Ickleton fire stopping
Fire stopping for Ickleton, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Fire stopping for businesses in Ickleton
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Questions we’re asked in Ickleton
Is Ickleton too small for you to travel to?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We cover Greater London and the counties of the South East. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Is a hospital such as Saffron Walden Community Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
What do BS EN 1366-3 and BS EN 13501-2 mean?
In short, BS EN 1366-3 and 1366-4 are the fire tests and BS EN 13501-2 is how results are classified. An EI 60 seal kept its integrity and insulation for 60 minutes as tested.
Can weather delay the job?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Inside work is seldom held up.
What do you charge?
It depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a quote.
How soon can the area be used again?
We will confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
Can you fire stop behind the services contractors?
Yes. Send the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product details. We can follow the services contractor floor by floor so areas aren’t left open.
How we handle fire stopping in Ickleton
It helps to set out our role at the start. Deciding the specification sits with the designer, the fire engineer and building control. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance on sites in Ickleton. The enquiries we see most involve seals that don’t match their tested detail and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and pipe penetrations. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Ickleton? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
For a smaller site near Ickleton, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, with the specification and photos sent in advance. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, in Ickleton as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Where
- Ickleton (CB10)
- Region
- Essex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Why deal with it now?
Inspections and handover checks often pick up fire stopping. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme, so earlier action pays back. Around Ickleton, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
Cost follows what’s involved: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why clients in Ickleton choose us
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
Read our cost guide or how we’re accredited.
Signs you need fire stopping in Ickleton
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:
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
On a site such as Abbey Barns Business Park, less than half a mile north-west of Ickleton, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
What to look for in a quote
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
Compartments and services around Ickleton
A 2-mile radius around Ickleton takes in several hotels. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal. Central London is about 41 miles from Ickleton. Business park offices in the commuter belt are refitted as tenants change, and each fit-out adds services through compartment walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
For a school such as Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works. Older community buildings such as Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
Ickleton is about 5 miles north-west of Saffron Walden, in Essex. We cover commercial sites throughout Ickleton, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Across Essex, 644 places are covered, including Ickleton. Sites around London have their own page, about 41 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in CB10 are within our area. For a building on Abbey Street, Southfield and Back Lane or nearby, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. We also cover Hinxton (1 mile north), Great Chesterford (1 mile south-east) and Elmdon (3 miles south-west) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Saffron Walden (5 miles south-east), Stansted Mountfitchet (12 miles south), Elsenham (11 miles south), Church End (15 miles south-east), Thaxted (11 miles south-east) and Newport (6 miles south).
Local landmarks in Ickleton
Recent enquiries here include premises near Red Lion Public House, among other places. The nearest railway station is Great Chesterford station, about 1.1 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include American Air Museum (2.6 miles north-west) and Saffron Walden Community Hospital (4.8 miles south-east).
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Our process
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. The work itself typically 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. If others near Ickleton need work, visits can be combined, which keeps travel down. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- 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.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Getting the site ready
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Quotes
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
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After the work
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Not every fire-rated product can be painted.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
What affects the price in Ickleton
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- The product specified
- Access and working height
- Phasing around occupants
- The size and state of each joint
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Details that help us quote
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with what you know.
What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads