Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Lyde Green, Hampshire
Commercial sealant work in Lyde Green for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, quoted at a fixed price.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Fire stopping in Lyde Green
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Honest limits
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
About our fire stopping in Lyde Green
Where pipes, cables and other services cross a compartment wall or floor, the opening around them has to be closed so fire and smoke can’t move between compartments. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal. Most enquiries involve openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and improvised or mixed-product fire seals, across cable penetrations, pipe penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Lyde Green it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Rural conversions around Lyde Green can put new fire-resisting partitions inside older structures. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Where
- Lyde Green (RG27)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Cost factors for service penetrations
We price every job individually. The things that drive the figure:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- The total length or number of joints
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Details that help us quote
For an accurate fixed quote, we need a clear picture of the site. Send us:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- When you need the work done
- The postcode of the building
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over with what you know.
Commercial clients in Lyde Green
Whether you are a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
What we’re called out for in Lyde Green
Damage plays a part too. Seals get knocked during maintenance, cut back to add a cable or pulled out when services are swapped and the opening isn’t always resealed.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
For a school such as Whitewater Church of England Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works.
What to look for in a quote
- How they’ll work around occupants
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
Where services cross fire walls in Lyde Green
Lyde Green lies roughly 41 miles out from central London. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal. In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
For a building such as Rotherwick Church, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing. For a hospital such as Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, 5.8 miles west of Lyde Green, penetration sealing is normally phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first.
Lyde Green is about 6 miles north-east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Lyde Green use us for work on service penetrations. Lyde Green is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire for service penetrations. We also cover Reading, around 10 miles from Lyde Green.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout RG27, for business premises of every kind. We also cover Rotherwick (1 mile south-east), Mattingley (2 miles east), Hound Green (2 miles north-east), Heckfield (2 miles north-east) and Hazeley (3 miles north-east). A short drive away, we cover Basingstoke (6 miles south-west), Farnborough (9 miles east), Fleet (7 miles east), Aldershot (11 miles south-east), Alton (11 miles south) and Yateley (7 miles east).
Landmarks near Lyde Green
In Lyde Green, that means premises near Coach And Horses Public House, among other places. Lyde Green’s nearest station is Hook station, about 2.2 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include West Green House Agricultural Museum (2.3 miles east) and Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (5.8 miles west). Open spaces near Lyde Green include The Mill Field and Dogmersfield Lake.
Questions we’re asked in Lyde Green
Is a smaller place like Lyde Green outside your area?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. Our area covers London and the South East counties. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Is a hospital such as Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Can you send site paperwork?
Each site asks for different documents, so tell us what you need and we will confirm it when we quote.
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’ll confirm the curing time on the day.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, and you deal with one contact throughout across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Is BS 476 being phased out?
In England, references to the older BS 476 national classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029. After that, the European classification under BS EN 13501-2 is the route. Your designer will choose products with the right evidence.
Towns and villages near Lyde Green
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Why act early in Lyde Green
Leave a penetration open and smoke and fire can cross into the next compartment far earlier than intended. Putting it right is typically a modest job when the openings are accessible. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. Halls, stores and units around places like Lyde Green may not be checked every day, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Resealing early avoids that.
The price depends on the quantity of joints, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a fixed quote when you are ready.
Why us?
- One contact handling all your sites
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Before we leave any area, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked, ready for your sign-off. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out. Jobs in and around smaller places like Lyde Green are usually planned as a single visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. That way the right products come on the day.
- 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.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Get a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.