Longstone fire stopping
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Longstone. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Fire stopping for Longstone sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
General trades versus a specialist
Redoing a failed joint normally costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Certain joints really need a specialist: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Longstone
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, often unnoticed. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, linear gaps at wall heads and cable penetrations, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are damaged fire seals in risers and voids and expanding foam used as fire stopping. Most enquiries from Longstone start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Under Scotland’s building standards, a service penetration should keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor it passes through. For a building in Longstone, specified fire-rated sealant is installed as the maker’s tested detail describes.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant.
- Location
- Longstone (EH14, EH11, EH13)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Honest limits
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
If you are not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
Surface by surface
Drylining partitions
Plasterboard partitions are tested as a specific construction. We check that the product’s detail covers that partition type and board thickness before sealing.
Metal pipes
Copper and steel pipes are a common service penetration for fire-rated sealant. The tested detail sets the pipe size range, gap, depth and whether insulation can stay on and we confirm each before sealing.
Also in Longstone
Compartment walls and floors in Longstone
Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, with products tested for that end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail. The 2 miles around Longstone include 10 care or nursing homes. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product.
At a healthcare site like Spire Murrayfield Hospital (1.4 miles north of Longstone), new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal. At a college such as Edinburgh College - Sighthill Campus, 1.2 miles to the west of Longstone, checking penetration seals after summer M&E works is good practice. In a school such as Merchiston Castle School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified.
Longstone is about 3 miles south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Our applicators travel to Longstone for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Longstone is one of 174 places we cover in Edinburgh for service penetrations.
Postcode districts covered here: EH14, EH11 and EH13. Streets here include Redhall Road, New Mart Road and Dumbryden Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. You will find Longstone on or near the A71. Nearby places we also cover include Parkhead (1 mile north-east), Redhall (1 mile east), Kingsknowe (1 mile south), Saughton (1 mile north-west) and Chesser (1 mile north-east) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (3 miles north-east), Leith (5 miles north-east), Bonnington (5 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles north-east), Broughton (4 miles north-east) and Bellevue (4 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Longstone
Recent enquiries here include premises near Saughton Park, Balgreen Primary School and Firrhill High School, among other places. Longstone has its own railway station: Kingsknowe station. A little further out are Craiglockhart Hydropathic (0.9 miles south-east) and The Gyle Shopping Centre (2.4 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Craiglockhart Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Owners, agents and contractors
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Why act early in Longstone
Inspections and handover checks often pick up fire stopping. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme. Failed sealant in a shared building in Longstone can affect more than one owner, which makes early repair simpler for everyone. Fixing it promptly keeps repairs small.
A quote for service penetrations depends on quantities, condition and access, plus any specification you are working to. Call for a quote.
Why appoint us
- CHAS accredited
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- One contact handling all your sites
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
Read our cost guide and how we’re accredited.
Common questions from Longstone clients
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Longstone?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Can work in a care setting near Longstone go ahead while residents are there?
Yes. We work around residents’ routines, a room or two at a time. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and if asbestos is suspected, work stops until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Will you quote for a small job?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
How much does the work cost?
We don’t publish prices, because every site is different. Send photographs or drawings and we will price it at a fixed figure.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Our process
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. We sign and contain the area we’re in, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. Work on a big city site in Scotland usually involves inductions and permits. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Before we start on site
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
Getting a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.