Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Kimpton, Hampshire
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Kimpton and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping across Kimpton
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
FAQs: Kimpton
Is Kimpton too far out for you?
Not at all. Kimpton is within our area. We work across Greater London and the South East. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Kimpton, such as Weyhill Business Park?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Kimpton, Weyhill Business Park among them, are all within reach. To start, just phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do you seal openings left by new services?
Yes, where there is a specification for those walls and floors. Openings left by new services are among the most common jobs we see.
What does an EI 60 rating mean?
Penetration seals are tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4. Classification follows BS EN 13501-2. That rating only holds when the product is installed to its tested detail.
Do you have third-party installer accreditation for fire stopping?
No, and we won’t imply otherwise. Third-party schemes aren’t a legal requirement, but many clients and main contractors ask for them, so check your contract first. If it doesn’t require one, we can install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
Can you tell us what fire stopping our building needs?
No. Deciding what is needed sits with the designer, fire engineer and building control. Our role is fitting the specified fire-rated sealant, following the maker’s tested details.
How soon can the area be used again?
That comes down to the sealant and the temperature. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Kimpton
The test standards are BS EN 1366-3 for penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints. That classification, such as EI 60 or EI 120, belongs to the product in its tested arrangement. Reproducing the tested arrangement on site is the part we take care of. If you have improvised or mixed-product fire seals and unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Whoever orders the work in Kimpton, the brief is usually the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Kimpton often combine new partitions with old walls. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will come back to it.
- Place
- Kimpton (SP11)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
When something else is needed
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It won’t put right:
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Other services in Kimpton
Owners, agents and contractors
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
What affects the price in Kimpton
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- How accessible the joints are
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- How much existing material needs removing
- The size and state of each joint
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
What to include in your enquiry
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Tell us:
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Specification clauses that apply
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
How a job runs
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. We sign and contain the area we’re in, keep walkways clear and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. Jobs in and around smaller places like Kimpton are usually planned as a single visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Preparing the site
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the site address and an outline of the work. Our quote form is another easy route.
Related advice
Penetration seals near Kimpton
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. 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. Kimpton lies roughly 68 miles out from central London. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls.
Office fit-outs on sites such as Weyhill Business Park (1.6 miles east of Kimpton) add cabling and pipework through fire-resisting walls, and fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it. At a healthcare site like Andover War Memorial Hospital (4.6 miles east of Kimpton), new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal.
Kimpton is about 5 miles west of Andover, in Hampshire. We send applicators to Kimpton for service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Kimpton is one of 723 places in Hampshire on our list. Sites around Southampton have their own page, roughly 23 miles from Kimpton.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in SP11 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Buildings on Cow Lane, Deacon Road and Down Road are within our area. If your building is just outside Kimpton, we cover Great Shoddesden (1 mile north), Perham Down (2 miles north-west), Ludgershall (2 miles north-west), Tidworth (3 miles west) and Shipton Bellinger (3 miles west). Further afield, our area takes in Andover (5 miles east), Whitchurch (11 miles east), East Anton (6 miles east), Harestock (15 miles south-east), Overton (15 miles east) and Picket Piece (7 miles east).
Around Kimpton
Kimpton’s nearest station is Grateley station, roughly 3.9 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Ludgershall Castle (2.6 miles north-west) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (4.6 miles east). Not far away are Anton Lakes and Quarley Hill.
Signs you need fire stopping in Kimpton
Head-of-wall joints and wall-to-wall junctions are frequent weak points. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps, and a product not tested for that movement may crack. Linear joint details set a width range and movement capability, and the seal has to sit within them.
Look out for the following:
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Church of St Peter and St Paul sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
What to look for in a quote
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- What site paperwork they can supply
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Their approach to joint depth and backing