Fire Stopping in Inch
Fire stopping for Inch, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Fire stopping for businesses in Inch
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 Inch
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. To price a package, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the schedule or marked-up drawings. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. Most enquiries involve old intumescent sealant that has split away and unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab, on service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and cable penetrations. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Inch tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Large city estates in Scotland, from universities to hospitals and offices, are re-serviced constantly, and each new run of cable or pipe through a compartment wall needs sealing. New openings are closed with the specified fire-rated product, following its test evidence.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Location
- Inch (EH16, EH17, EH9)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
From enquiry to sign-off
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. City jobs in Inch typically need parking and loading planned. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and raise any questions before we price.
- 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.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Get a fixed quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
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What we can’t put right
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If you’re not sure, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Service penetrations in Inch buildings
The 2 miles around Inch include three care or nursing homes. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified. A 2-mile radius around Inch takes in a good number of hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
For a unit at a centre such as Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, which lies north-west of Inch, penetration seals are worth checking after each shop fit. For a site team at a college like Edinburgh College - Milton Road Campus (2.7 miles north-east of Inch), fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Inch is about 2 miles south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Across the EH16 postcode area, it works the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, large and small.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in EH16, EH17 and EH9 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Buildings on Ross Road, Lady Road and Orrok Lane are within our area. Just outside Inch, we also work in Bridge End (1 mile north), Cameron Toll (1 mile north-west), Liberton (1 mile south-west), Little France (1 mile east) and Prestonfield (1 mile north). Bigger towns within reach include Leith (4 miles north), Bonnington (3 miles north), Greenside (3 miles north-west), Broughton (3 miles north-west), Bellevue (3 miles north-west) and Silvermills (3 miles north-west).
What’s near Inch
In Inch, that means premises near St Margaret's School and Inch Park. The closest station to Inch is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 2.5 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (0.7 miles east) and Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (0.5 miles north-west). Not far away are The New Leaf Co-op and Duddingston Loch.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
What the job involves on each surface
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. The gap is measured at the widest point so we know it sits within the tested range.
Risers and ceiling voids
Voids hide a lot of unsealed openings. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically and tell you about openings outside the list.
Questions we’re asked in Inch
How do Scotland’s building standards affect fire-rated sealant in Inch?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Could you schedule work at a campus like University of Edinburgh - Little France Campus for the vacation?
Yes. Education sites usually want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.
How much does the work cost?
It depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a quote and we will price it properly.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
How long do sealant joints last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
When can the area be used after sealing?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day.
Do you need fire stopping in Inch?
Openings in fire-resisting walls typically appear when services are added or changed. A new cable pulled by an electrician, a pipe rerouted by a plumber or a data run drilled through a riser leaves an opening that nobody returns to. Over a few years of fit-outs, a wall can collect a lot of these.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
On estates like Peffermill Industrial Estate (0.9 miles north-east of Inch), the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal.
Questions to ask before you book
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Their public liability cover
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Cost factors for service penetrations
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- How much existing material needs removing
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Working within restricted access windows
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote when you are ready.
Details that help us quote
There’s no need for a formal survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Any specification or named product
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.