Fire stopping in Hillyfields
Fire stopping for Hillyfields, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Fire stopping in Hillyfields
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping in Hillyfields, done properly
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. If you’re dealing with unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and improvised or mixed-product fire seals, we can help, on service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations alike. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Hillyfields it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
In places the size of Hillyfields, fire-resisting walls and floors are found in schools, care homes, health centres and mixed-use buildings. Specified fire-rated sealant goes around new services there, built to match the manufacturer’s detail.
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
- Hillyfields (SO16)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions we’re asked in Hillyfields
Can you work on a hospital site such as Western Community Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Can you work at a site such as Nursling Retail Park, by Hillyfields?
Yes, sites like Nursling Retail Park are within our area, along with the rest of Hillyfields. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Can you seal any opening with fire-rated sealant?
No. A sealant’s evidence covers set services, gaps and wall or floor types. Outside that, a different product is needed, specified by your designer.
What do BS EN 1366-3 and BS EN 13501-2 mean?
Penetration seals are tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4. 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 long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Do you work in Hillyfields?
Yes. We take on work across Hillyfields.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Honest limits
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we are upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
Also in Hillyfields
Maintenance after handover
For the best life from the joints:
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. Repairs need the same product and detail as the original, or a new specification from the designer.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
On site: what to expect
Inspect, seal, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. Several jobs near Hillyfields can be grouped on one trip. Tell us your site hours and we will plan around them.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and raise any questions before we price.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
Request a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us with what you know.
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Different surfaces, different methods
Drylining partitions
Holes in board are often cut larger than needed. An oversized hole may be outside the sealant’s range, and the detail may call for board patching or another product.
Risers and ceiling voids
Risers and ceiling voids hold most of a building’s service penetrations. Access is often tight, so we agree it with you in advance.
What happens if it’s left?
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. The fix is to remove it and reinstall to the detail, so it makes sense to get it right first time. Small buildings around Hillyfields suffer from failed joints as much as large ones. Catching it early means a reseal rather than repairs.
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
Why us?
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Constructionline member
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Whether you’re a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Hillyfields. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Compartments and services around Hillyfields
The area within 2 miles of Hillyfields holds several hotels. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail. Hillyfields has six care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Care homes rely on fire-resisting walls and floors, and maintenance work that breaks through them leaves openings to seal. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified.
For a unit at a site such as Nursling Retail Park, under half a mile west of Hillyfields, any new service through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the tested detail. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Western Community Hospital, 1.2 miles south-east of Hillyfields, all have compartment walls crossed by services. For an estates team at a campus like University of Southampton (3 miles east of Hillyfields), summer M&E works are typically followed by a round of penetration sealing.
Hillyfields is about 2 miles north-west of Regents Park, in Hampshire. Our applicators travel to Hillyfields for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Our Hampshire coverage takes in 723 places, large and small.
If you need fire stopping in SO16, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Streets here include Maplin Road, Colne Avenue and Hayburn Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Being close to the M271, Hillyfields is straightforward for us to reach. We also cover Nursling (1 mile north), Maybush (1 mile south-east), Upton (1 mile north), Rownhams (1 mile north-east) and Coxford (1 mile east) for service penetrations. Further afield, our area takes in Winchester (11 miles north-east), Eastleigh (6 miles east), Fareham (13 miles south-east), Chandler's Ford (5 miles north-east), Hedge End (7 miles east) and Lymington (13 miles south).
Near you in Hillyfields
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to St James' Park, Oasis Academy Lord's Hill and Millbrook Community School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Redbridge station, roughly 1.1 miles south of the centre. Nearby you will also find Marlands Shopping Centre (3.4 miles south-east) and Western Community Hospital (1.2 miles south-east). Not far away are Testwood Lakes.