
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
Questions about High Easter
Is a smaller place like High Easter outside your area?
No. Places such as High Easter are covered as much as the big towns. We cover Greater London and the counties of the South East. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we will plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
Does your area include sites such as Parklands Business Centre, near High Easter?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around High Easter, Parklands Business Centre among them, are all within reach. To start, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do you need to see the site first?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a visit before quoting.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Let us know which documents the site needs, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we will price the work to it.
How many days will you need on site?
It depends on the scope, but the work usually takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we’ll give you a timescale with the quote.
On site: what to expect
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before anything is cut or cleaned, with the work itself normally taking anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. Smaller jobs around High Easter can be grouped with others nearby. You’ll have a fixed quote before work 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.
- 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.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Preparing the site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Get a fixed quote
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form to discuss it first.
Advice
Looking after the joints
After handover, a little attention goes a long way:
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Record which product was used where
Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. Anyone resealing later needs to know which product and detail were used.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small.
Where services cross fire walls in High Easter
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. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. Central London is about 29 miles from High Easter. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
On a site such as Parklands Business Centre (2.6 miles west of High Easter), every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product. For a building such as Parish Church of St Mary, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing.
High Easter is about 7 miles north-west of Chelmsford, in Essex. Across the CM1 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. 644 places across Essex fall within our area, including High Easter. Sites around London have their own page, roughly 29 miles from High Easter.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in CM1 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on The Street and Boreham Court or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. We also cover Stagden Cross (1 mile east), High Roding (2 miles north-west), Keeres Green (2 miles west), Roundbush Green (2 miles west) and Great Canfield (2 miles north-west) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Chelmsford (7 miles south-east), Braintree (10 miles north-east), Harlow (11 miles west), Brentwood (13 miles south), Maldon (15 miles east) and Billericay (13 miles south).
Landmarks near High Easter
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Cock And Bell pub, among other places. Well-known places in the area include Willingale Doe (4.5 miles south-west) and Broomfield Hospital (5.1 miles south-east).