Kyleakin fire stopping
Planning work on a service penetration in Kyleakin? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
Fire stopping for Kyleakin sites
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
How the job changes by surface
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.
Linear joints
Linear joints run along the head of a wall, at a slab edge or between two fire-resisting elements. Their tested detail, under BS EN 1366-4, sets the width, depth, backing and movement allowed, and we work within it.
Fire stopping in Kyleakin
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it, matching the product and detail it names. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. Most enquiries involve unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and old intumescent sealant that has split away, on pipe penetrations, cable penetrations and service gaps in risers. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Kyleakin it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Around smaller places such as Kyleakin, compartment walls and floors tend to be in schools, hotels, care homes and community buildings. Where services pass through, specified fire-rated sealant is installed following the manufacturer’s guidance for that wall or floor.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Where
- Kyleakin (IV41)
- Region
- Highland
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Commercial clients in Kyleakin
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
On site: what to expect
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will 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 work around Kyleakin, we aim for one trip, which is why we ask for photographs and a full list first. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Quotes
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Advice
Questions we’re asked in Kyleakin
Is Kyleakin too far out for you?
Not at all. Kyleakin is within our area. We work across every Scottish council area. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Kyleakin?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we will tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
Will you quote for a small job?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
Who decides which product is used?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to.
Fire-rated sealing for Kyleakin buildings
The area within 2 miles of Kyleakin holds a number of hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. 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, using products tested for the way they’re used. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
In a hotel such as Kings Arms Hotel, under half a mile east of Kyleakin, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Kyleakin (Gaelic: Caol Acain) is in Highland. We send applicators to Kyleakin for service penetrations. Kyleakin is one of 256 places in Highland on our list for service penetrations.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout IV41, whatever the building. Among the streets we cover are Achmore Road, Olaf Road and Kyleside. If your building is just outside Kyleakin, we cover Kyle of Lochalsh (1 mile north-east), Erbusaig (2 miles north), Drumbuie (3 miles north-east), Balmacara (4 miles east) and Reraig (4 miles east). For island and remote sites, travel and materials need planning ahead.
Local landmarks in Kyleakin
For rail, the closest station is Kyle of Lochalsh station, roughly 1 mile north-east. Nearby you will also find Bright Water Visitor Centre (less than half a mile east). Open spaces near Kyleakin include Loch an t-Seachrain.
Common problems we fix in Kyleakin
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps, and a product not tested for that movement may crack. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Around Kyleakin, we install fire-rated and intumescent sealant to the product’s tested detail wherever it is the specified product.
Questions to ask before you book
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
Why deal with it now?
An unsealed opening affects more than fire safety: they also carry noise, draughts and smells between rooms. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first. Buildings that aren’t in daily use, such as halls and seasonal premises, may let water in unnoticed, giving water time to get in. Resealing early avoids that.
A quote for service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, and any specification that applies. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
Take a look at what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.
When something else is needed
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
If you are not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors