Hurst Wickham fire stopping
Sealant work in Hurst Wickham for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Fire stopping across Hurst Wickham
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Hurst Wickham
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. To price a package, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product data. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. We work on service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are penetration schedules that need working through and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Hurst Wickham it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
For a smaller site near Hurst Wickham, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, so send the specification and photographs first. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Place
- Hurst Wickham (BN6)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
After the work
Regular inspection catches problems early. In particular:
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and installation follows the programme.
Common problems we fix in Hurst Wickham
Damage plays a part too. Seals get knocked during maintenance, cut back to add a cable or pulled out when services are swapped, and the repair is often skipped.
Look out for the following:
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as The Dene Hospital, 2.1 miles to the north of Hurst Wickham, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Before you book anyone
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
Questions about Hurst Wickham
Would you work within a site like The Dene Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Is Victoria Business Park, near Hurst Wickham, within your area?
Yes. Our area takes in Hurst Wickham and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Victoria Business Park included. To start, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
What do you charge?
That depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a quote.
What do BS EN 1366-3 and BS EN 13501-2 mean?
BS EN 1366-3 covers penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 covers linear joints. Results are classified under BS EN 13501-2, where E is integrity, I is insulation and the number is minutes, as in EI 60. The rating applies to the product as tested.
Do you have third-party installer accreditation for fire stopping?
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. If your contract requires third-party installer certification, we are not the right fit for that package.
Can you fire stop behind the services contractors?
Yes. Share the penetration schedule and product details and a fixed quote follows. Work can run area by area behind the M&E trades so areas aren’t left open.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months on every job.
Our process
We follow your site rules from the start: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. Once we are cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. Rural sites near Hurst Wickham may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Getting a fixed quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
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Fire-rated sealing for Hurst Wickham buildings
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. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. Central London is about 39 miles from Hurst Wickham. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls.
Offices at parks like Victoria Business Park, 1.4 miles to the north-east of Hurst Wickham, are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail. Halls and meeting rooms at places like Church of St George sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Hurst Wickham is about 2 miles south-west of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. Across the BN6 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Hurst Wickham is one of 373 places we cover in West Sussex. There’s a separate page for Brighton, about 7 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: BN6 for service penetrations. Streets here include College Lane, Hurst Wickham Close and Belmont Lane. Sites close to Hurst Wickham are covered too, including Hurstpierpoint (1 mile west), Hassocks (1 mile south-east), Keymer (1 mile south-east), Clayton (2 miles south-east) and Sayers Common (2 miles north-west). Bigger towns within reach include Crawley (12 miles north), Horsham (11 miles north-west), Worthing (13 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (5 miles north-east), East Grinstead (15 miles north-east) and Shoreham-by-Sea (8 miles south-west).
Near you in Hurst Wickham
In Hurst Wickham, that means premises near Downlands Community School and The Poacher pub. Hurst Wickham’s nearest station is Hassocks station, about 1 mile south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Clayton Castle (1.9 miles south) and The Budding Foundation Museum of Gardening (1 mile south-east). Green spaces nearby include Wolstonbury Hill and Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve.
When something else is needed
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
When to bring in a specialist
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Surface by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance along with any permits your site needs.
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework, and the tested detail may ask for insulation beyond the wall. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.