Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Kingsknowe, Edinburgh
Need fire stopping in Kingsknowe? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping in Kingsknowe
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
How we handle fire stopping in Kingsknowe
A fire-rated sealant is only one part of a tested system: the evidence covers a specific product, wall or floor type, service, gap, depth and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow, and raise it with you if it falls outside. Most enquiries involve unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings and damaged fire seals in risers and voids, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, service gaps in risers and pipe penetrations. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Kingsknowe, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Under Scotland’s building standards, a service penetration should keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor it passes through. In Kingsknowe, penetrations get the fire-rated sealant the specification asks for, built to its tested arrangement.
We stand by our work: 12 months, guaranteed. That covers our preparation and application, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Where
- Kingsknowe (EH14, EH13, EH11)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
For managing agents and facilities managers
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Kingsknowe can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Edinburgh.
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Different surfaces, different methods
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.
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. Each gap is measured where it is widest so we know it sits within the tested range, and any outside it are raised with you.
Questions about Kingsknowe
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Spire Murrayfield Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as Edinburgh Napier University?
Yes. We plan campus work around teaching, exams and residence turnarounds. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so we’ll ask for the register before work on an older building. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photographs and a postcode.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
Can you fire stop behind the services contractors?
Yes. Share the penetration schedule and product details for a fixed quote. We can follow the services contractor floor by floor so areas aren’t left open.
Will you write the fire-stopping specification?
No. The specification comes from your designer, fire engineer or building control. Our role is fitting the specified fire-rated sealant, following the maker’s tested details.
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Our process
Diagnose, treat, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Kingsknowe, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Getting a fixed quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings to discuss it first.
Advice
When to call us in Kingsknowe
On a busy project, programme pressure can mean fire stopping is rushed or left to whichever trade is closest. That is how unsuitable products and improvised details end up in compartment walls and later need putting right.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
For an estates team at a campus like Edinburgh Napier University, 0.7 miles north-east of Kingsknowe, summer M&E works are normally followed by a round of penetration sealing.
What your quote should include
- Their public liability cover
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
Fire-rated sealing for Kingsknowe buildings
The 2 miles around Kingsknowe include nine care or nursing homes. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product. Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
In a school such as Merchiston Castle School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. On estates like Hailes Park Industrial Estate, less than half a mile north-west of Kingsknowe, the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal.
Kingsknowe is about 3 miles south-west of West End, in Edinburgh. We send applicators to Kingsknowe for service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Kingsknowe is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list for service penetrations.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in EH14, EH13 and EH11 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on Lanark Road, Redhall Road and Hailes Avenue or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Longstone (1 mile north), Redhall (1 mile north-east), Parkhead (1 mile north), Clovenstone (1 mile south-west) and Wester Hailes (1 mile west) for service penetrations. Further afield, our area takes in Edinburgh (3 miles north-east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (5 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles north-east), Broughton (4 miles north-east) and Bellevue (4 miles north-east).
Near you in Kingsknowe
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Firrhill High School, Cross Keys Tavern and Saughton Park and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Kingsknowe itself: Kingsknowe station. Other landmarks nearby include Craiglockhart Hydropathic (0.9 miles east) and Merchiston Tower (2.2 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Duddingston Loch and Craiglockhart Hill.
What happens if it’s left?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach, and the right detail can be checked at the time. Scottish city buildings take plenty of rain, so a split or hardened joint lets water into the wall. Renewing them early protects the fabric.
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.
Why appoint us
- One contact handling all your sites
- Public liability insurance in place
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- Failed material removed, not covered up
See our cost guide and our accreditations.
When it isn’t the sealant
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations