Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Horseport, Hampshire
Planning work on a service penetration in Horseport? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
Need fire stopping in Horseport?
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
The price varies from site to site. Expect it to depend on:
- The size and state of each joint
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Access and working height
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
What we need to price the job
For an accurate fixed quote, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- Any dates the work must fit around
- The product your specification calls for
- The type of building and who uses it
- Where the site is, with the postcode
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Horseport
Facilities managers in Horseport often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it using the product and detail it sets out. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. We work on service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings and improvised or mixed-product fire seals. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Horseport is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Smaller places such as Horseport still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
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.
- Location
- Horseport (SP6)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Common problems we fix in Horseport
Most open service penetrations are left by later work. New cabling, rerouted pipework or a data route drilled through a riser leaves an opening that nobody returns to. Across several fit-outs, the openings add up.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Penetration schedules that need working through
In a school such as Fordingbridge Infant School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
Owners, agents and contractors
Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Whether you’re 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.
When to bring in a specialist
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Horseport: questions and answers
Can you work on a hospital site such as Fordingbridge Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Does your area include sites such as Arch Farm Industrial Estate, near Horseport?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Horseport, Arch Farm Industrial Estate among them, are all within reach. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Will you sign off the seals for us?
No. Sign-off isn’t ours to give, and we don’t hold a third-party installer certificate. We work to the specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and any records you need can be confirmed with the quote.
Does the weather affect the work?
Outside, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Internal work is rarely affected.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, and you deal with one contact throughout.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a visit.
How long does a typical visit take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we are given. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.
Where services cross fire walls in Horseport
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail.
For a unit at a site such as Arch Farm Industrial Estate, which lies north-west of Horseport, new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Fordingbridge Hospital (to the west of Horseport) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Horseport is in Hampshire. Looking for fire stopping in Horseport? We can help, as we do across Hampshire. We work across 723 places in Hampshire, from busy centres to rural villages. Sites around Southampton have their own page, roughly 17 miles from Horseport.
Commercial sites across SP6 are covered for service penetrations. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Bridge Street, Southampton Road and Ringwood Road. If your building is just outside Horseport, we cover Fordingbridge (1 mile north-west), Criddlestyle (1 mile east), Stuckton (1 mile south-east), Lower Burgate (1 mile north) and Tinkers Cross (1 mile north-west). Further afield, our area takes in Totton (12 miles east), Romsey (14 miles east), New Milton (13 miles south-east), Ringwood (6 miles south), Barton on Sea (14 miles south-east) and Marchwood (15 miles east).
Around Horseport
We work on buildings around The Burgate School and Sixth Form and The George Inn and the streets around them. A little further out are Fordingbridge Doll Museum (less than half a mile west) and Godshill Castle Hill (1.6 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Blashford Lakes and Linbrook Lake.
From enquiry to sign-off
Diagnose, treat, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. For work around Horseport, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Request a quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
Advice
When it isn’t the sealant
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work in Horseport
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors