Longcot fire stopping
Work needed on a service penetration in Longcot? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Openings left by services added after handover
Need fire stopping in Longcot?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Longcot
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it, matching the product and detail it names. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and what we are called in for most is unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls. Most enquiries from Longcot start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Around smaller places like Longcot, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: twelve months on the work we carried out. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Place
- Longcot (SN7)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Common questions from Longcot clients
Is Longcot too far out for you?
No. Places such as Longcot are covered as much as the big towns. Our area covers London and the South East counties. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Can you work at a site such as Faringdon Business Park, by Longcot?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Longcot, Faringdon Business Park among them, are all within reach. To start, just ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is any job too small?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. The 12-month guarantee covers our preparation and application, but not damage, misuse or other trades’ work.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
That depends on the product specified. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so we’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Can you send site paperwork?
Each site asks for different documents, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
What do you charge?
Each job is quoted on its own details. To get one, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email us with a description of the work.
Penetration seals near Longcot
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. 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. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. Central London is about 66 miles from Longcot. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
Older community buildings such as Church of St Mary that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Faringdon Day Hospital (to the north of Longcot) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Longcot is in Oxfordshire. Anywhere in SN7, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Across Oxfordshire, 423 places are covered, Longcot among them. Oxford is covered too, some 19 miles away.
We cover the SN7 postcode districts. If your site is on The Green, Church Close and Hughes Crescent or close by, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. Close to Longcot, our area also takes in Fernham (1 mile north-east), Little Coxwell (2 miles north), Great Coxwell (2 miles north), Woolstone (2 miles south-east) and Uffington (2 miles south-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Abingdon-on-Thames (15 miles east), Witney (13 miles north-east), Carterton (10 miles north), Wantage (8 miles east), Grove (8 miles east) and Faringdon (3 miles north).
What’s near Longcot
In Longcot, that means premises near Bricklayers Arms and Faringdon Community College and the streets around them. Well-known places in the area include Faringdon Day Hospital (2.9 miles north) and Uffington Museum (2.1 miles south-east). Open spaces near Longcot include Badbury Hill.
Quoting for work in Longcot
Each job is priced on its own details. The main factors are:
- Any access equipment needed
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Removal of failed or old sealant
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
What to include in your enquiry
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- The type of building and who uses it
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Access details, including height
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
Also near Longcot
Other services in Longcot
Why it’s worth doing now in Longcot
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme. Older rural buildings around Longcot move with the seasons, and rigid or tired sealant can’t keep up. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Why us?
- One contact handling all your sites
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- CSCS-carded applicators
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
From enquiry to sign-off
In a busy building, the work is phased so only one area is out of use at a time. Each section is protected, cleaned back and sealed before the next one starts. For work around Longcot, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. That way the right products come on the day.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Before we start on site
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Move anything stored against the joints
Ask for a quote
For a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
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For managing agents and facilities managers
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
How the job changes by surface
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. If the gap exceeds the tested range, sealant alone won’t do, and the detail may call for board patching or another product.
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically, and note anything we find that isn’t on it.
When to call us in Longcot
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps, and a product not tested for that movement may crack. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
Look out for the following:
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
For a building at a site such as Faringdon Business Park, 1.4 miles north of Longcot, a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice.
What your quote should include
- Proof of insurance
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations