Fire stopping in Marehill
Looking for fire stopping in Marehill? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Fire stopping across Marehill
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Marehill: questions and answers
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Marehill?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
Could you schedule work at a campus like Brinsbury College for the vacation?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we will plan the work around them. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we will confirm them alongside the quote.
How do you choose the sealant?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
How long does a job like this take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we are given. We will give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Each site asks for different documents, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm it when we quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Marehill
It helps to set out our role at the start. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance in Marehill and nearby. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, pipe penetrations and service gaps in risers, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are improvised or mixed-product fire seals and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Marehill from the first photos to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Smaller places such as Marehill still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. 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 with a 12-month guarantee. That covers our preparation and application, and if something we did falls short, we return to it.
- Place
- Marehill (RH20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
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What else we do in Marehill
Building owners, agents and FMs in Marehill
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Marehill can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
Whether you are a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
How a job runs
At the end of each section, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked, ready for your sign-off. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. Smaller jobs around Marehill can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and ask about anything unclear.
- 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.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Getting a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
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Signs you need fire stopping in Marehill
On a busy project, programme pressure can mean fire stopping is rushed or left to whichever trade is closest. That is how unsuitable products and improvised details end up in compartment walls, which then have to be put right.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Older community buildings such as Wiggonholt Church 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 CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- How they’ll work around occupants
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
What the job involves on each surface
Cables and cable bundles
Single cables and small bundles are often within a fire-rated sealant’s tested detail. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables, so we check before sealing.
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Small sizes are sometimes covered by an intumescent sealant detail, but many need a collar or wrap. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
Aftercare for building managers
Regular inspection catches problems early. In particular:
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
Add risers, plant rooms and ceiling voids to routine fire-stopping checks. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged and get them dealt with.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
Fire stopping around Marehill: how the place shapes the job
The area within 2 miles of Marehill holds a number of hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. Marehill is about 41 miles from central London. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
Industrial units on estates such as Station Approach Industrial Estate, 1.5 miles to the west of Marehill, often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal. In a school such as St Mary's Church of England Primary School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified.
Marehill is about 10 miles north of Worthing, in West Sussex. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Marehill can call on us for service penetrations. 373 places across West Sussex fall within our area, including Marehill. We also cover Brighton, around 17 miles from Marehill.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout RH20. Among the streets we cover are West Chiltington Road, Tudor Close and Kings Lane. Close to Marehill, our area also takes in Nutbourne (1 mile north-east), Broomershill (1 mile north-west), Wiggonholt (1 mile south), West Chiltington Common (1 mile south-east) and West Chiltington (1 mile east). Further afield, our area takes in Horsham (10 miles north-east), Worthing (10 miles south), Bognor Regis (14 miles south-west), Chichester (15 miles south-west), Burgess Hill (15 miles east) and Littlehampton (10 miles south).
Near you in Marehill
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Rising Sun Inn, among other places. The closest station to Marehill is Pulborough station, roughly 1.6 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Amberley Castle (4 miles south-west) and The Storrington And District Museum (2.9 miles south-east). Not far away are Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve.
Why deal with it now?
Sealing behind the M&E trades area by area beats a sweep at the end. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down and each detail can be checked as we go. Converted and older buildings near places like Marehill tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Why us?
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- One contact handling all your sites
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- Public liability insurance in place
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.