Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Holloway, Windsor and Maidenhead
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Holloway and across Windsor and Maidenhead. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Fire stopping near Holloway
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
How the quote is worked out
Before we quote, we look at:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- The product specified
- The total length or number of joints
- Removal of failed or old sealant
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
Sending details for a quote
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. Please tell us:
- The type of building and who uses it
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- When you need the work done
- The postcode of the building
For a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
About our fire stopping in Holloway
Where pipes, cables and other services cross a compartment wall or floor, the opening around them has to be closed so fire and smoke can’t move between compartments. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. Each seal follows the manufacturer’s tested detail rather than guesswork. The enquiries we see most involve fire sealant pulled out of the opening and non-fire-rated filler around services, on pipe penetrations, cable penetrations and linear gaps at wall heads. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Holloway is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Holloway often combine new partitions with old walls. 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 Windsor and Maidenhead comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll come back to it.
- Place
- Holloway (SL6)
- Wider area
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Compartments and services around Holloway
Holloway lies roughly 30 miles out from central London. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in 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.
Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Berkshire College of Agriculture (to the north-west of Holloway) are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal. Shop fits in centres such as Cliveden View Shopping Centre (to the north-east of Holloway) can bring new services through fire-resisting walls between units, which then need the specified seal. Tenant changes at parks like Maidenhead Business Park (1.1 miles south of Holloway) bring new data and services, and openings through fire-resisting walls need the specified seal.
Holloway is about 2 miles west of Maidenhead, in Windsor and Maidenhead. Across the SL6 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. 60 places across Windsor and Maidenhead fall within our area, including Holloway. For work in that direction, see our Reading page, about 10 miles away.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout SL6, whatever the building. Buildings on Burchetts Green Lane and Bath Road are within our area for service penetrations. Just outside Holloway, we also work in Littlewick Green (1 mile south-west), Burchett's Green (1 mile north-west), Woolley Green (1 mile south-east), Stubbings (1 mile north-east) and Pinkneys Green (1 mile north-east). Further afield, our area takes in Windsor (7 miles south-east), Cookham (4 miles north-east), Dedworth (7 miles south-east), Broomhall (11 miles south-east), South Ascot (10 miles south-east) and Datchet (9 miles east).
Local landmarks in Holloway
In Holloway, that means premises near The Shire Horse pub, Newlands Girls' School and Manor Green School. Holloway’s nearest station is Furze Platt station, roughly 2.7 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find St Mark's Hospital (1.8 miles east) and Marlow Museum (3.5 miles north). Not far away are Taplow Lake and Weycock Hill.
Leave it or put it right?
An open or wrongly sealed service penetration lets fire and smoke reach the next compartment much sooner than the building was designed for. While the openings can be reached, sealing them is normally straightforward. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. Converted and older buildings near places like Holloway tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
What you get with us
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Fully insured
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.
Maintenance after handover
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. In particular:
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Record which product was used where
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail using the same product.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small.
Our process
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. For a building around Holloway, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- 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.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
What we need from you
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Ask for a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Advice
Questions we are asked in Holloway
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like Berkshire College of Agriculture?
Yes. We plan campus work around teaching, exams and residence turnarounds. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Holloway?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Can the building stay open while you work?
Yes, with some planning. We agree a sequence with your contact so just one area at a time is disrupted.
Can weather delay the job?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Inside work is seldom held up.
How do we ask for a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
How long does a job like this take?
That varies with the scale of the job, but the work normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Can you fit around our working hours?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
Should maintenance staff do it?
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Towns and villages near Holloway
Other services in Holloway
Owners, agents and contractors
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.