Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Keiss, Highland
Fire stopping for Keiss, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Need fire stopping in Keiss?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Keiss
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it using the product and detail it sets out. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. If you’re dealing with unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings and unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab, we can help, whatever the surface. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Keiss it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Travel to smaller places like Keiss is planned so every penetration is sealed on one trip. Photos of the gaps, the services and the wall or floor type help us bring the right products.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, wherever the site is. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Place
- Keiss (KW1)
- Region
- Highland
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
When to bring in a specialist
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
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.
Aftercare for building managers
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Share these points with them:
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. It costs little and catches breaches early.
Questions we’re asked in Keiss
Is Keiss off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We cover the whole of Scotland. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Which Scottish guidance covers penetration seals in Keiss?
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. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
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.
How long will the new sealant last?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, because life depends on how much the joint moves, how exposed it is and how it’s cleaned and used. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
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. Internal work is far less affected.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
That depends on the product. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so we will confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Can you send site paperwork?
Requirements differ from site to site, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
What sealant work can’t fix
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. You will hear from us if the cause turns out to be any of the following:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
Compartments and services around Keiss
In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
For buildings in and around Keiss, fire-rated sealant is installed where it is specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail. Halls and meeting rooms at places like Church of Scotland sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Keiss is about 15 miles east of Thurso, in Highland. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Keiss, we can help. 256 places across Highland fall within our area, Keiss among them.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in KW1 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Buildings on High Street, South Street and Robertson Crescent are within our area for service penetrations. We also cover Reiss (4 miles south), Ackergillshore (4 miles south), Hastigrow (5 miles west), Staxigoe (6 miles south-east) and Haster (6 miles south). Remote and island addresses take more planning, from travel and ferries to the weather, so mention the location when you ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Landmarks near Keiss
Nearby you will also find Caithness Broch Centre (2 miles north-east) and Keiss Castle (0.7 miles north-east). Not far away are Loch of Wester.
Different surfaces, different methods
Cables and cable bundles
Cable penetrations are frequently sealed with fire-rated sealant where the detail allows. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables and we work within those limits.
Small ducts
Ducts are only sealed with sealant where the detail allows it. Dampers and ductwork systems themselves are outside our work.
Other services in Keiss
What affects the price in Keiss
Before we quote, we look at:
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
Sending details for a quote
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Let us know:
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, call 01277 525 020 or email us.
Our process
In a busy building, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed, then reopened once the sealant allows before the next one starts. Jobs near Keiss are often grouped with others in the same area, to make the most of each trip. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out so the seal starts clean.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
What we need from you
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Request a quote
For a fixed quote, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us with the site address and an outline of the work. Our quote form is another easy route.