Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in New Milton, Hampshire
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in New Milton. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
Need fire stopping in New Milton?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping around New Milton: points for this area
A 2-mile radius around New Milton takes in a number of hotels. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail. The 2 miles around New Milton include five care or nursing homes. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
For a unit at a site such as Gore Road Industrial Estate (0.5 miles west of New Milton), new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall. Hospital estates such as Lymington New Forest Hospital (5.1 miles east of New Milton) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
New Milton is in Hampshire. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in New Milton use us for work on service penetrations. Our Hampshire coverage takes in 723 places, large and small. Our Southampton page has more on work in that area, about 16 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in BH25 are within our area. Buildings on Station Road, Worthy Road and Whitefield Road are within our area for service penetrations. You will find New Milton on or near the A337 and B3055. We also cover Ashley (1 mile north-east), Barton on Sea (1 mile south), Bashley (1 mile north), Ossemsley (2 miles north) and Hordle (2 miles east) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Totton (13 miles north-east), Lymington (5 miles east), Hythe (13 miles north-east), Ringwood (8 miles north-west), Dibden Purlieu (13 miles north-east) and Marchwood (13 miles north-east).
Landmarks near New Milton
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The George Centre pub and New Milton Junior School. There’s a railway station in New Milton itself: New Milton station. Nearby you will also find Highcliffe Castle (2.7 miles south-west) and Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum (1 mile north-west). Not far away are Milford on Sea LNR.
Fire stopping in New Milton
A lot of fire-stopping work comes after M&E installation, a refit or a tenant fit-out. Each new cable, pipe or data route cut through a fire-resisting wall leaves an opening behind, often unnoticed. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, cable penetrations and linear gaps at wall heads, and what we are called in for most is openings left by services added after handover and old intumescent sealant that has split away. For commercial sealant work in New Milton, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Converted and extended buildings around places like New Milton can mix old and new construction, so the wall or floor a service passes through isn’t always what the drawings assume. The right product depends on the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we’ll tell you if the detail calls for something other than sealant.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Location
- New Milton (BH25)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. The work itself typically takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. For a job in New Milton, the main thing is a clear picture of the work, so send photos of each area. A fixed quote follows.
- 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.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
What we need from you
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Ask for a quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
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Why act early in New Milton
Sealing behind the M&E trades area by area beats a sweep at the end. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down. In a smaller place such as New Milton, getting a contractor back for a second visit takes time, so it’s worth dealing with every failing joint at once.
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Why us?
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Clear, fixed quotes
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.
Maintenance after handover
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail using the same product.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
Surface by surface
Small ducts
We seal around ducts only within what the tested detail covers. Dampers and ductwork systems themselves are outside our work.
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough.
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Doing it in-house
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Signs you need fire stopping in New Milton
Most open service penetrations are left by later work. New cabling, rerouted pipework or a data route drilled through a riser leaves an opening that nobody returns to. Across several fit-outs, the openings add up.
Any of the following is a good reason to get the joints checked over:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Schools such as The Arnewood School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
Comparing quotes
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
Questions about New Milton
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Lymington New Forest Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Will you take on work at estates like Gore Road Industrial Estate, close to New Milton?
Yes. Our area takes in New Milton and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Gore Road Industrial Estate included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Is sealant suitable for all service openings?
No. It depends on the tested detail for that wall or floor and service. Large openings, many plastic pipes and some ducts need collars, wraps, batts or boards, and we’ll tell you when that applies.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
That depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
Is the BS 476 change in 2029 relevant to fire stopping?
It mainly affects England, where Approved Document B is dropping its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029. Classification to BS EN 13501-2 becomes the expected evidence, subject to transitional arrangements. In Scotland, the Technical Handbook sets its own guidance, including clause 2.1.14 on service penetrations.
Does the weather affect the work?
It can, for external work. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.