Fire stopping in Leachkin
Fire stopping for Leachkin, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Need fire stopping in Leachkin?
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Fire stopping in Leachkin, done properly
A lot of fire-stopping work comes after M&E installation, a refit or a tenant fit-out. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls, and they are easy to forget. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. Site teams most often ask us about open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back, on service gaps in risers, cable penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Leachkin, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Around smaller places such as Leachkin, compartment walls and floors tend to be in schools, hotels, care homes and community buildings. Those penetrations are closed with the product the specification names, built up as tested.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Location
- Leachkin (IV3)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
When to bring in a specialist
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Leachkin
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, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first.
Looking after the joints
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Record which product was used where
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. A short check at the end of each job saves a long hunt later.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts.
Other services in Leachkin
Do you need fire stopping in Leachkin?
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it and has to be removed.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Hospital estates such as New Craigs Hospital, under half a mile south-east of Leachkin, are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
What to look for in a quote
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Their public liability cover
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- The named product and why it was chosen
Leachkin: questions and answers
Do you cover business parks and estates near Leachkin, such as Telford Retail Park?
Yes, sites like Telford Retail Park are within our area, along with the rest of Leachkin. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
Is Leachkin off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as 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.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
What do you charge?
We don’t publish prices, because every site is different. With photos or drawings, we can give you a fixed quote.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. It runs for twelve months and covers how we prepared and sealed the joints, though not damage or work by other trades.
What does an EI 60 rating mean?
The tests are BS EN 1366-3 for penetrations and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints, and classification is to BS EN 13501-2. EI 60 means integrity and insulation for 60 minutes in the tested arrangement and the installation has to match the test.
Do you take on small jobs?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
Service penetrations in Leachkin buildings
Leachkin has three care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product. 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.
At a university such as University of the Highlands & Islands, 1.6 miles east of Leachkin, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work. At a retail site such as Telford Retail Park, 1.3 miles north-east of Leachkin, walls between units may be fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need the specified seal.
Leachkin is about 2 miles west of Inverness, in Highland. Across the IV3 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Leachkin is one of 256 places we cover in Highland.
We cover the IV3 postcode districts. Sites close to Leachkin are covered too, including Merkinch (1 mile north-east), Ballifeary (1 mile east), Inverness (2 miles east), Lochardil (2 miles south-east) and Longman (2 miles north-east). Bigger towns within reach include Cradlehall (5 miles east), Dingwall (11 miles north-west), Hilton (3 miles east), Alness (15 miles north), Muir of Ord (8 miles north-west) and Fortrose (9 miles north-east). For island and remote sites, travel and materials need planning ahead.
What’s near Leachkin
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Whin Park. The closest station to Leachkin is Inverness station, about 2 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Inverness Castle (1.8 miles east) and Craig Dunain Hospital (0.6 miles south). For a walk, there’s Tomnahurich and Loch Dochfour.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Before we leave any area, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked, ready for your sign-off. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Leachkin. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
What we need from you
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Move anything stored against the joints
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Advice
Different surfaces, different methods
Small ducts
Some fire-rated sealant details cover small ducts. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products, and we’ll say if that applies.
Cables and cable bundles
New data and power cables are the most common breach we see. Openings around new cables are resealed to the detail, and we tell you if the bundle exceeds what sealant covers.