Fire stopping in New Leeds
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in New Leeds and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping in New Leeds
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
For managing agents and facilities managers
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we are straightforward to vet for your supplier list. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
About our fire stopping in New Leeds
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. Deciding the specification sits with the designer, the fire engineer and building control. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance in New Leeds and nearby. If you’re dealing with fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls, we can put it right, whatever the surface. Searching for sealant specialists in New Leeds? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Travel to smaller places like New Leeds is planned so every penetration is sealed on one trip. Send the specification and photos of the openings, with sizes if you have them.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Where
- New Leeds (AB42)
- Wider area
- Aberdeenshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
What we can’t put right
Honesty saves time and money. New sealant won’t cure:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work in New Leeds
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
After the work
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
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.
Keep a register of where seals are and what they are made of. It tells the next contractor exactly what to reinstate, which saves guesswork.
Fire stopping around New Leeds: what changes locally
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, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
Buildings near New Leeds get the fire-rated product that’s specified, installed to its tested detail. For a building such as Church and Manse, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing.
New Leeds is about 7 miles south of Fraserburgh, in Aberdeenshire. Our applicators travel to New Leeds for work on service penetrations. New Leeds is one of 179 places in Aberdeenshire on our list. Sites around Aberdeen have their own page, about 30 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in AB42 are within our area. If your site is on Mormond View, Manse Street and St Mary Terrace or close by, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. If your building is just outside New Leeds, we cover Fetterangus (2 miles south), Strichen (3 miles west), Crimond (4 miles east), Mintlaw (4 miles south) and Old Deer (4 miles south). Nearby towns on our patch include Peterhead (9 miles south-east), Fraserburgh (7 miles north), Ellon (15 miles south), Roanheads (10 miles south-east), Clerkhill (10 miles south-east) and Port Henry (10 miles south-east).
Around New Leeds
Nearby you’ll also find Aberdeenshire Museums Discovery Centre (3.9 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Strichen Lake and Mormond Hill.
Also near New Leeds
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FAQs: New Leeds
Is New Leeds off your patch?
Not at all. New Leeds is within our area. Every Scottish council area is within our area. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in New Leeds?
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.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
When can you be on site?
Give us your site hours and any access windows in your enquiry, and we will schedule the work to suit. You can reach the office between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
For external joints, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Internal work is rarely affected.
How long does a job like this take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we’re given. We’ll give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.
How a job runs
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, keep walkways clear and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Jobs near New Leeds are often grouped with others in the same area, to make the most of each trip. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned 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.
What we need from you
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Agree which areas must stay open
Getting a fixed quote
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over to discuss it first.
Advice
What the job involves on each surface
Cables and cable bundles
Single cables and small bundles are often within a fire-rated sealant’s tested detail. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables.
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. An oversized hole may be outside the sealant’s range.