Fire Stopping in Inchree
Planning work on a service penetration in Inchree? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Fire stopping for businesses in Inchree
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Inchree
Every service that crosses a compartment wall or floor leaves an opening, and that opening needs sealing to hold back fire and smoke. Our job is fitting fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those service penetrations, and along linear gaps, where it is the specified product. Each seal follows the manufacturer’s tested detail, not a rule of thumb. We work on pipe penetrations, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and cable penetrations, and what we are called in for most is fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls. For commercial sealant work in Inchree, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, whether it’s one building or several.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Inchree often have services added during refurbishment. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. That covers our preparation and application, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Where
- Inchree (PH33)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Compartments and services around Inchree
Scotland has its own building standards: the non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14) says service penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with products tested for that end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail. A 2-mile radius around Inchree takes in several hotels. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail.
For a hotel such as Onich Hotel (1.4 miles south of Inchree), penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade.
Inchree is in Highland. We cover commercial sites throughout Inchree. Our Highland coverage takes in 256 places. There’s a separate page for Glasgow, about 70 miles away.
We take on service penetrations across the PH33 postcode area, whatever the building. Among the streets we cover are Righ Crescent and Corran Gardens. Close to Inchree, our area also takes in Corran (1 mile west), Clo Mhuillin (1 mile west), Kentallen (3 miles south), Ballachulish (5 miles south-east) and Glencoe (5 miles south-east). Further afield, our area takes in Fort William (8 miles north-east), Caol (9 miles north-east), Inverlochy (9 miles north-east) and Kinlochmore (10 miles east). Remote and island addresses take more planning, from travel and ferries to the weather, so give the site location in your enquiry.
What’s near Inchree
Open spaces near Inchree include Lochan na Luireach and Ardsheal Hill.
Towns and villages near Inchree
Other services in Inchree
Doing it in-house
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
There’s also the paperwork. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
From enquiry to sign-off
Before we leave any area, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Inchree is planned so the job is finished in one visit where possible, which is why we ask for photographs and a full list first. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- 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
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Get a fixed quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. If you have questions first, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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Common problems we fix in Inchree
Physical damage is another reason seals stop doing their job. Maintenance work can knock a seal, cut it back for an extra cable or remove it with an old pipe and the opening isn’t always resealed.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
For a unit at a site such as North Ballachulish Industrial Estate, 2.8 miles to the south-east of Inchree, new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall.
Comparing quotes
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- The named product and why it was chosen
Honest limits
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
Inchree: questions and answers
Does your area include sites such as North Ballachulish Industrial Estate, near Inchree?
Yes. We cover Inchree and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as North Ballachulish Industrial Estate. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Inchree?
Yes, to the specification and the product’s tested detail. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
Do you work in Inchree?
Yes. Inchree is in our area. For a quote, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, let us know and we will send them with the quote.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
In many cases, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a visit before quoting.
After the work
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail, by someone who knows the system.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts.
Surface by surface
Drylining partitions
Plasterboard partitions are tested as a specific construction. The sealant detail has to be tested in that wall type, with the stated board layers.
Cables and cable bundles
Single cables and small bundles are often within a fire-rated sealant’s tested detail. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables.