Fire stopping in Hollingbourne
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Hollingbourne and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Fire stopping in Hollingbourne
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
What affects the price in Hollingbourne
Quotes vary with the job. Expect it to depend on:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- The product specified
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well, along with the time of year for external work.
What we need to price the job
We can often quote from photos and a few details. Please tell us:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Any specification or named product
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Fire stopping in Hollingbourne, done properly
We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. We hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate, and we won’t pretend otherwise. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, pipe penetrations and service gaps in risers, and what we are called in for most is unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and fire stopping installed outside its tested range. For commercial sealant work in Hollingbourne, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, whether it’s one building or several.
Rural conversions around Hollingbourne 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.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Place
- Hollingbourne (ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Compartment walls and floors in Hollingbourne
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. At about 36 miles from central London, Hollingbourne is within reach of the capital. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls.
On a site such as Roebuck Business Park, 2.2 miles south-east of Hollingbourne, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product. Residences at universities like Canterbury Christ Church University, 1.6 miles to the east of Hollingbourne, have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change. For a building such as All Saints Church, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing.
Hollingbourne is about 5 miles east of Maidstone, in Kent. Our applicators travel to Hollingbourne for work on service penetrations. Hollingbourne is one of 931 places we cover in Kent for service penetrations. Our London page has more on work in that area, about 36 miles away.
We cover the ME17 postcode districts. If your site is on Upper Street, Pilgrims Way and Hollingbourne Hill or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Just outside Hollingbourne, we also work in Eyhorne Street (1 mile south-west), Broad Street (1 mile north-west), Chegworth (2 miles south), Ashbank (2 miles south-west) and Broomfield (2 miles south). Nearby towns on our patch include Maidstone (5 miles west), Ashford (13 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (7 miles north-east), Faversham (11 miles east), Minster (13 miles north-east) and Kings Hill (10 miles west).
What’s near Hollingbourne
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Glyder House Sugar Loaves Public House, among other places. The closest station to Hollingbourne is Hollingbourne station, roughly 0.6 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Laundry Museum (0.9 miles south-west) and Leeds Castle (1.3 miles south-west). Not far away are Detling Hill.
Why act early in Hollingbourne
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product, so it makes sense to get it right first time. Halls, stores and units around places like Hollingbourne may not be checked every day, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Resealing early avoids that.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
What you get with us
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
Questions we’re asked in Hollingbourne
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as Canterbury Christ Church University?
Yes, holiday working periods are the norm on campus jobs. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
Is Hollingbourne too far out for you?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. London and every South East county are within our area. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
How do I request a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
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.
Is colour matching possible?
Often, yes. Many products come in a range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or surrounding finishes is often possible. We confirm what’s available for the specified product when we quote.
What will the job cost?
It depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a fixed quote.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Commercial clients in Hollingbourne
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Hollingbourne. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Hollingbourne can form part of a wider programme.
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Our process
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. If others near Hollingbourne need work, visits can be combined, which keeps travel down. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Getting a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Advice
When it isn’t the sealant
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
After the work
After handover, these steps help:
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small; found late, it can be one of many.