Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Longlane, West Berkshire
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Longlane and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Fire stopping for businesses in Longlane
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Longlane
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls, and they are easy to forget. Those on your schedule are closed with the specified product. If you’re dealing with fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated and improvised or mixed-product fire seals, we can help, on cable penetrations, pipe penetrations and service gaps in risers alike. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Longlane is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Around smaller places like Longlane, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and if something we did falls short, we return to it.
- Location
- Longlane (RG18)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions we’re asked in Longlane
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Longlane?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
Does your area include sites such as Red Shute Hill Industrial Estate, near Longlane?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Longlane, Red Shute Hill Industrial Estate among them, are all within reach. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
How soon can the area be used again?
We will confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and sign any area that should be left alone.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it.
Is Longlane in your area?
Yes. We take on work across Longlane, with one number for every area we cover.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
Can the building stay open while you work?
Typically, yes. We phase the work so most of the building stays in use, with each area protected and signed.
How the quote is worked out
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, because every site is different. What we take into account:
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Phasing around occupants
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
We don’t publish prices, since every building and every scope is different. Call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
What to include in your enquiry
There’s no need for a formal survey. These details are enough to start:
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- The site address and postcode
- Any dates the work must fit around
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
How the job changes by surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. BS EN 1366-4 testing sets the joint widths, depths, backing and movement a seal covers and the installation has to fit inside those limits.
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough.
Aftercare for building managers
To get the most from the new sealant:
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. A short check at the end of each job saves a long hunt later.
Keep a register of where seals are and what they are made of. When a new service goes through, everyone knows which product and detail to match, and it helps at inspections.
Do you need fire stopping in Longlane?
Physical damage is another reason seals stop doing their job. Maintenance work can knock a seal, cut it back for an extra cable or remove it with an old pipe.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
At a healthcare site like West Berkshire Community Hospital (2.7 miles south of Longlane), new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal.
Comparing quotes
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- How the existing material will be dealt with
Commercial clients in Longlane
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Longlane can form part of a wider programme across West Berkshire.
From enquiry to sign-off
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. While we are working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. Jobs in and around smaller places like Longlane are typically planned as a single 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.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Preparing the site
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Get a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, phone 01277 525 020 or email us.
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What else we do in Longlane
Compartment walls and floors in Longlane
Longlane is about 51 miles from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal. Longlane has several hotels close by, all within 2 miles. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
On estates like Red Shute Hill Industrial Estate, which lies east of Longlane, the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal. For a building such as Holy Trinity, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing.
Longlane is about 3 miles north of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. Across the RG18 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We work across 140 places in West Berkshire. Sites around Reading have their own page, about 13 miles away.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in RG18 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Buildings on Sandy Close, Long Lane and Curridge Piece are within our area. Just outside Longlane, we also work in Curridge (1 mile west), Hermitage (1 mile north-east), Wellhouse (1 mile east), Oare (1 mile north) and Little Hungerford (1 mile north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Newbury (4 miles south-west), Thatcham (3 miles south), Burghfield Common (10 miles east), Speenhamland (3 miles south-west), Hungerford (10 miles west) and Fords Farm (11 miles east).
Around Longlane
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Bunk Inn, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Newbury Racecourse station, about 3.3 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include West Berkshire Community Hospital (2.7 miles south) and British Balloon Museum & Library Ltd (3.4 miles south-west). Open spaces near Longlane include Snelsmore Common.