Monifieth fire stopping
Sealant work in Monifieth for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, quoted at a fixed price.
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Fire stopping near Monifieth
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping in Monifieth
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, cable penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, and what we’re called in for most is unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Monifieth tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Around smaller places such as Monifieth, compartment walls and floors tend to be in schools, hotels, care homes and community buildings. Those penetrations are closed with the product the specification names, built up as tested.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, wherever the site is. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Monifieth (DD5)
- Wider area
- Angus
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
What sealant work can’t fix
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It won’t put right:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
If you are not sure, just ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Monifieth
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. For a building near Monifieth, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- 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
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Move anything stored against the joints
Ask for a quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Advice
Places near Monifieth
What else we do in Monifieth
Owners, agents and contractors
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
FAQs: Monifieth
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Monifieth?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
Is Monifieth too small for you to travel to?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. Every Scottish council area is within our area. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. If you need card details for site access, tell us and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
Can you send site paperwork?
Each site asks for different documents, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm it when we quote.
How long does a typical visit take?
It depends on the scope, but the work typically takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
How the quote is worked out
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, because every site is different. What we look at:
- How much there is to seal
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a fixed quote when you are ready.
Sending details for a quote
The more we know, the firmer the quote. When you get in touch, include:
- Any specification or named product
- Your programme or deadline
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with what you know.
When to call us in Monifieth
Fire stopping can get squeezed at the end of a programme, or done by whoever is on site. That is how unsuitable products and improvised details end up in compartment walls, which then have to be put right.
Clients normally get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
For a hotel such as Milton House Hotel, under half a mile south-west of Monifieth, penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade.
Comparing quotes
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
Aftercare for building managers
Regular inspection catches problems early. In particular:
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
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.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. Then the seal goes in while the area is open instead of being left for someone else.
Fire stopping in Monifieth: the local picture
There are three care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Monifieth. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified. A 2-mile radius around Monifieth takes in several hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
Industrial units on estates such as West Pitkerro Industrial Estate (to the west of Monifieth) often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal. For a school such as Grange Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works.
Monifieth is about 2 miles east of Broughty Ferry, in Angus. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Monifieth use us for work on service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Angus. Across Angus, 65 places are covered, Monifieth among them. Dundee is covered too, some 6 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: DD5 for service penetrations. If your site is on High Street, Cortachy Circle and Ethiebeaton Terrace or close by, we can quote for service penetrations. Main routes into Monifieth include the A930 and B962, which helps when planning parking and deliveries for the job. Nearby places we also cover include Barnhill (1 mile south-west), Broughty Ferry (2 miles west), Drumsturdy (2 miles north), Newbigging (2 miles north) and Kingennie (2 miles north-west). Further afield, our area takes in Arbroath (10 miles north-east), Forfar (11 miles north), Carnoustie (4 miles east), Kirriemuir (15 miles north-west), Hunter's Town (4 miles east) and Gardynebourg (4 miles east). Monifieth is one of the busier places in Angus, and its commercial and public buildings are all within our area.
Local landmarks in Monifieth
We work on buildings around Monifieth High School, among other places. Monifieth has its own railway station: Monifieth station. Well-known places in the area include Ardestie Castle (1 mile north-east) and Ashludie Hospital (under half a mile north-east).