Longworth fire stopping
Need fire stopping in Longworth? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
Fire stopping for businesses in Longworth
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Longworth
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Longworth can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Oxfordshire.
About our fire stopping in Longworth
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 have improvised or mixed-product fire seals and hidden openings found during inspections, we can put it right, whatever the surface. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Longworth, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
For a smaller site near Longworth, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, so send the specification and photographs first. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
The 12-month guarantee is for workmanship rather than wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Where
- Longworth (OX13)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
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Questions about Longworth
Can work at a site such as University of Oxford fit around teaching?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we will plan the work around them. Tell us which site documents you need, such as RAMS, our insurance certificate or CSCS details, and they’re confirmed with the quote.
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Longworth?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
What hours do you work?
Give us your site hours and any access windows in your enquiry, and we will schedule the work to suit. Our office runs Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm.
How long will the new sealant last?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, because life depends on how much the joint moves, how exposed it is and how it’s cleaned and used. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. It runs for twelve months and covers how we prepared and sealed the joints, but not damage, misuse or other trades’ work.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
Is colour matching possible?
That depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
How a job runs
When we get to site, 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. For a building around Longworth, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Get a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us.
Advice
Compartments and services around Longworth
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. Longworth is about 59 miles from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
Campus buildings at universities such as University of Oxford (1.5 miles north-west of Longworth) see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified. For a building at a site such as Kingston Business Park, 1.7 miles south-east of Longworth, a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice.
Longworth is about 7 miles west of Abingdon-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire. We send applicators to Longworth for service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. 423 places across Oxfordshire fall within our area, including Longworth. We also cover Oxford, around 10 miles from Longworth.
We take on service penetrations across the OX13 postcode area, whatever the building. Streets here include High Street, Bowbank and Rectory Lane. Close to Longworth, our area also takes in Hinton Waldrist (1 mile west), Kingston Bagpuize (1 mile south-east), Pusey (3 miles south-west), Charney Bassett (3 miles south) and Lyford (3 miles south). A short drive away, we cover Oxford (10 miles north-east), Didcot (10 miles south-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (7 miles east), Witney (7 miles north), Carterton (8 miles north-west) and Wantage (7 miles south).
What’s near Longworth
In Longworth, that means premises near Waggon And Horses Public House. Other landmarks nearby include Hinton Waldrist Castle (0.8 miles west). Not far away are Hitchcopse Pit.
Keeping the joints sound
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail, by someone who knows the system.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned.
Common problems we fix in Longworth
Head-of-wall joints and wall-to-wall junctions are frequent weak points. 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.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
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.
Questions to ask before you book
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Their public liability cover
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
When it isn’t the sealant
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’re upfront when that’s the case. It won’t fix:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
Where we work in Longworth
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
Cost factors for service penetrations
To price the job, we consider:
- How much there is to seal
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Access and working height
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits, along with the time of year for external work.
Sending details for a quote
Good information means a firmer quote. Helpful details to send:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.