Lickfold fire stopping
Work needed on a service penetration in Lickfold? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Fire stopping for Lickfold sites
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Do you need fire stopping in Lickfold?
Fire stopping can get squeezed at the end of a programme, or done by whoever is on site. That is when untested combinations creep in, which then have to be put right.
Look out for the following:
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
For a unit at a site such as Hurstfold Industrial Estate, 1.2 miles north-west of Lickfold, new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall.
Comparing quotes
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
Fire stopping in Lickfold
It helps to set out our role at the start. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required; sign-off sits with them too. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant following that specification and the maker’s installation guidance on sites in Lickfold. Most enquiries involve seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal, on cable penetrations, linear gaps at wall heads and service gaps in risers. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Lickfold tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Lickfold often combine new partitions with old walls. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will come back to it.
- Where
- Lickfold (GU28)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Where services cross fire walls in Lickfold
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. Lickfold is about 41 miles from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls.
On a hospital site such as Midhurst Community Hospital, 3.2 miles south-west of Lickfold, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits. For a building such as The Parish Church of St Lawrence, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing.
Lickfold is about 11 miles east of Petersfield, in West Sussex. Anywhere in GU28, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We work across 373 places in West Sussex. Sites around Portsmouth have their own page, roughly 23 miles from Lickfold.
We take on service penetrations across the GU28 postcode area, whatever the building. Nearby places we also cover include Lurgashall (1 mile north-east), Lodsworth (2 miles south), Northchapel (3 miles north-east), Ebernoe (3 miles east) and Ansteadbrook (4 miles north). Nearby towns on our patch include Chichester (13 miles south), Storrington (12 miles south-east), Billingshurst (10 miles east), Portfield (13 miles south), Yapton (15 miles south) and Southwater (15 miles east).
What’s near Lickfold
The nearest railway station is Haslemere station, roughly 4.7 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Lodsworth Castle (3.1 miles south) and Midhurst Museum (3.6 miles south-west). Open spaces near Lickfold include Cooksbridge Meadow and Blackdown.
Honest limits
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
What the job involves on each surface
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. An oversized hole may be outside the sealant’s range.
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.
Leave it or put it right?
Sealing behind the M&E trades area by area beats a sweep at the end. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down, and the right detail can be checked at the time. Converted and older buildings near places like Lickfold tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote once you have the details.
Why clients in Lickfold choose us
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
Places near Lickfold
What else we do in Lickfold
From enquiry to sign-off
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. For work around Lickfold, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- 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.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Preparing the site
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Get a fixed quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we’ll put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Advice
Common questions from Lickfold clients
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Lickfold?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Is Lickfold too small for you to travel to?
Not at all. Lickfold is within our area. We work across Greater London and the South East. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Does the weather affect the 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. Internal work is far less affected.
Are you insured?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
How many days will you need on site?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit normally takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Lickfold
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Lickfold can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first.