Holybourne fire stopping
Work needed on a service penetration in Holybourne? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Need fire stopping in Holybourne?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
How the job changes by surface
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products and we flag that rather than guess.
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, but many need a collar or wrap. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
How we handle fire stopping in Holybourne
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’d rather say that up front. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. Site teams most often ask us about fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover and unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings, on linear gaps at wall heads, cable penetrations and service gaps in risers. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Holybourne from the first photographs to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
A job near Holybourne is usually planned around one visit, so send the specification and photos first. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: preparation, application and finish. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Location
- Holybourne (GU34)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Penetration seals near Holybourne
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. Holybourne has a number of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal.
In a school such as Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. On a hospital site such as Alton Community Hospital, which lies south-west of Holybourne, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits. Where a unit on an estate such as Kerridge Industrial Estate (1.1 miles south-west of Holybourne), has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail.
Holybourne is about 2 miles north-east of Alton, in Hampshire. Any commercial site in Holybourne is covered, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Across Hampshire, 723 places are covered, including Holybourne. There’s a separate page for Reading, roughly 20 miles from Holybourne.
Postcode districts covered here: GU34. We cover commercial and managed buildings on London Road, Carpenters Close and Inhams Road. Close to Holybourne, our area also takes in Neatham (1 mile south-east), Alton (2 miles south-west), Upper Froyle (2 miles north-east), Wyck (2 miles south-east) and East Worldham (2 miles south). A short drive away, we cover Basingstoke (10 miles north-west), Farnborough (12 miles north-east), Fleet (9 miles north-east), Aldershot (10 miles north-east), Petersfield (11 miles south) and Yateley (13 miles north).
Near you in Holybourne
We work on buildings around White Hart pub, Eggar's School and Treloar School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Alton station, about 1.2 miles south-west. A little further out are Alton Community Hospital (2.4 miles south-west) and Allen Gallery (1.5 miles south-west). Not far away are Holybourne Hill.
What we can’t put right
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Our process
A typical day starts with protection: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work usually takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access, and we clear our waste as we work. For a building around Holybourne, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Send that with the details and we will confirm the plan with the quote.
- 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.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Preparing the site
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Get a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Advice
Cost factors for service penetrations
Quotes vary with the job. It mainly depends on:
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Which sealant the job calls for
- How accessible the joints are
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
Sending details for a quote
A few photographs plus some basic facts will normally do. It helps to include:
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- What the building is and how it’s used
- When you need the work done
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Questions we are asked in Holybourne
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Holybourne?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. We match the product to the wall or floor and the services, and say if something other than sealant is needed.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Holybourne?
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. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and we raise anything unclear before work begins.
What hours do you work?
We are in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, let us know and we will send them with the quote.
How many days will you need on site?
It depends on the scope, but the work typically takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Is colour matching possible?
It depends on the product specified. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so we will confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Redoing a failed joint typically costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
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Building owners, agents and FMs in Holybourne
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.