Fire stopping in New Marston
Fire stopping for New Marston, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
Fire stopping for New Marston sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
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. A failed joint lets water into a building whatever its size. Early resealing avoids the damage that follows a leak.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- CHAS accredited
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- CSCS-carded applicators
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations and insurance.
Fire stopping in New Marston
A lot of fire-stopping work comes after M&E installation, a refit or a tenant fit-out. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls, often unnoticed. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and damaged fire seals in risers and voids. Searching for sealant specialists in New Marston? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Buildings in a smaller place such as New Marston that need fire-rated sealing are typically schools, care homes, surgeries, small offices and flats over shops. Specified fire-rated sealant goes around new services there, built to match the manufacturer’s detail.
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.
- Place
- New Marston (OX3, OX1, OX4)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Where services cross fire walls in New Marston
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. The area within 2 miles of New Marston holds a good number of hotels. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are typically fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
On a hospital site such as John Radcliffe Hospital, 0.7 miles to the east of New Marston, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits. For a site team at a college like Oxford Sixth Form College, which lies south-west of New Marston, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
New Marston is about 1 mile north of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Our applicators travel to New Marston for work on service penetrations. Across Oxfordshire, 423 places are covered, including New Marston.
If you need fire stopping in OX3, OX1 and OX4, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Ferry Road, Croft Road and Copse Lane and the roads nearby. Just outside New Marston, we also work in Headington Hill (1 mile south-east), Northway (1 mile north-east), Oxford (1 mile south), St Clement's (1 mile south) and Norham Manor (1 mile west). Nearby towns on our patch include Didcot (11 miles south), Bicester (10 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles south), Witney (11 miles west), Carterton (15 miles west) and Thame (11 miles east).
Near you in New Marston
We work on buildings around English Faculty Library, Cheney School and Headington Hill Park. Other local landmarks include Rye St Antony School (0.5 miles south-east) and White Horse pub (0.8 miles south-east). The closest station to New Marston is Oxford station, about 1.6 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Clarendon Shopping Centre (1.2 miles south-west) and Churchill Hospital (0.7 miles east). Not far away are Headington Hill and CS Lewis Nature Reserve.
Keeping the joints sound
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Not every fire-rated product can be painted, so check the product data first.
Looking at service areas on a regular cycle pays off. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small.
How the job changes by surface
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. We use the product and backing the detail names for that movement.
Masonry and concrete
Block walls and concrete floors are common substrates for penetration seals. Dust and debris are cleared from the opening.
Questions about New Marston
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around New Marston?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
Does your area include sites such as Shotover Trading Estate, near New Marston?
Yes. Our area takes in New Marston and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Shotover Trading Estate included. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Can staff carry on working while you’re here?
In most cases, yes. We phase the work so most of the building stays in use, with each area protected and signed.
When is resealing likely to be due?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, with one point of contact.
How do I request a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
Do you cover New Marston?
Yes. Sites across New Marston are covered, and the same phone number covers every area.
What we’re called out for in New Marston
When a seal departs from its tested detail, the evidence no longer covers it. Gaps beyond the tested size, shallow sealant, no backing where it was needed, or products from different systems mixed together are what we find most often.
Things that typically lead to an enquiry:
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Industrial units on estates such as Shotover Trading Estate, 1.9 miles east of New Marston, often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal.
What to look for in a quote
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- How the existing material will be dealt with
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. For a job in New Marston, the main thing is a clear picture of the work. You’ll then get a fixed price for the work.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- 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 so the seal starts clean.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Before we start on site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Getting a fixed quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
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What we can’t put right
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations