Fire Stopping in Lower Upham
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Lower Upham and nearby, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Fire stopping for businesses in Lower Upham
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Lower Upham
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. Each new cable, pipe or data route cut through a fire-resisting wall leaves an opening behind. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. If you are dealing with damaged fire seals in risers and voids and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, we can help, whatever the surface. Whoever orders the work in Lower Upham, the brief is typically the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Around smaller places like Lower Upham, 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.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, in Lower Upham as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Where
- Lower Upham (SO32)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. While we’re working, the area stays contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. Smaller jobs around Lower Upham can be grouped with others nearby. You will have a fixed quote before work starts.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Getting the site ready
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Getting a fixed quote
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form to discuss it first.
Advice
Aftercare for building managers
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. We suggest:
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there instead of being left for someone else.
Places near Lower Upham
Other services in Lower Upham
Commercial clients in Lower Upham
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Lower Upham can form part of a wider programme across Hampshire.
Signs you need fire stopping in Lower Upham
Openings in fire-resisting walls normally appear when services are added or changed. A new cable pulled by an electrician, a pipe rerouted by a plumber or a data run drilled through a riser can leave the hole behind. Over a few years of fit-outs, a wall can collect a lot of these.
Look out for the following:
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
For a school such as Upham Church of England Aided Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works.
What your quote should include
- Who will actually carry out the work
- How they’ll work around occupants
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- The named product and why it was chosen
Questions about Lower Upham
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Lower Upham?
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. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Is Lower Upham off your patch?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. London and every South East county are within our area. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
How long do sealant joints last?
There isn’t a single answer, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, so we will confirm the curing time on the day.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
Fire stopping in Lower Upham: the local picture
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. Central London is about 62 miles from Lower Upham. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
For a unit at a site such as Deer Park Farm Industrial Estate (1.6 miles south-west of Lower Upham), new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall. On a hospital site such as Moorgreen Hospital, 4.4 miles to the south-west of Lower Upham, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
Lower Upham is about 4 miles east of Eastleigh, in Hampshire. We cover Lower Upham, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Lower Upham is one of 723 places in Hampshire on our list for service penetrations. Sites around Southampton have their own page, about 7 miles away.
Commercial sites across SO32 are covered for service penetrations. For a building on Upham Street, Winchester Road and Portsmouth Road or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. We also cover Wintershill (1 mile south), Upham (1 mile north-east), Durley Street (1 mile south), Ashton (1 mile east) and Fair Oak (2 miles west) for service penetrations. Further afield, our area takes in Winchester (6 miles north-west), Gosport (13 miles south), Havant (14 miles south-east), Eastleigh (4 miles west), Fareham (9 miles south) and Horndean (11 miles south-east).
What’s near Lower Upham
We work on buildings around Wyvern Technology College. Lower Upham’s nearest station is Hedge End station, about 3.4 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Bishop's Waltham Museum (2.2 miles south-east) and Moorgreen Hospital (4.4 miles south-west). Not far away are Bishops Waltham Branch LNR and Twyford Down.
What we can’t put right
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is one of these:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
If in doubt, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work in Lower Upham
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Surface by surface
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. The gap is measured at the widest point against the detail’s limits, and any outside it are raised with you.
Risers and ceiling voids
Risers and ceiling voids hold most of a building’s service penetrations. Access is often tight, so we agree it with you in advance along with any permits your site needs.