Fire stopping in Laide
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Laide. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Fire stopping near Laide
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Laide
Penetration seals are fire tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4 and the results are classified to BS EN 13501-2. A rating such as EI 60 only holds when the product is installed as it was tested. So our job is to reproduce that arrangement faithfully. If you’re dealing with head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal and improvised or mixed-product fire seals, we can help. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Laide from the first photographs to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Travel to smaller places like Laide is planned so every penetration is sealed on one trip. Send the specification and photos of the openings, with sizes if you have them.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Location
- Laide (IV22)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Maintenance after handover
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Record which product was used where
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
Add risers, plant rooms and ceiling voids to routine fire-stopping checks. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged, and report them promptly.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
Fire stopping around Laide: points for this area
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for that end use. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
Around Laide, we install fire-rated and intumescent sealant to the product’s tested detail wherever it is the specified product. Around Laide, fire-stopping design belongs to the designer and building control; installation to the specification is our part.
Laide is in Highland. Looking for fire stopping in Laide? We can help. We work across 256 places in Highland, from busy centres to rural villages.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in IV22 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Nearby places we also cover include Aultbea (2 miles south-west), Àird (3 miles south-west), Inverasdale (6 miles south-west), Poolewe (7 miles south) and Gairloch (11 miles south-west) for service penetrations. Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so give the site location in your enquiry.
Local landmarks in Laide
Nearby you’ll also find Arctic Convoy Museum (2.3 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Loch an t-Slagain.
Doing it in-house
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Owners, agents and contractors
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Questions we are asked in Laide
Will you design a fire-stopping scheme for our building in Laide?
No. The designer or fire engineer sets the detail and building control accepts it. Our part is installing the specified product to its tested detail, and telling you if the detail calls for something other than sealant.
Is Laide too far out for you?
No. Places such as Laide are covered as much as the big towns. Our area covers all of Scotland, cities, towns and islands alike. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
What do you charge?
Each job is quoted on its own details. For yours, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, with one point of contact.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
It can, for external work. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
When is resealing likely to be due?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Quoting for work in Laide
Before we quote, we look at:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- How much existing material needs removing
- Phasing around occupants
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
Sending details for a quote
We can often quote from photos and a few details. Please tell us:
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
When it isn’t the sealant
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It won’t put right:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
If you’re not sure, just ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
What else we do in Laide
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. For work around Laide, we aim for one trip, so photos, sizes and a full list matter. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and ask about anything unclear.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- 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.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Preparing the site
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Quotes
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over.