Fire stopping in Micheldever
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Micheldever, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Fire stopping near Micheldever
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
How we handle fire stopping in Micheldever
A fire-rated sealant is only one part of a tested system: the evidence covers a specific product, wall or floor type, service, gap, depth and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow. We work on service gaps in risers, cable penetrations and linear gaps at wall heads, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are old intumescent sealant that has split away and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls. Searching for sealant specialists in Micheldever? We have been sealing commercial buildings since 2005.
For a smaller site near Micheldever, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, so send the specification and photos first. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Place
- Micheldever (SO21)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Why deal with it now?
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product. Around Micheldever, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why clients in Micheldever choose us
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Signs you need fire stopping in Micheldever
Plenty of openings were simply never closed because they sat out of sight above a ceiling or inside a riser. They come to light during inspections, refits or when another trade lifts a tile.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Church of St Mary sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Comparing quotes
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
Cost factors for service penetrations
These are the things that shape the price:
- How accessible the joints are
- Working within restricted access windows
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Location, for remote and island sites
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
Sending details for a quote
Good information means a firmer quote. Helpful details to send:
- The postcode of the building
- The product your specification calls for
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
When to bring in a specialist
Some joints are best left to specialists: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Our process
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. If others near Micheldever need work, visits can be combined, which keeps travel down. You will have a fixed quote before work starts.
- 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.
- 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.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Getting the site ready
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Getting a fixed quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
Related advice
Questions we’re asked in Micheldever
Can you produce the fire-stopping design for a job in Micheldever?
No. The designer or fire engineer sets the detail and building control accepts it. Our part is installing the specified product to its tested detail, and telling you if the detail calls for something other than sealant.
How does the move away from BS 476 affect penetration seals in Micheldever?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes 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.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
Does the weather affect the work?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Internal work is rarely affected.
Can you fit around our working hours?
Mention the site’s hours and access windows in your enquiry, and we’ll plan around them. Our office runs Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm.
Is any job too small?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
After the work
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. In particular:
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
During planned inspections, look at seals in risers, cupboards and voids. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged and get them dealt with.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there instead of being left for someone else.
Nearby places to Micheldever
Also in Micheldever
Fire-rated sealing for Micheldever buildings
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. Micheldever is about 56 miles 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.
For a school such as Micheldever CofE Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works.
Micheldever is about 7 miles north of Winchester, in Hampshire. Our applicators travel to Micheldever for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. We work across 723 places in Hampshire, from busy centres to rural villages. Our Southampton page has more on work in that area.
Commercial sites across SO21 are covered. Buildings on Duke Street, Barron Close and Rook Lane are within our area for service penetrations. Close to Micheldever, our area also takes in Northbrook (1 mile north-west), East Stratton (2 miles east), Stoke Charity (2 miles west), Hunton (2 miles west) and Micheldever Station (2 miles north). Bigger towns within reach include Basingstoke (11 miles north-east), Winchester (7 miles south), Eastleigh (13 miles south), Andover (10 miles north-west), Chandler's Ford (13 miles south-west) and Alton (12 miles east).
What’s near Micheldever
In Micheldever, that means premises near Half Moon and Spread Eagle pub and the streets around them. Micheldever’s nearest station is Micheldever station, about 2.2 miles north.