Hound fire stopping
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Hound. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping for Hound sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Hound
Facilities managers in Hound often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it, matching the product and detail it names. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. If you have seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and penetration schedules that need working through, we can help, on pipe penetrations, service gaps in risers and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows alike. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in Hound, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
A job near Hound is usually planned around one visit, so send the specification and photos first. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
The 12-month guarantee is for workmanship rather than wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Place
- Hound (SO31)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Why act early in Hound
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product, and doing it once, properly, is cheaper. For buildings around smaller places like Hound, water damage can go unnoticed for longer, especially where a building isn’t used daily, which gives a failed joint time to do damage. Resealing early avoids that.
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Hound
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Public liability insurance in place
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
Take a look at what affects the cost or how we’re accredited.
When something else is needed
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
If you are not sure, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
Doing it in-house
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class, which is what makes a joint last.
How a job runs
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. While we are working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. For a building around Hound, 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 go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and ask about anything unclear.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
What we need from you
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Request a quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
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Owners, agents and contractors
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
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.
How the quote is worked out
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- Phasing around occupants
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- The total length or number of joints
- Removal of failed or old sealant
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. Call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Details that help us quote
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. It helps to include:
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Access details, including height
- The postcode of the building
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
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.
Where services cross fire walls in Hound
The 2 miles around Hound include four care or nursing homes. Care homes rely on fire-resisting walls and floors, and maintenance work that breaks through them leaves openings to seal. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Residences at universities like Southampton Solent University, 3.6 miles to the north-west of Hound, have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change. Older community buildings such as Church of St Mary that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. Colleges such as Itchen College, 2.5 miles to the north of Hound, add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product.
Hound is about 3 miles east of Hythe, in Hampshire. Anywhere in SO31, it works the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. We work across 723 places in Hampshire, from busy centres to rural villages.
If you need fire stopping in SO31, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are Hound Road, Hound Road Gardens and Hound Close, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Nearby places we also cover include Butlocks Heath (1 mile north), Netley (1 mile north-west), Hamble-le-Rice (1 mile south-east), Old Netley (1 mile north-east) and Bursledon (1 mile north-east). Further afield, our area takes in Winchester (13 miles north), Gosport (9 miles south-east), Havant (15 miles east), Eastleigh (6 miles north), Fareham (6 miles east) and Horndean (14 miles east).
What’s near Hound
Recent enquiries here include premises near Netley Abbey Infant School, Westwood Woodland Park and Prince Consort Public House, among other places. Hound has its own railway station: Netley station. Nearby you’ll also find Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (2.2 miles north-east) and Netley Castle (1 mile west). Open spaces near Hound include Mercury Marshes.
Nearby places to Hound
Other services in Hound
FAQs: Hound
Is Hound too far out for you?
Not at all. Hound is within our area. Our area covers London and the South East counties. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Will you work in a care home in Hound without moving residents out?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
How do I request a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over. Include photographs or drawings if you have them.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured, including public liability cover.
Do you hold third-party fire-stopping installer certification?
No. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. Our credentials are CHAS accreditation, Constructionline membership and CSCS-carded applicators, and we are fully insured. Where a client or main contractor requires a scheme member, we will say so straight away rather than waste your time.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.