Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Millbank, Greater London
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Millbank and across Greater London. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping for Millbank sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Common problems we fix in Millbank
Most open service penetrations are left by later work. New cabling, rerouted pipework or a data route drilled through a riser leaves an opening that nobody returns to. Across several fit-outs, the openings add up.
Things that typically lead to an enquiry:
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Hotels like St. Ermin's Hotel (to the south-west of Millbank) are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls.
Comparing quotes
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
About our fire stopping in Millbank
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate, and we won’t pretend otherwise. What we offer is careful installation of the specified sealant to its tested detail, with a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. We work on pipe penetrations, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and cable penetrations, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are snag lists that include open service penetrations and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Millbank from the first photos to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Fit-outs and M&E works in London buildings often leave service penetrations open behind ceilings and in risers. Fire-rated sealant goes in where it’s the specified item; where a collar, wrap or batt is called for instead, we flag it.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Millbank (SW1P, W1J, SW1V)
- Region
- Greater London
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
How a job runs
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Planning a London job such as one in Millbank starts with access: booked loading, goods lifts, the building’s permit system and a spot to keep materials. Send the building rules and access times with your enquiry.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals 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.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Quotes
For a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
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Compartments and services around Millbank
There are a good number of hotels within about 2 miles of Millbank. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail. With tenants changing and fit-outs following, London buildings see service routes altered again and again. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, we install it to the tested detail under the building’s permit-to-work arrangements.
Large healthcare estates like Gordon Hospital (to the south of Millbank) change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work. Offices at parks like Handel Business Centre (to the south of Millbank) are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail.
Millbank is about 1 mile south-east of City of Westminster, in Greater London. We send applicators to Millbank for service penetrations. Millbank is one of 764 places we cover in Greater London.
Business premises anywhere in SW1P, W1J and SW1V are within our area for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Eaton Lane, Wilton Road and Castle Lane. With the A4 and A202 nearby, Millbank is straightforward for us to reach. We also cover Westminster (1 mile north), Victoria (1 mile south-west), Pimlico (1 mile south), Vauxhall (1 mile south-east) and Lambeth (1 mile south-east). A short drive away, we cover Kensington (3 miles west), Shoreditch (3 miles north-east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (3 miles north-east), Whitechapel (3 miles north-east) and Hampstead (4 miles north-west).
What’s near Millbank
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Blewcoat School, St Matthew's School and London Library. Also close by are St James's Park (less than half a mile north) and Grafton Arms (under half a mile south). The nearest railway station is London Victoria station, roughly 0.6 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Westminster Hospital (under half a mile east) and Kingly Court (0.9 miles north). Not far away are St. James's Park Lake and Ludgate Hill.
FAQs: Millbank
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Gordon Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Can you work in a London building with booked loading and goods-lift slots?
Yes. Inductions, permits and timed loading are routine for us in London. Send the building rules and access times with your enquiry.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured, including public liability cover.
How do you choose the sealant?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
How much does the work cost?
There isn’t a price list, because every site is different. With photographs or drawings, we can give you a fixed quote.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, for external work. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Internal work is far less affected.
Is any job too small?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
What sealant work can’t fix
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we are upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Where we work in Millbank
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
How the job changes by surface
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. If the gap exceeds the tested range, sealant alone won’t do.
Risers and ceiling voids
Voids hide a lot of unsealed openings. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically and tell you about openings outside the list.
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Looking after the joints
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. Then the seal goes in while the area is open, not months later.
What sets the cost
What shapes the price:
- Working within restricted access windows
- How much existing material needs removing
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Joint width, depth and condition
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What we need to price the job
For an accurate fixed quote, we need to understand the site. Useful things to include:
- The postcode of the building
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- Access details, including height
- The type of building and who uses it
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.