Langlee fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Langlee and across the Scottish Borders. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Fire stopping near Langlee
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle fire stopping in Langlee
A lot of fire-stopping work comes after M&E installation, a refit or a tenant fit-out. Each new cable, pipe or data route cut through a fire-resisting wall leaves an opening behind. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, cable penetrations and pipe penetrations, and what we’re called in for most is unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Langlee tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Langlee often have services added during refurbishment. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will come back to it.
- Location
- Langlee (TD1, TD6)
- Region
- Scottish Borders
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Quoting for work in Langlee
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Working within restricted access windows
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
What we need to price the job
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- The product your specification calls for
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we will arrange one.
Our process
Inspect, seal, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. 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 a building near Langlee, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We will confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
Get a fixed quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos to discuss it first.
Related advice
Compartments and services around Langlee
The area within 2 miles of Langlee holds several hotels. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail. 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. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
For a site team at a college like Borders College - Galashiels Campus, under half a mile south-west of Langlee, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works. In a retail centre such as Comely Bank Mill Retail Park, 1.7 miles north-west of Langlee, any fire-resisting wall between units that is crossed by new services needs sealing to the tested detail. At a university such as Heriot-Watt University - Scottish Borders Campus (under half a mile south-west of Langlee), labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
Langlee is about 1 mile east of Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. Langlee sits inside our coverage and the rest of the Scottish Borders, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. 91 places across the Scottish Borders fall within our area, including Langlee. There’s a separate page for Edinburgh, roughly 28 miles from Langlee.
If you need fire stopping in TD1 and TD6, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on Tweed Road, Brier Lane and Gorse Lane or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. With the A6091 nearby, Langlee is easy to get to with materials and equipment. Sites close to Langlee are covered too, including Tweedbank (1 mile south-east), Galashiels (1 mile west), Boleside (2 miles south-west), Darnick (2 miles south-east) and Gattonside (2 miles east). Nearby towns on our patch include Hawick (13 miles south), Kelso (14 miles east), Selkirk (5 miles south-west), Jedburgh (13 miles south-east), Wilton (13 miles south) and Innerleithen (11 miles west).
Local landmarks in Langlee
Langlee’s nearest station is Tweedbank station, roughly 0.9 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Castle Holydean (3.7 miles south-east) and Borders General Hospital (1.8 miles south-east). Open spaces near Langlee include Eildon Mid Hill.
Why it’s worth doing now in Langlee
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: smoke, noise and draughts pass through them every day. The specified fire seal closes the gap for all of these and the building feels the difference. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, and for a smaller place like Langlee, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
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 will explain how it’s made up.
Why appoint us
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- CHAS accredited
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
After the work
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
During planned inspections, look at seals in risers, cupboards and voids. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged and get them dealt with.
Keep a register of where seals are and what they are made of. When a new service goes through, everyone knows which product and detail to match, which saves guesswork.
Your questions answered
Would you work within a site like Borders General Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Can you seal penetrations in a hotel in Langlee after a refit?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
There are four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photos and a postcode.
Which sealant will you use?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit.
How many days will you need on site?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.
Are your applicators CSCS-carded?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Nearby places to Langlee
More services for Langlee
For managing agents and facilities managers
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we are straightforward to vet for your supplier list. We’re fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
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.
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. An oversized hole may be outside the sealant’s range and we’ll tell you what the detail says instead.