Fire Stopping in Little Venice
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Little Venice, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
Need fire stopping in Little Venice?
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Fire stopping in Little Venice
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover and expanding foam used as fire stopping. Searching for sealant specialists in Little Venice? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005.
Fit-outs and M&E works in London buildings often leave service penetrations open behind ceilings and in risers. If sealant is the specified product we fit it to its tested detail, and if the detail needs something else, you will hear it from us.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Place
- Little Venice (W2, W9, NW8)
- Region
- Greater London
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Building owners, agents and FMs in Little Venice
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
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 and we work within those limits.
Risers and ceiling voids
Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance.
Common problems we fix in Little Venice
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it and has to be removed.
Look out for the following:
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
On a site such as The Quadrant Business Centre, 1.7 miles north-west of Little Venice, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
Questions to ask before you book
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
Places near Little Venice
Other services in Little Venice
What affects the price in Little Venice
Before we quote, we look at:
- How accessible the joints are
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Phasing around occupants
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well, along with the time of year for external work.
What we need to price the job
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. It helps to include:
- When you need the work done
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- The type of building and who uses it
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
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 photographs and a few notes.
When something else is needed
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
If you are not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
Diagnose, treat, sign off
On arrival, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, and the work typically takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. In Little Venice, most buildings stay in use during the work, so we agree zones and timings with the building or facilities manager. Areas are handed back as each section is finished.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Before we start on site
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
Get a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Advice
Penetration seals near Little Venice
Plenty of hotels sit less than 2 miles from Little Venice. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. 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. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
At a healthcare site like St Mary's Hospital, which lies south-east of Little Venice, new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal. For an estates team at a campus like Imperial College London, which lies south-east of Little Venice, summer M&E works are usually followed by a round of penetration sealing.
Little Venice is about 1 mile west of City of Westminster, in Greater London. Any commercial site in Little Venice is covered. 764 places across Greater London fall within our area, Little Venice among them.
Commercial sites across W2, W9 and NW8 are covered. Among the streets we cover are Harrow Road, Alfred Road and Newton Road. Access to Little Venice is via the A5 and A40 among other routes, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. We also cover Westbourne Green (1 mile west), Paddington Green (1 mile east), Paddington (1 mile south-east), Maida Vale (1 mile north-west) and Lisson Grove (1 mile north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include London (4 miles east), St Pancras (3 miles east), Shoreditch (5 miles east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (4 miles east) and Whitechapel (5 miles east).
Local landmarks in Little Venice
In Little Venice, that means premises near International Community School, The Bridge House and Westminster Academy and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include Kensington Gardens (1 mile south) and Royal Society of Medicine Library (1.6 miles east). Little Venice has its own railway station: London Paddington station. Well-known places in the area include Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases (less than half a mile north) and Kensington Arcade (1.5 miles south). For a walk, there’s Greville Place nature reserve and Campden Hill.
Your questions answered
Does your area include sites such as The Quadrant Business Centre, near Little Venice?
Yes. Our area takes in Little Venice and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as The Quadrant Business Centre included. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as Imperial College London?
Yes, holiday working periods are the norm on campus jobs. Tell us which site documents you need, such as RAMS, our insurance certificate or CSCS details, and they’re confirmed with the quote.
What changes on 2 September 2029?
In England, references to the older BS 476 national classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029. The European route, BS EN 13501-2, then applies. Product selection stays with your designer.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a visit before quoting.
How do we ask for a quote?
There are four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photographs and a postcode.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. The 12-month guarantee covers our preparation and application, though not damage or work by other trades.