Fire stopping in Hillway
Fire stopping in Hillway, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Fire stopping across Hillway
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Fire stopping in Hillway, done properly
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. We work on cable penetrations, pipe penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and penetration schedules that need working through. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Hillway tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
A job near Hillway is normally planned around one visit, with the specification and photographs sent in advance. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: twelve months on the work we carried out. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Place
- Hillway (PO35)
- Region
- Isle of Wight
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
After the work
For the best life from the joints:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. Then the seal goes in while the area is open.
What the job involves on each surface
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. Each gap is measured where it is widest against the detail’s limits.
Cables and cable bundles
Cable penetrations are frequently sealed with fire-rated sealant where the detail allows. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables.
What we can’t put right
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It won’t put right:
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
If you’re not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Work for main contractors and building owners
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Hillway can form part of a wider programme.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Cost factors for service penetrations
These are the things that shape the price:
- Working within restricted access windows
- Access and working height
- The size and state of each joint
- The total length or number of joints
The specified product makes a difference, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What to include in your enquiry
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. Please tell us:
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Access details, including height
- The product your specification calls for
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. Jobs in and around smaller places like Hillway are normally planned as a single visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Get a fixed quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
Advice
Where services cross fire walls in Hillway
The area within 2 miles of Hillway holds a number of hotels. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are normally fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Bembridge Methodist Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Arthur Webster Memorial Hospital for Children, 4.7 miles to the south-west of Hillway, all have compartment walls crossed by services. In a hotel such as The Windmill Hotel (0.9 miles north-east of Hillway), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Hillway is about 4 miles south-east of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. Hillway sits inside our coverage and the rest of the Isle of Wight, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Hillway is one of 125 places we cover in the Isle of Wight. For work in that direction, see our Portsmouth page.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout PO35, for business premises of every kind. Buildings on Hillway Road and Jenny Streets Lane are within our area for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Bembridge (1 mile north-east), Foreland Fields (1 mile north-east), St Helens (2 miles north-west), Gaskins (2 miles north-west) and Yaverland (2 miles south-west). Bigger towns within reach include Newport (9 miles west), Ryde (4 miles north-west), Cowes (11 miles north-west), Sandown (3 miles south-west), Shanklin (5 miles south-west) and Ventnor (7 miles south-west). Where a site is remote or on an island, travel and materials need planning ahead.
Near you in Hillway
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Propeller Inn and Bembridge School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Brading station, about 1.8 miles west. Nearby you’ll also find Sandown Castle (2.6 miles south-west) and Arthur Webster Memorial Hospital for Children (4.7 miles south-west). The countryside around Hillway includes Bembridge Down and Brading Marshes RSPB reserve.
Questions we are asked in Hillway
Is Hillway too small for you to travel to?
No. Places such as Hillway are covered as much as the big towns. Our area covers London and the South East counties. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Can you work on a hospital site such as Arthur Webster Memorial Hospital for Children?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Do you approve fire stopping for building control?
No. Approval sits with the designer, principal designer or building control. We will confirm the products and details used.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
Will you quote for a small job?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
How long does a job like this take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit normally 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.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.