Fire Stopping in Ibthorpe
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Ibthorpe and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
Need fire stopping in Ibthorpe?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Our process
Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. If others near Ibthorpe need work, visits can be combined, which keeps travel down. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and ask about anything unclear.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Getting a fixed quote
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings to discuss it first.
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About our fire stopping in Ibthorpe
Penetration seals are fire tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4, with results classified under BS EN 13501-2. A rating such as EI 60 only holds when the product is installed as it was tested. Reproducing the tested arrangement on site is the part we take care of. If you have unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, we can put it right. Most enquiries from Ibthorpe start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
Rural conversions around Ibthorpe can put new fire-resisting partitions inside older structures. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Where
- Ibthorpe (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Building owners, agents and FMs in Ibthorpe
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Ibthorpe. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Nearby places to Ibthorpe
Other services in Ibthorpe
Common problems we fix in Ibthorpe
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it and has to be removed.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Hospital estates such as Andover War Memorial Hospital, 4.9 miles south of Ibthorpe, are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
Questions we are asked in Ibthorpe
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Ibthorpe?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Can you work on a hospital site such as Andover War Memorial Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, with one point of contact across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
How do you choose the sealant?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. Before we disturb old sealant in an older building, we ask to see the asbestos register or survey, and if asbestos is suspected, work stops until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Are you insured?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, so we’ll confirm the curing time on the day.
Where services cross fire walls in Ibthorpe
Central London is about 61 miles from Ibthorpe. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls. Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. 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.
For a building such as Church of St Peter, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing. For a school such as Hurstbourne Tarrant Church of England Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works.
Ibthorpe is about 5 miles north of Andover, in Hampshire. Looking for fire stopping in Ibthorpe? We can help, as we do across Hampshire. Our Hampshire coverage takes in 723 places. Sites around Reading have their own page, roughly 24 miles from Ibthorpe.
Postcode districts covered here: SP11 for service penetrations. Sites close to Ibthorpe are covered too, including Hurstbourne Tarrant (1 mile south-east), Stoke (2 miles south-east), Upper Enham (2 miles south), Wildhern (2 miles south-west) and Little London (2 miles south). Nearby towns on our patch include Basingstoke (15 miles east), Andover (5 miles south), Tadley (15 miles east), Tidworth (9 miles west), Kempshott (14 miles east) and Ludgershall (7 miles west).
Landmarks near Ibthorpe
Around Ibthorpe, our work takes us to commercial buildings near George And Dragon Public House. A little further out are Andover War Memorial Hospital (4.9 miles south). Open spaces near Ibthorpe include Anton Lakes and Pilot Hill.
Looking after the joints
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. Our advice:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. Anyone resealing later needs to know which product and detail were used.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. Then the seal goes in while the area is open.
Quoting for work in Ibthorpe
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- How much there is to seal
- How accessible the joints are
- The product specified
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
What to include in your enquiry
Good information means a firmer quote. When you get in touch, include:
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Any specification or named product
- Access details, including height
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
What sealant work can’t fix
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
Surfaces we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers