Muirhouses fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Muirhouses and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Fire stopping for Muirhouses sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Muirhouses, done properly
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. Most enquiries involve expanding foam used as fire stopping and openings left by services added after handover, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, service gaps in risers and linear gaps at wall heads. Most enquiries from Muirhouses start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Muirhouses often have services added during refurbishment. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. That covers our preparation and application, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Where
- Muirhouses (EH51)
- Region
- Falkirk
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Quoting for work in Muirhouses
Before we quote, we look at:
- How much there is to seal
- Travel to remote or island sites
- The size and state of each joint
- How much existing material needs removing
Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Sending details for a quote
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Specification clauses that apply
- The site address and postcode
- Access details, including height
- When you need the work done
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Muirhouses: questions and answers
Do you cover business parks and estates near Muirhouses, such as Carriden Industrial Estate?
Yes. We cover Muirhouses and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Carriden Industrial Estate. To start, just ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Muirhouses?
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. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Can you send site paperwork?
Let us know which documents the site needs, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm them with the quote.
Can you work while the building is occupied?
Normally, yes. We phase the work so most of the building stays in use, with each area protected and signed.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
Often, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We confirm what’s available for the specified product when we quote.
Who decides which product is used?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. If you need card details for site access, let us know and we’ll send them with the quote.
Also in Muirhouses
Building owners, agents and FMs in Muirhouses
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm them with the quote.
How a job runs
Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. Once we’re cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. For work around Muirhouses, we aim for one trip, so photos, sizes and a full list matter. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Preparing the site
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Getting a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email us.
Advice
Why deal with it now?
Sealing behind the M&E trades area by area beats a sweep at the end. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach and each detail can be checked as we go. Renewing every failing joint on one visit is the sensible approach for a place like Muirhouses. Send photos and we will quote for everything together.
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why appoint us
- One number for every site we cover
- Public liability insurance in place
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Constructionline member
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.
Fire stopping in Muirhouses: the local picture
In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, using products tested for the way they’re used. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Bo'ness Hospital, 1.5 miles west of Muirhouses, all have compartment walls crossed by services. In a hotel such as Richmond Park Hotel, which lies west of Muirhouses, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. For a building such as church and burial ground 20m SW of Carriden House, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing.
Muirhouses is about 1 mile east of Bo'ness, in Falkirk. Our applicators travel to Muirhouses for work on service penetrations. Muirhouses is one of 53 places in Falkirk on our list for service penetrations. Edinburgh is covered too, around 15 miles from Muirhouses.
Commercial sites across EH51 are covered. Buildings on Acre Road, Drum Farm Lane and Gledhill Avenue are within our area. With the A904 nearby, Muirhouses is easy to get to with materials and equipment. We also cover Blackness (2 miles east), Crombie (3 miles north-east), Torryburn (3 miles north), Charlestown (4 miles north-east) and Low Torry (4 miles north) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Falkirk (8 miles west), Grangemouth (6 miles west), Larbert (10 miles west), Stenhousemuir (9 miles west), Denny (13 miles west) and Bonnybridge (12 miles west).
What’s near Muirhouses
The nearest railway station is Linlithgow station, about 2.2 miles south. Nearby you’ll also find Linlithgow Palace (2.2 miles south-west) and Boness Motor Museum (0.8 miles north-west). Not far away are Linlithgow Loch and Cockleroy.
Looking after the joints
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
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.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. It costs little and catches breaches early.
Different surfaces, different methods
Drylining partitions
Plasterboard partitions are tested as a specific construction. We check that the product’s detail covers that partition type and board thickness.
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. Each gap is measured where it is widest against the detail’s limits, and any outside it are raised with you.