Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Kaimes, Edinburgh
Work needed on a service penetration in Kaimes? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Fire stopping for businesses in Kaimes
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Honest limits
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
If you are not sure, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
About our fire stopping in Kaimes
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant following that specification and the maker’s installation guidance on buildings around Kaimes. If you have openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and penetration schedules that need working through, we can help, whatever the surface. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Kaimes tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook says a service penetration ought to match, as a minimum, how long the wall or floor resists fire. For a building in Kaimes, specified fire-rated sealant is installed as the maker’s tested detail describes.
We stand by our work: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant.
- Place
- Kaimes (EH16, EH17)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Penetration seals near Kaimes
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. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail. A number of hotels sit less than 2 miles from Kaimes. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal.
In a school such as Gracemount High School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. For an estates team at a campus like University of Edinburgh - Little France Campus (1.8 miles north-east of Kaimes), summer M&E works are typically followed by a round of penetration sealing.
Kaimes is about 3 miles south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We send applicators to Kaimes for service penetrations. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, including Kaimes.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout EH16 and EH17, for business premises of every kind. Buildings on Tor Lane, Soutra Road and Mansion Lane are within our area for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Howden Hall (1 mile north), Alnwickhill (1 mile north), Southhouse (1 mile east), Gracemount (1 mile north-east) and Mortonhall (1 mile west) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (3 miles north-west), Leith (5 miles north), Bonnington (5 miles north), Greenside (4 miles north), Broughton (4 miles north) and Bellevue (4 miles north).
What’s near Kaimes
Around Kaimes, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Liberton Parish Church and Drum Park. The closest station to Kaimes is Shawfair station, roughly 3.2 miles east. Nearby you will also find Craigmillar Castle (2 miles north-east) and Natural History Collections (1.6 miles north). For a walk, there’s Blackford Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
What sets the cost
The price varies from site to site. Expect it to depend on:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- How much there is to seal
- Phasing around occupants
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits, along with the time of year for external work.
Before you send an enquiry
However big the job, the same details help:
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Any specification or named product
- The site address and postcode
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings to discuss it first.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
On arrival, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before anything is cut or cleaned, and the work typically takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- 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 first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Getting the site ready
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Get a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
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What we are called out for in Kaimes
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. An oversized gap, too shallow a bead, missing backing or two makers’ products combined are the usual culprits.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Ellen's Glen Community Hospital, 0.9 miles north-east of Kaimes, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Before you book anyone
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
Commercial clients in Kaimes
Whether you are a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Questions we are asked in Kaimes
Will you take on work at estates like Eldin Industrial Estate, close to Kaimes?
Yes, sites like Eldin Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Kaimes. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Kaimes?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
Do you take on small jobs?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
How many days will you need on site?
It depends on the scope, but the work normally takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, for external work. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
How long will the new sealant last?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint, which is what makes a joint last.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.