Menzieshill fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Menzieshill and nearby, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Need fire stopping in Menzieshill?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Surface by surface
Small ducts
Some fire-rated sealant details cover small ducts. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products and we flag that rather than guess.
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. The gap is measured at the widest point against the detail’s limits.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Menzieshill
Facilities managers in Menzieshill often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it, matching the product and detail it names. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. If you have fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, we can help, whatever the surface. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Menzieshill is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook says a service penetration ought to match, as a minimum, how long the wall or floor resists fire. In Menzieshill, penetrations get the fire-rated sealant the specification asks for, built to its tested arrangement.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work in Dundee. Should something we installed fail, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll come back to it.
- Place
- Menzieshill (DD2)
- Region
- Dundee
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Also near Menzieshill
Also in Menzieshill
When to bring in a specialist
Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Common questions from Menzieshill clients
Do you cover business parks and estates near Menzieshill, such as Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Menzieshill, Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Can work in a care setting near Menzieshill go ahead while residents are there?
Yes. We work around residents’ routines, a room or two at a time. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
Do you certify or sign off fire stopping?
No. Sign-off isn’t ours to give, and we don’t hold a third-party installer certificate. We work to the specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and any records you need can be confirmed with the quote.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
How long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, but the work normally takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. For bigger or phased jobs, we will set out a timescale with the quote.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it.
What happens if it’s left?
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. Getting access arranged for a building in Menzieshill takes time, so it makes sense to renew every failing joint while it’s in place.
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a fixed quote when you’re ready.
Why us?
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- One number for every site we cover
What sealant work can’t fix
Being straight saves everyone time. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
If you are not sure, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
Penetration seals near Menzieshill
Scotland has its own building standards: the non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14) says service penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, and products should be tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail. There are seven care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Menzieshill. In a care home, any new pipe or cable through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Where a unit on an estate such as Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate, 0.7 miles north-west of Menzieshill, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail. Tenant changes at centres like Kingsway West Retail Park, 1.8 miles to the north-east of Menzieshill, often mean new services through walls between units. On a hospital site such as Ninewells Hospital, less than half a mile south of Menzieshill, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
Menzieshill is about 2 miles west of Dundee, in Dundee. If you are looking for fire stopping in Menzieshill, we can help, as we do across Dundee. We work across 28 places in Dundee, large and small.
We cover the DD2 postcode districts. Among the streets we cover are South Road, Gala Avenue and Glamis Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Sites close to Menzieshill are covered too, including Ninewells (1 mile south-west), Charleston (1 mile north), Balgay (1 mile east), Gowrie Park (1 mile west) and Dryburgh (1 mile north-east). Further afield, our area takes in Broughty Ferry (6 miles east), Stobswell (3 miles east), Barnhill (7 miles east), Pitkerro (4 miles east), Whitfield (4 miles east) and Woodside (3 miles east).
Near you in Menzieshill
In Menzieshill, that means premises near Cox Branch Library and Balgay Hill and the streets around them. Menzieshill’s nearest station is Invergowrie station, about 1.1 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Tayside Children's Hospital (less than half a mile south-west) and Dudhope Castle (2 miles east). For a walk, there’s Piperdam Loch and Trottick Mill Ponds.
Looking after the joints
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. Anyone resealing later needs to know which product and detail were used.
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.
On site: what to expect
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we’ll work to them.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Request a quote
For a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form. Our quote form is another easy route.