Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Kemptown, Brighton and Hove
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Kemptown. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Fire stopping near Kemptown
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What we can’t put right
Being straight saves everyone time. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Kemptown
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. Each new cable, pipe or data route cut through a fire-resisting wall leaves an opening behind. Those on your schedule are closed with the specified product. We work on pipe penetrations, linear gaps at wall heads and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and what we’re called in for most is damaged fire seals in risers and voids and service penetrations left open after M&E works. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in Kemptown, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Around Kemptown, penetration and linear seals tend to be one-building jobs. Send the specification, drawings or photographs of the openings and we’ll quote to suit.
Work we carry out in Brighton and Hove comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will come back to it.
- Where
- Kemptown (BN2)
- Wider area
- Brighton and Hove
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Kemptown
Can you work at a site such as Bell Tower Industrial Estate, by Kemptown?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Kemptown, Bell Tower Industrial Estate among them, are all within reach. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Eye Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Do you certify or sign off fire stopping?
No. Sign-off belongs to the designer or building control, not the installer. We’ll confirm the product and detail installed.
Do you hold third-party fire-stopping installer certification?
No, and we’d rather be clear about that. Some clients require third-party installer schemes even though the law doesn’t, so check your contract first. If it doesn’t require one, we can install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
What does an EI 60 rating mean?
The tests are BS EN 1366-3 for penetrations and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints, and classification is to BS EN 13501-2. EI 60 means integrity and insulation for 60 minutes in the tested arrangement; installing to the detail is what carries that across to site.
Do you need to see the site first?
It depends on the job. Simple work can often be priced from photographs, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
Can you tell us what fire stopping our building needs?
No, that isn’t our role. Once you have a specification, we can price and install the sealant elements of it and point out anything needing another product.
Surface by surface
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. The gap is measured at the widest point so we know it sits within the tested range, and any that don’t are flagged.
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 before sealing.
What happens if it’s left?
Leave a penetration open and smoke and fire can cross into the next compartment far earlier than intended. Putting it right is normally a modest job when the openings are accessible. Left until ceilings are closed or a tenant moves in, the same work costs more access and more disruption. For buildings in places like Kemptown, one well-planned visit beats several small ones, so we’d suggest renewing all the joints that are going, not just the worst.
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.
Why clients in Kemptown choose us
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Failed material removed, not covered up
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.
Also near Kemptown
Other services in Kemptown
Fire stopping in Kemptown: the local picture
Seven care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Kemptown. In a care home, any new pipe or cable through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. A good number of hotels sit less than 2 miles from Kemptown. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal.
On estates like Bell Tower Industrial Estate, which lies east of Kemptown, the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal. Tenant changes at centres like Churchill Square, 1.4 miles to the west of Kemptown, often mean new services through walls between units.
Kemptown is about 1 mile south-east of Brighton, in Brighton and Hove. Our applicators travel to Kemptown for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Across Brighton and Hove, 29 places are covered, Kemptown among them.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in BN2 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Abbey Road, Manor Road and Eastern Road and the roads nearby. We also cover Whitehawk (1 mile north-east), Carlton Hill (1 mile north-west), Hanover (1 mile north-west), Brighton (1 mile north-west) and West Hill (2 miles north-west). Bigger towns within reach include Brighton and Hove (3 miles north-west), Hove (3 miles west), Portslade (5 miles north-west), Aldrington (3 miles west), Withdean (3 miles north-west) and Hangleton (4 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Kemptown
In Kemptown, that means premises near St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Queen's Park and Saint George's Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Kemptown is Brighton station, roughly 1.3 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Brighton Motor Museum (less than half a mile south-west) and Churchill Square (1.4 miles west). Open spaces near Kemptown include Newmarket Hill and Whitehawk Hill.
Do you need fire stopping in Kemptown?
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.
Clients typically get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Eye Hospital (to the north-west of Kemptown) all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Before you book anyone
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
How a job runs
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. For a site in Kemptown, we plan so the whole job is done in one go where possible. Clear photos and measurements help us bring the right products.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- 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.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Getting the site ready
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Quotes
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
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General trades versus a specialist
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.