Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Highleigh, West Sussex
Need fire stopping in Highleigh? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Fire stopping for Highleigh sites
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 Highleigh
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. The enquiries we see most involve old intumescent sealant that has split away and unsealed openings around new pipes and cables, on service gaps in risers, pipe penetrations and linear gaps at wall heads. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Highleigh, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Rural conversions around Highleigh can put new fire-resisting partitions inside older structures. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
Work we carry out in West Sussex comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll come back to it.
- Where
- Highleigh (PO20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Where services cross fire walls in Highleigh
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. 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. Highleigh lies roughly 59 miles out from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
For a school such as Sidlesham Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works. Residences at universities like University of Chichester, 4.6 miles to the north-east of Highleigh, have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change. Offices at parks like Enborne Business Park (1.2 miles south-east of Highleigh) are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail.
Highleigh is about 3 miles north of Selsey, in West Sussex. Anywhere in PO20, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Highleigh is one of 373 places in West Sussex on our list. Sites around Portsmouth have their own page, roughly 12 miles from Highleigh.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in PO20 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. If your site is on Critchel's Lane, Highleigh Road and Green Lane or close by, we can quote for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Almodington (1 mile west), Birdham (2 miles north-west), Somerley (2 miles west), Earnley (2 miles west) and Shipton Green (3 miles north-west). A short drive away, we cover Bognor Regis (5 miles east), Chichester (4 miles north), Selsey (3 miles south), Littlehampton (12 miles east), Rustington (13 miles east) and Angmering (15 miles east).
Landmarks near Highleigh
The nearest railway station is Chichester station, roughly 3.9 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Chichester Castle (4.5 miles north) and Selsey Lifeboat Museum (3.5 miles south). The countryside around Highleigh includes Pilsey Island.
Commercial clients in Highleigh
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Highleigh. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we are straightforward to vet for your supplier list. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
From enquiry to sign-off
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. If others near Highleigh need work, visits can be combined. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
What we need from you
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Quotes
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
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Highleigh: questions and answers
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as St Richard's Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like University of Chichester?
Yes. Education sites normally want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Is fire stopping in Scotland covered by different guidance?
Our area runs from Greater London and the South East to every part of Scotland. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook says service penetrations should keep at least the fire resistance of the wall or floor, using products tested for their end use.
What do BS EN 1366-3 and BS EN 13501-2 mean?
BS EN 1366-3 covers penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 covers linear joints. Results are classified under BS EN 13501-2, where E is integrity, I is insulation and the number is minutes, as in EI 60. The rating applies to the product as tested.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
How long before the joints can be used?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, so we will confirm the curing time on the day.
What affects the price in Highleigh
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It takes account of:
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- The site’s rules and procedures
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
Details that help us quote
To price the job accurately, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- When you need the work done
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- The type of building and who uses it
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
Nearby places to Highleigh
Other services in Highleigh
Keeping the joints sound
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail using the same product.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. Then the seal goes in while the area is open, not months later.
Doing it in-house
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
When it isn’t the sealant
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we are upfront when that’s the case. It won’t fix:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
If you’re not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations