Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Mead End, Hampshire
Fire stopping for Mead End, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Fire stopping near Mead End
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
When to call us in Mead End
Damage plays a part too. Maintenance work can knock a seal, cut it back for an extra cable or remove it with an old pipe.
Most enquiries start with one or more of the following:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
In a building such as St Andrew, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Questions to ask before you book
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
About our fire stopping in Mead End
Penetration seals are fire tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4 and the results are classified to BS EN 13501-2. That classification, such as EI 60 or EI 120, belongs to the product in its tested arrangement. Reproducing the tested arrangement on site is the part we take care of. If you have head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal and expanding foam used as fire stopping, we can put it right, on pipe penetrations, cable penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows alike. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Mead End? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Smaller places such as Mead End still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Where
- Mead End (SO41)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Why act early in Mead End
Inspections and handover checks often pick up fire stopping. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme, so earlier action pays back. Halls, stores and units around places like Mead End may not be checked every day, which gives a failed joint time to do damage. Resealing early avoids that.
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote.
Why clients in Mead End choose us
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
Keeping the joints sound
Once the work is signed off, these steps help:
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way unless the designer specifies otherwise.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
From enquiry to sign-off
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. With the paperwork done, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. For work around Mead End, we aim to finish in one visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. That way the right products come on the day.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and raise any questions before we price.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- 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
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Flag any permit to work we will need
Get a fixed quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email if you’d rather talk the job through.
Related advice
Where services cross fire walls in Mead End
The area within 2 miles of Mead End holds several hotels. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal. Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail.
On a hospital site such as Lymington New Forest Hospital, which lies east of Mead End, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits. Holiday works at schools like Tiptoe Primary School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return.
Mead End is about 4 miles north-west of Lymington, in Hampshire. We cover commercial sites throughout Mead End. Mead End is one of 723 places in Hampshire on our list for service penetrations. Sites around Southampton have their own page, roughly 14 miles from Mead End.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout SO41. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Marley Mount and Boundway. We also cover Tiptoe (1 mile south), Sway (1 mile east), Bashley (1 mile south-west), Ashley (2 miles south) and Wootton (2 miles west). A short drive away, we cover Totton (11 miles north-east), Lymington (4 miles south-east), Hythe (11 miles north-east), Ringwood (8 miles north-west), Barton on Sea (3 miles south-west) and Dibden Purlieu (11 miles north-east).
What’s near Mead End
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Plough Public House, among other places. The closest station to Mead End is Sway station, about 0.9 miles east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Lymington New Forest Hospital (3.8 miles east) and Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum (2.2 miles south-west). Open spaces near Mead End include Milford on Sea LNR.
Questions about Mead End
Can you seal penetrations in a hotel in Mead End after a refit?
Yes, where fire-rated sealant is the specified product. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Mead End?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Do you take on small jobs?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. Before we disturb old sealant in an older building, we ask to see the asbestos register or survey, and if asbestos is suspected, work stops until it’s tested. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
What will the job cost?
It depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a quote.
Who decides which product is used?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
Different surfaces, different methods
Small ducts
We seal around ducts only within what the tested detail covers. Dampers and ductwork systems themselves are outside our work.
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We follow your schedule area by area and tell you about openings outside the list.
What else we do in Mead End
Commercial clients in Mead End
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Mead End. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.