Little Somborne fire stopping
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Little Somborne and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
Fire stopping across Little Somborne
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. 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 a building around Little Somborne, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Preparing the site
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Getting a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, call 01277 525 020 or email us.
Advice
About our fire stopping in Little Somborne
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. To price a package, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with the schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. If you have damaged fire seals in risers and voids and openings left by services added after handover, we can put it right, whatever the surface. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Little Somborne from the first photos to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
A job near Little Somborne is usually planned around one visit, with the specification and photographs sent in advance. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Place
- Little Somborne (SO20)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
When to bring in a specialist
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Places near Little Somborne
What else we do in Little Somborne
Quoting for work in Little Somborne
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It takes account of:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- How much existing material needs removing
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Phasing around occupants
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, the same details help:
- When you need the work done
- Access details, including height
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
FAQs: Little Somborne
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Royal Hampshire County Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like Sparsholt College Rifle Range?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we’ll plan the work around them. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Requirements differ from site to site, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm it when we quote.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Internal work is far less affected.
What do BS EN 1366-3 and BS EN 13501-2 mean?
Penetration seals are tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4. Classification follows BS EN 13501-2 as E for integrity and I for insulation, with a time such as EI 60 or EI 120. The rating applies to the product as tested.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
It depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
Where services cross fire walls in Little Somborne
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. At about 65 miles from central London, Little Somborne is within reach of the capital. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls.
For a building such as All Saints Church, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Royal Hampshire County Hospital (5.6 miles east of Little Somborne) all have compartment walls crossed by services. Offices at parks like Balldown Business Centre (2.9 miles east of Little Somborne) are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail.
Little Somborne is about 6 miles west of Winchester, in Hampshire. Looking for fire stopping in Little Somborne? We can help. 723 places across Hampshire fall within our area, Little Somborne among them. There’s a separate page for Southampton, roughly 12 miles from Little Somborne.
Commercial sites across SO20 are covered. If your site is on Chalk Hill and Somborne Park Road or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Up Somborne (1 mile east), Ashley (1 mile south), King's Somborne (2 miles south-west), Lower Slackstead (5 miles south) and Braishfield (5 miles south). Further afield, our area takes in Winchester (6 miles east), Eastleigh (10 miles south-east), Andover (8 miles north), Totton (12 miles south), Chandler's Ford (8 miles south) and Hedge End (14 miles south-east).
Near you in Little Somborne
A little further out are Royal Hampshire County Hospital (5.6 miles east).
Honest limits
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
If you are not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Looking after the joints
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail using the same product.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. Then the seal goes in while the area is open.
Surface by surface
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 any bundle too large for sealant alone is flagged.
Linear joints
Linear joints run along the head of a wall, at a slab edge or between two fire-resisting elements. Their tested detail, under BS EN 1366-4, sets the width, depth, backing and movement allowed.