Holm fire stopping
Fire stopping for Holm, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Need fire stopping in Holm?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle fire stopping in Holm
The test standards are BS EN 1366-3 for penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints. A rating such as EI 60 only holds when the product is installed as it was tested. So our job is to reproduce that arrangement faithfully. If you’re dealing with head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Holm? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
For a building near Holm, we plan fire-rated sealing so it’s finished in one visit where possible. Photos of the gaps, the services and the wall or floor type help us bring the right products.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Place
- Holm (HS2)
- Wider area
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Do you need fire stopping in Holm?
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position, so it has to come out.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
On a hospital site such as Western Isles Hospital, which lies north-west of Holm, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
What your quote should include
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
Work for main contractors and building owners
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Compartments and services around Holm
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for that end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail. Being on an island, Holm means planning around ferry times as well as the weather. Photos of each opening and the specification mean the right products make the trip.
For a unit at a site such as Parkend Industrial Estate, 0.5 miles to the north-west of Holm, new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall.
Holm is about 2 miles south-east of Stornoway, in Na h-Eileanan Siar. Any commercial site in Holm is covered, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. Holm is one of 87 places in Na h-Eileanan Siar on our list for service penetrations.
Commercial sites across HS2 are covered. Streets here include Holm Road and Parkend, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. We also cover Sanndabhaig (1 mile north-west), Branahuie (1 mile north-east), Bràigh na h-Aoidhe (1 mile north-east), Sandwick (1 mile north-west) and Plasterfield (1 mile north-west). Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so give the site location in your enquiry.
What’s near Holm
Other landmarks nearby include Western Isles Hospital (2.5 miles north-west) and Lewis Loom Centre (2.3 miles north-west). Not far away are Loch Àirigh na Lic.
What the job involves on each surface
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough, and we will never swap a specified collar for sealant.
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. Each gap is measured where it is widest so we know it sits within the tested range.
Common questions from Holm clients
Can you work at a site such as Parkend Industrial Estate, by Holm?
Yes. Our area takes in Holm and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Parkend Industrial Estate included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Will you travel to Holm on the island?
Yes. Every Scottish council area is within our area, and that includes island locations such as Holm. Ferry times and the weather set the plan, so we ask for photographs and a full list first.
Will you write the fire-stopping specification?
No. Deciding what is needed sits with the designer, fire engineer and building control. Our role is installing what they specify, to the product’s tested detail.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
Can weather delay the job?
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. Internal work is far less affected.
Will you sign off the seals for us?
No. Sign-off belongs to the designer or building control, not the installer. We’ll confirm the products and details used.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
There are four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photographs and a postcode.
How the quote is worked out
What shapes the price:
- Phasing around occupants
- How much there is to seal
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
What we need to price the job
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Tell us:
- Your programme or deadline
- The product your specification calls for
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. If you have questions first, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
More services for Holm
From enquiry to sign-off
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. We sign and contain the area we are in, keep walkways clear and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Jobs near Holm are often grouped with others in the same area. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- 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.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Getting a fixed quote
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings if you’d rather talk the job through.
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When something else is needed
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will say what we think before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers