Fire stopping in Marshborough
Fire stopping for Marshborough, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
Fire stopping across Marshborough
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Marshborough
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it, matching the product and detail it names. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. Site teams most often ask us about fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover and fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated, on cable penetrations, linear gaps at wall heads and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Marshborough it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
For a smaller site near Marshborough, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, so send the specification and photos first. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Location
- Marshborough (CT13)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What sealant work can’t fix
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. These need a different solution:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
If you are not sure, just ring 01277 525 020 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Cost factors for service penetrations
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Working within restricted access windows
- Any access equipment needed
The price depends on the quantity of joints, how much old material needs removing and how the joints are reached. Call for a quote when you are ready.
What we need to price the job
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Let us know:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Any specification or named product
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Surface by surface
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. Whether sealant alone is acceptable depends entirely on the tested detail, and we will never swap a specified collar for sealant.
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products, and we’ll say if that applies.
Fire stopping around Marshborough: what changes locally
Several hotels sit less than 2 miles from Marshborough. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. Marshborough lies roughly 62 miles out 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.
In a building such as Church of St Mary the Virgin, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. In a hotel such as The Lion Hotel, 1.2 miles north-west of Marshborough, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Marshborough is about 5 miles north-west of Deal, in Kent. Our applicators travel to Marshborough for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Our Kent coverage takes in 931 places. Our London page has more on work in that area, about 62 miles away.
If you need fire stopping in CT13, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Close to Marshborough, our area also takes in Woodnesborough (1 mile south-east), East Street (1 mile north), Statenborough (1 mile south-east), Felderland (2 miles south-east) and Sandwich (2 miles east). Further afield, our area takes in Canterbury (10 miles west), Margate (8 miles north-east), Dover (9 miles south), Folkestone (14 miles south-west), Ramsgate (7 miles north-east) and Broadstairs (8 miles north-east).
Around Marshborough
Recent enquiries here include premises near Ham Fen and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Sandwich station, roughly 1.7 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include White Mill (1.3 miles north-east) and Sandown Castle (4.8 miles south-east). Open spaces near Marshborough include Monk's Wall nature reserve.
Towns and villages near Marshborough
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FAQs: Marshborough
How does the move away from BS 476 affect penetration seals in Marshborough?
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.
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Marshborough?
Yes, where fire-rated sealant is the specified product. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
Is any job too small?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
How long will the new sealant last?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited, we’re a Constructionline member and we use CSCS-carded applicators.
Our process
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. For work around Marshborough, we aim to finish in one visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- 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.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Agree which areas must stay open
Get a fixed quote
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos to discuss it first.
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Common problems we fix in Marshborough
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. Gaps beyond the tested size, shallow sealant, no backing where it was needed, or products from different systems mixed together are what we find most often.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Schools such as Sandwich Technology School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
What your quote should include
- The named product and why it was chosen
- How joint depth will be controlled
- What site paperwork they can supply
- How the existing material will be dealt with
What happens if it’s left?
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme which is why earlier is better. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like Marshborough. Send photographs of each area and we will quote for the lot.
Pricing service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, and any specification that applies. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Why us?
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.