Fire Stopping in Newbie
Planning work on a service penetration in Newbie? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Fire stopping across Newbie
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Your questions answered
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Annan Hospital, something you do?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Newbie?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. We match the product to the wall or floor and the services, and say if something other than sealant is needed.
Do you cover Newbie?
Yes. Sites across Newbie are covered, and the same phone number covers every area.
How long does a job like this take?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
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.
Can you send site paperwork?
Requirements differ from site to site, so tell us what you need and we will confirm it when we quote.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months on every job.
Fire stopping in Newbie, done properly
Where pipes, cables and other services cross a compartment wall or floor, the opening around them has to be closed so fire and smoke can’t move between compartments. Our job is fitting fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those service penetrations, and along linear gaps, where it is the specified product. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal, not a rule of thumb. If you have non-fire-rated filler around services and seals that don’t match their tested detail, we can help, whatever the surface. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Newbie is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Newbie can leave gaps around new services. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Location
- Newbie (DG12)
- Wider area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What else we do in Newbie
When something else is needed
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’re upfront when that’s the case. It won’t fix:
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
When to call us in Newbie
When a seal departs from its tested detail, the evidence no longer covers it. An oversized gap, too shallow a bead, missing backing or two makers’ products combined are what we find most often.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Annan Hospital (to the north-east of Newbie) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Comparing quotes
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
Building owners, agents and FMs in Newbie
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Fire stopping in Newbie: the local picture
Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, and products should be tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail. Newbie has several hotels close by, all within 2 miles. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are normally fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
Older community buildings such as St John's Episcopal Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. For a school such as Annan Academy, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works.
Newbie is about 14 miles south-east of Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Newbie use us for work on service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Dumfries and Galloway. Newbie is one of 139 places we cover in Dumfries and Galloway for service penetrations. Our Edinburgh page has more on work in that area, about 67 miles away.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in DG12 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Buildings on Muirbeck Road, Broom Crescent and Three Trees Road are within our area. Just outside Newbie, we also work in Howes (1 mile north-east), Annan (1 mile north-east), Powfoot (2 miles west), Cummertrees (3 miles west) and Brydekirk (3 miles north). Nearby towns on our patch include Dumfries (14 miles north-west), Lockerbie (10 miles north), Heathhall (14 miles north-west), Gretna (9 miles east), Lochmaben (12 miles north-west) and Troqueer (14 miles north-west).
Near you in Newbie
Newbie’s nearest station is Annan station, about 0.9 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Annan Hospital (1.6 miles north-east) and Annan Castle (1.1 miles north-east). The countryside around Newbie includes Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve.
On site: what to expect
Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. With the paperwork done, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Newbie. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Getting the site ready
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Getting a fixed quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
Related advice
Aftercare for building managers
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. We suggest:
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts.
Quoting for work in Newbie
What shapes the price:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- How much existing material needs removing
- Access and working height
- Joint width, depth and condition
No two sites price the same: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
What we need to price the job
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- When you need the work done
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.