Fire Stopping in Lochaline
Work needed on a service penetration in Lochaline? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Fire stopping in Lochaline
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Lochaline, done properly
A lot of fire-stopping work comes after M&E installation, a refit or a tenant fit-out. Each new cable, pipe or data route cut through a fire-resisting wall leaves an opening behind, and they are easy to forget. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. The enquiries we see most involve damaged fire seals in risers and voids and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back, across linear gaps at wall heads, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and service gaps in risers. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Lochaline? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005.
Travel to smaller places like Lochaline is planned so every penetration is sealed on one trip. Send the specification and photographs of the openings, with sizes if you have them.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Place
- Lochaline (PA80)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself normally takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. For work around Lochaline, we aim for one trip, so photos, sizes and a full list matter. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- 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.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Quotes
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. If you have questions first, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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Compartments and services around Lochaline
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 what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Mull and Iona Community Hospital, 4.8 miles south-east of Lochaline, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. Hotels like Lochaline Hotel, less than half a mile south of Lochaline, are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls. Older community buildings such as Kiel Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
Lochaline is about 15 miles north-west of Oban, in Highland. Our applicators travel to Lochaline for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Lochaline is one of 256 places we cover in Highland for service penetrations. We also cover Glasgow, some 75 miles away.
If you need fire stopping in PA80, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on High Street, Miners Court and Torr-na-Faire or nearby, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Craignure (5 miles south-east), Salen (7 miles west), Lochdon (8 miles south-east), Balliveolan (11 miles east) and Achnacroish (11 miles east). Remote and island addresses take more planning, from travel and ferries to the weather, so give the site location in your enquiry.
Landmarks near Lochaline
A little further out are Ardtornish Castle (1.7 miles south-east) and Mull and Iona Community Hospital (4.8 miles south-east). Open spaces near Lochaline include Lochan Lub an Arbhair.
After the work
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Share these points with them:
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Record which product was used where
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
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 instead of being left for someone else.
Surface by surface
Cables and cable bundles
Single cables and small bundles are often within a fire-rated sealant’s tested detail. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables and we work within those limits.
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.
Why it’s worth doing now in Lochaline
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. The fix is to remove it and reinstall to the detail. Renewing every failing joint on one visit is the sensible approach for a place like Lochaline. Photos of each area help us quote the whole job.
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Why clients in Lochaline choose us
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- CSCS-carded applicators
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or how we’re accredited.
Commercial clients in Lochaline
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Lochaline. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Lochaline: questions and answers
Which Scottish guidance covers penetration seals in Lochaline?
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 hospital work, at somewhere like Mull and Iona Community Hospital, something you do?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, with one point of contact.
Do you cover Lochaline?
Yes. We take on work across Lochaline, and the same phone number covers every area.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
Is colour matching possible?
It depends on the product specified. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
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When it isn’t the sealant
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Where we work in Lochaline
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads