Hollow Street fire stopping
Commercial sealant work in Hollow Street for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, quoted at a fixed price.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Fire stopping for businesses in Hollow Street
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
FAQs: Hollow Street
Is Hollow Street too small for you to travel to?
No. Places such as Hollow Street are covered as much as the big towns. We work across Greater London and the South East. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Hollow Street?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards.
How do you choose the sealant?
The specification comes first, if there is one. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Fire stopping in Hollow Street
It helps to set out our role at the start. Deciding the specification sits with the designer, the fire engineer and building control. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant following that specification and the maker’s installation guidance on buildings around Hollow Street. If you are dealing with seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls, we can help, on pipe penetrations, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and linear gaps at wall heads alike. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Hollow Street from the first photos to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Smaller places such as Hollow Street still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Place
- Hollow Street (CT3)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What else we do in Hollow Street
Penetration seals near Hollow Street
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. Central London is about 56 miles from Hollow Street. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
For a school such as Chislet Church of England Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works. Halls and meeting rooms at places like Church of St Mary the Virgin sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like St Martins Hospital, 5.1 miles to the south-west of Hollow Street, all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Hollow Street is about 3 miles south-east of Herne Bay, in Kent. Commercial clients in Hollow Street can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Kent. Hollow Street is one of 931 places we cover in Kent. There’s a separate page for London, about 56 miles away.
We cover the CT3 postcode districts. We also cover Chislet (1 mile north-east), Chitty (1 mile north-east), Old Tree (1 mile north-west), Boyden Gate (1 mile north) and Hoath (1 mile west) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Canterbury (6 miles south-west), Margate (9 miles east), Dover (14 miles south), Ramsgate (10 miles east), Broadstairs (11 miles east) and Whitstable (7 miles west).
Local landmarks in Hollow Street
Around Hollow Street, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Grove Ferry Picnic Area and Spires Academy and the streets around them. The closest station to Hollow Street is Sturry station, about 3.6 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are St Martins Hospital (5.1 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include West Blean and Thornden Woods.
What affects the price in Hollow Street
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- Access and working height
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Phasing around occupants
- Joint width, depth and condition
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Before you send an enquiry
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Let us know:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Any specification or named product
- Any dates the work must fit around
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
Why act early in Hollow Street
The longer openings stay, the more there tend to be: every new cable or pipe adds another. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small and avoids a much larger catch-up later. Halls, stores and units around places like Hollow Street may not be checked every day, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Renewing joints in good time avoids the problem.
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 will have a fixed figure to work with.
Why clients in Hollow Street choose us
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
After the work
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. Our advice:
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
A simple record of seal locations and products helps. When a new service goes through, everyone knows which product and detail to match.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
Whether you are a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
How a job runs
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. While we’re working, the area stays contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. For a building around Hollow Street, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- 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 any areas we must not close
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Get a fixed quote
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
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What sealant work can’t fix
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers