Fire stopping in Jericho
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Jericho and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Fire stopping in Jericho
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Questions we are asked in Jericho
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Jericho?
Yes, where fire-rated sealant is the specified product. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Does your area include sites such as Littlemead Business Park, near Jericho?
Yes. We cover Jericho and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Littlemead Business Park. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Can the building stay open while you work?
Yes, as long as we plan it. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
There are four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photos and a postcode.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Each site asks for different documents, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
When is resealing likely to be due?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
Fire stopping in Jericho, done properly
Where pipes, cables and other services cross a compartment wall or floor, the opening around them has to be closed so fire and smoke can’t move between compartments. Our job is fitting fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those service penetrations, and along linear gaps, where it is the specified product. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal. We work on cable penetrations, linear gaps at wall heads and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and the failures we are asked to look at most are non-fire-rated filler around services and fire stopping installed outside its tested range. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Jericho tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
In places the size of Jericho, fire-resisting walls and floors are found in schools, care homes, health centres and mixed-use buildings. Specified fire-rated sealant goes around new services there, built to match the manufacturer’s detail.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Location
- Jericho (OX1, OX2)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Places near Jericho
What else we do in Jericho
Compartments and services around Jericho
There are a good number of hotels within about 2 miles of Jericho. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail.
Office fit-outs on sites such as Littlemead Business Park, 0.8 miles to the south-west of Jericho, add cabling and pipework through fire-resisting walls, and fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Warneford Hospital (2.1 miles east of Jericho) all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Jericho is about 2 miles west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Jericho, we can help. Jericho is one of 423 places in Oxfordshire on our list.
Commercial sites across OX1 and OX2 are covered. For a building on Abbey Road, Combe Road and Pusey Lane or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Being close to the A4144, Jericho is easy to get to with materials and equipment. If your building is just outside Jericho, we cover Walton Manor (1 mile north), St John Street area (1 mile south-east), Park Town (1 mile north-east), Norham Manor (1 mile north-east) and Osney (1 mile south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Didcot (10 miles south), Bicester (11 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles south), Witney (10 miles west), Carterton (14 miles west) and Thame (13 miles east).
Around Jericho
We work on buildings around Oxford University Parks, The Rickety Press pub and The Eckersley School of English, among other places. Also close by are Oxford Academy (1.1 miles north) and Somerville College Library (under half a mile east). The closest station to Jericho is Oxford station, roughly 0.5 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Oxford University Press Museum (under half a mile south-east) and Clarendon Shopping Centre (0.7 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds and Harcourt Hill.
Why it’s worth doing now in Jericho
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. Small buildings around Jericho suffer from failed joints as much as large ones. Catching it early means a reseal rather than repairs.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
Why clients in Jericho choose us
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- One contact handling all your sites
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or how we’re accredited.
Different surfaces, different methods
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework, and some details add wrapping or a set length of insulation. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products.
What sealant work can’t fix
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Jericho
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Our process
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. Several jobs near Jericho can be grouped on one trip. Tell us your site hours and we will plan around them.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned so the seal starts clean.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Preparing the site
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Point out any areas we must not close
Ask for a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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Common problems we fix in Jericho
Fire stopping can get squeezed at the end of a programme, or done by whoever is on site. That is how unsuitable products and improvised details end up in compartment walls and later need putting right.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Colleges such as City of Oxford College (to the south of Jericho) add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product.
Comparing quotes
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- What site paperwork they can supply
- How joint depth will be controlled
- How the existing material will be dealt with
Keeping the joints sound
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. In particular:
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
During planned inspections, look at seals in risers, cupboards and voids. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged.
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.