Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in New Town, West Berkshire
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in New Town and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Need fire stopping in New Town?
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 New Town, done properly
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. To price a package, ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. Site teams most often ask us about old intumescent sealant that has split away and hidden openings found during inspections, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, pipe penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Whoever orders the work in New Town, the brief is typically the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Smaller places such as New Town still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Place
- New Town (RG8)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What the job involves on each surface
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products and we flag that rather than guess.
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough.
Also near New Town
What else we do in New Town
Doing it in-house
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class, which is what makes a joint last.
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.
From enquiry to sign-off
Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. For a building around New Town, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we will build it into the plan.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Preparing the site
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Quotes
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Related advice
Owners, agents and contractors
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. Programme, specification and site rules come first.
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.
Fire stopping around New Town: points for this area
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail. There are a number of hotels within about 2 miles of New Town. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
Hospital estates such as Battle Hospital, 5.7 miles to the east of New Town, are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail. Halls and meeting rooms at places like St Stephen's Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
New Town is about 7 miles west of Reading, in West Berkshire. Any commercial site in New Town is covered, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Across West Berkshire, 140 places are covered, including New Town. Sites around Reading have their own page, roughly 7 miles from New Town.
Business premises anywhere in RG8 are within our area. If your site is on Wakemans and Pangbourne Road or close by, we can quote for service penetrations. Sites close to New Town are covered too, including Upper Basildon (1 mile north-west), Stubbles (2 miles west), Burnt Hill (3 miles west), Ashampstead (3 miles west) and Ashampstead Green (3 miles west). A short drive away, we cover Newbury (10 miles south-west), Thatcham (8 miles south-west), Burghfield Common (6 miles south-east), Speenhamland (10 miles south-west), Fords Farm (5 miles south-east) and Little Heath (3 miles south-east).
Landmarks near New Town
We work on buildings around St Andrew's School and The Beehive pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Pangbourne station, roughly 1.6 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Yattendon Castle (3.5 miles west) and Battle Hospital (5.7 miles east). Open spaces near New Town include Hartslock and Hosehill Lake.
Common questions from New Town clients
Is New Town too far out for you?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. London and every South East county are within our area. Send photographs and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Battle Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.
Do you take on small jobs?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Send details for a fixed quote.
What does an EI 60 rating mean?
Penetration seals are tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4. Classification follows BS EN 13501-2, where E is integrity, I is insulation and the number is minutes, as in EI 60. That rating only holds when the product is installed to its tested detail.
How long does a typical visit take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we are given. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
What we can’t put right
Honesty saves time and money. New sealant won’t cure:
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
If you’re not sure, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
What we are called out for in New Town
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.
Clients normally get in touch after noticing something like this:
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
For a school such as Basildon C.E. Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works.
Comparing quotes
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?