Fire stopping in Lathones
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Lathones. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
Fire stopping in Lathones
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 Lathones
We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. We hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate, and we won’t pretend otherwise. What we offer is careful installation of the specified sealant to its tested detail, with a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. We work on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and service gaps in risers, and the failures we are asked to look at most are fire stopping installed outside its tested range and head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in Lathones, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Lathones 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.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. Should something we installed fail, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will come back to it.
- Location
- Lathones (KY9)
- Wider area
- Fife
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What sets the cost
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- How accessible the joints are
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Working within restricted access windows
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
What we need to price the job
A few photos plus some basic facts will normally do. It helps to include:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- When you need the work done
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Where services cross fire walls in Lathones
In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, and products should be tested for their end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
Older community buildings such as Largoward Parish Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as St Andrews Community Hospital, 5.1 miles to the north of Lathones, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Lathones is about 5 miles south of St Andrews, in Fife. Lathones sits inside our coverage, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Our Fife coverage takes in 132 places, from busy centres to rural villages. There’s a separate page for Dundee, roughly 16 miles from Lathones.
Business premises anywhere in KY9 are within our area for service penetrations. Streets here include Hall Park and Blakely Hill Court. Nearby places we also cover include Largoward (1 mile south-west), Colinsburgh (3 miles south), Arncroach (3 miles south-east), Barnyards (3 miles south) and Kilconquhar (4 miles south) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Kirkcaldy (15 miles south-west), Glenrothes (13 miles west), Leven (7 miles south-west), St Andrews (5 miles north), Dysart (14 miles south-west) and Cupar (7 miles north-west).
Around Lathones
Other landmarks nearby include Pittarthie Castle (3 miles east) and St Andrews Community Hospital (5.1 miles north). For a walk, there’s Largo Law and Kilconquhar Loch.
FAQs: Lathones
Can you work on a hospital site such as St Andrews Community Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Lathones?
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook covers it in clause 2.1.14: penetrations keep at least the element’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for their end use. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
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.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, with one point of contact.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Each site asks for different documents, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Does the weather affect the work?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Internal work is rarely affected.
Surface by surface
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, but many need a collar or wrap. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
Small ducts
Some fire-rated sealant details cover small ducts. Larger or fire-rated ductwork usually needs a different solution set by the designer and we flag that rather than guess.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong usually costs more in the end than doing them right.
On site: what to expect
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. We sign and contain the area we are in, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. For a building near Lathones, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Preparing the site
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Ask for a quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Advice
What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work in Lathones
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Leave it or put it right?
An open or wrongly sealed service penetration lets fire and smoke reach the next compartment much sooner than the building was designed for. Putting it right is usually a modest job when the openings are accessible. Left until ceilings are closed or a tenant moves in, the same work costs more access and more disruption. Around smaller places like Lathones, halls, stores and seasonal buildings may not be checked often, so a failed joint has time to cause damage. Early resealing prevents it.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
What you get with us
- Constructionline member
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.