Fire stopping in Lanark
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Lanark and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping near Lanark
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
From enquiry to sign-off
Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we are cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. For a building near Lanark, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
What we need from you
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Quotes
To get a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the site address and an outline of the work. You can also send details through our quote form.
Advice
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Lanark
Every service that crosses a compartment wall or floor leaves an opening, and that opening needs sealing to hold back fire and smoke. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. Each seal follows the manufacturer’s tested detail rather than guesswork. We work on service gaps in risers, pipe penetrations and cable penetrations, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are service penetrations left open after M&E works and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Lanark tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Lanark can leave gaps around new services. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Place
- Lanark (ML11)
- Wider area
- South Lanarkshire
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Fire stopping in Lanark: the local picture
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, and products should be tested for their end use. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail. There are a number of hotels within about 2 miles of Lanark. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal.
For a school such as Lanark Grammar School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works. For a unit at a site such as Braidfute Retail Park (less than half a mile south-east of Lanark), any new service through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the tested detail. In a hotel such as New Lanark Mill Hotel, which lies south of Lanark, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Lanark is about 9 miles south-east of Wishaw, in South Lanarkshire. We cover commercial sites throughout Lanark, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. Across South Lanarkshire, 134 places are covered, Lanark among them. For work in that direction, see our Glasgow page, about 23 miles away.
If you need fire stopping in ML11, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. If your site is on High Street, Kildare Road and Kildare Place or close by, we can quote for service penetrations. You’ll find Lanark on or near the A72 and A73, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. If your building is just outside Lanark, we cover New Lanark (1 mile south), Kirkfieldbank (1 mile west), Cleghorn (2 miles north-east), Nemphlar (2 miles west) and Cartland (2 miles north-west). A short drive away, we cover Hamilton (13 miles north-west), Blantyre (15 miles north-west), Larkhall (9 miles north-west), Carluke (5 miles north-west), Strathaven (11 miles west) and Bothwell (15 miles north-west). Among the larger centres in South Lanarkshire is Lanark, and its commercial and public buildings are all within our area.
Around Lanark
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Delves Park and Maisies pub and the streets around them. Lanark has its own railway station: Lanark station. A little further out are Royal Burgh of Lanark Museum (less than half a mile west) and Lanark Castle (0.5 miles south-west). The countryside around Lanark includes Lanark Loch and Black Hill.
What sets the cost
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Any access equipment needed
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- The product specified
The price depends on the quantity of joints, what has to come out first and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote when you are ready.
Sending details for a quote
Good information means a firmer quote. When you get in touch, include:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- Any specification or named product
- What the building is and how it’s used
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
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Aftercare for building managers
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. It costs little and catches breaches early.
FAQs: Lanark
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Lockhart Hospital?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Lanark?
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.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so we will ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Is colour matching possible?
That depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
Is Lanark in your area?
Yes. Lanark is in our area. For a quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Can you quote from photographs?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a visit.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. It runs for twelve months and covers how we prepared and sealed the joints, but not damage, misuse or other trades’ work.
Leave it or put it right?
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product, so it makes sense to get it right first time. Buildings that aren’t in daily use, such as halls and seasonal premises, may let water in unnoticed, giving water time to get in. Early resealing prevents it.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Lanark
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
When something else is needed
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’re upfront when that’s the case. It won’t fix:
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work in Lanark
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Owners, agents and contractors
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.