Fire Stopping in New Aberdeen
Sealant work in New Aberdeen for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping for businesses in New Aberdeen
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Keeping the joints sound
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
How we handle fire stopping in New Aberdeen
Fire-rated sealant suits many small service penetrations: copper and steel pipes, cables and some small ducts where the tested detail allows. Larger openings and some plastic pipes call for collars, wraps, batts or boards instead. We use sealant where it is the specified product, and we tell you when a detail calls for something else. We work on cable penetrations, service gaps in risers and pipe penetrations, and the failures we are asked to look at most are hidden openings found during inspections and head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal. Most enquiries from New Aberdeen start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
In Scotland’s cities, university, hospital and office estates see services added year after year, and new cabling and pipework through compartment walls is a common reason fire stopping gets breached. New openings are closed with the specified fire-rated product, following its test evidence.
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
- New Aberdeen (AB11, AB24, AB25)
- Wider area
- Aberdeen
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- 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.
- 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.
What we need from you
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Send your site hours and access windows
Request a quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Related advice
Quoting for work in New Aberdeen
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- Access and working height
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- The total length or number of joints
- Working within restricted access windows
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits, along with the time of year for external work.
Sending details for a quote
For an accurate fixed quote, we need a clear picture of the site. Send us:
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Your programme or deadline
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over to discuss it first.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Redoing a failed joint typically costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong typically costs more in the end than doing them right.
Questions we’re asked in New Aberdeen
Can work in a care setting near New Aberdeen go ahead while residents are there?
Yes. We agree rooms and times with the manager and work a few areas at a time. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
Would you work within a site like City Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Can you quote from photos?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
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.
Is fire stopping in Scotland covered by different guidance?
Building standards in Scotland are separate from England’s, while England relies on Approved Document B. Wherever the site is, our work follows the specification and the tested detail.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
Is New Aberdeen in your area?
Yes. Sites across New Aberdeen are covered, and the same phone number covers every area.
What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work in New Aberdeen
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
What else we do in New Aberdeen
Owners, agents and contractors
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Whether you are a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
Compartments and services around New Aberdeen
New Aberdeen has a good number of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. 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, and products should be tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
Campus buildings at universities such as Robert Gordon University, under half a mile to the west of New Aberdeen, see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified. Shop fits in centres such as Bon Accord Centre, less than half a mile west of New Aberdeen, can bring new services through fire-resisting walls between units, which then need the specified seal. For a hotel such as Hotel Metro, which lies south-west of New Aberdeen, penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade.
New Aberdeen is about 1 mile east of Aberdeen, in Aberdeen. If you are looking for fire stopping in New Aberdeen, we can help, as we do across Aberdeen. 40 places across Aberdeen fall within our area, including New Aberdeen.
Commercial sites across AB11, AB24 and AB25 are covered for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Shoe Lane, Shore Lane and Water Lane, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Main routes into New Aberdeen include the A956, useful when we plan access and materials. If your building is just outside New Aberdeen, we cover Footdee (1 mile east), Torry (1 mile south-east), Balnagask (1 mile south-east), Tullos (2 miles south) and Altens (2 miles south). Bigger towns within reach include Dyce (5 miles north-west), Cults (4 miles south-west), Craigiebuckler (3 miles west), Danestone (3 miles north-west), Mastrick (3 miles west) and Bucksburn (4 miles north-west). Among the larger centres in Aberdeen is New Aberdeen, and its commercial and public buildings are all within our area.
Around New Aberdeen
Recent enquiries here include premises near Library, Union Terrace Gardens and Gilcomstoun Primary School, among other places. You’ll also find The Archibald Simpson pub (under half a mile north-west) and North East of Scotland Music School (0.5 miles south-west). There’s a railway station in New Aberdeen itself: Aberdeen station. Nearby you’ll also find Aberdeen Castle (under half a mile north-east) and Tolbooth Museum (under half a mile west). For a walk, there’s Gallows Hill and Lower Lake.