Fire stopping in Mastrick
Looking for fire stopping in Mastrick? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Need fire stopping in Mastrick?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle fire stopping in Mastrick
A lot of fire-stopping work comes after M&E installation, a refit or a tenant fit-out. Each new cable, pipe or data route cut through a fire-resisting wall leaves an opening behind, often unnoticed. Those on your schedule are closed with the specified product. If you have fire sealant pulled out of the opening and hidden openings found during inspections, we can help, whatever the surface. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Mastrick first comes to us: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Tenement blocks and converted stone buildings in Scottish cities often hide old service routes through walls and floors. Before sealing, we confirm the wall or floor and the services passing through, so the product matches the detail, and design questions go to the designer or verifier.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Where
- Mastrick (AB16, AB15)
- Wider area
- Aberdeen
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Quoting for work in Mastrick
Quotes vary with the job. It mainly depends on:
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- The total length or number of joints
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
Details that help us quote
There’s no need for a formal survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Your programme or deadline
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Clear photos of the problem areas
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photos and a description will do.
Questions we are asked in Mastrick
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like University of Aberdeen - Foresterhill Campus?
Yes. We plan campus work around teaching, exams and residence turnarounds. Tell us which site documents you need, such as RAMS, our insurance certificate or CSCS details, and they’re confirmed with the quote.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Woodend Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Do the same rules apply to fire stopping in Scotland?
Building standards in Scotland are separate from England’s. Either way, we install the specified sealant to its tested detail.
How long does a job like this take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit usually takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we’ll give you a timescale with the quote.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes. It runs for twelve months and covers how we prepared and sealed the joints, though not damage or work by other trades.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, and you deal with one contact throughout.
Is any job too small?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
When something else is needed
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It isn’t the answer for:
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. Work on a big city site in Scotland usually involves inductions and permits. Tell us the rules and we’ll work to them.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out so the seal starts clean.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Getting the site ready
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Request a quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Advice
How the job changes by surface
Drylining partitions
Holes in board are often cut larger than needed. An oversized hole may be outside the sealant’s range, and the detail may call for board patching or another product.
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically.
Fire stopping in Mastrick: the local picture
The area within 2 miles of Mastrick holds a good number of hotels. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. The 2 miles around Mastrick include seven care or nursing homes. Care homes rely on fire-resisting walls and floors, and maintenance work that breaks through them leaves openings to seal.
At a university such as University of Aberdeen - Foresterhill Campus, 1.1 miles to the east of Mastrick, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work. For a unit at a site such as Mastrick Shopping Centre, which lies east of Mastrick, any new service through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the tested detail. In a hotel such as Sure Hotel by Best Western Aberdeen, which lies south-east of Mastrick, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Mastrick is about 2 miles west of Aberdeen, in Aberdeen. Any commercial site in Mastrick is covered. 40 places across Aberdeen fall within our area, Mastrick among them.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout AB16 and AB15. For a building on Tay Road, Eday Road and Lewis Road or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Summerhill (1 mile south-east), Northfield (1 mile north), Cummings Park (1 mile north-east), Midstocket (1 mile east) and Cornhill (1 mile east). A short drive away, we cover Ferryhill (3 miles south-east), New Aberdeen (3 miles east), Dyce (3 miles north), Cults (3 miles south), Cove Bay (4 miles south-east) and Kaimhill (3 miles south-east).
Around Mastrick
Recent enquiries here include premises near Hazlehead Park and Hazlehead Academy, among other places. The closest station to Mastrick is Aberdeen station, roughly 2.6 miles east. Nearby you will also find Mar's Castle (2.5 miles east) and Woodend Hospital (0.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Rubislaw Quarry and Gallows Hill.
Owners, agents and contractors
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites. Several sites can go on one quote, which keeps the paperwork simple.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, clear figures and clear communication matter. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Towns and villages near Mastrick
What else we do in Mastrick
Maintenance after handover
Once the work is signed off, these steps help:
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail, by someone who knows the system.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. Small habits like this stop openings building up.