Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Newbridge, Isle of Wight
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Newbridge. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Fire stopping across Newbridge
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Newbridge
It helps to set out our role at the start. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance on sites in Newbridge. Site teams most often ask us about hidden openings found during inspections and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back, on pipe penetrations, cable penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Most enquiries from Newbridge start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Newbridge often combine new partitions with old walls. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Newbridge (PO41)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Newbridge
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Whitecroft Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Newbridge?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months.
How much does the work cost?
That depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a fixed quote and we will price it properly.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
How long does a job like this take?
That varies with the scale of the job, 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. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we’ll give you a timescale with the quote.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Asbestos is possible in some older mastics, particularly in buildings from before 2000. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and if asbestos is suspected, work stops until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
What we can’t put right
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It won’t put right:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will say what we think.
What we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
What else we do in Newbridge
From enquiry to sign-off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. For a building around Newbridge, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we will build it into the plan.
- 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.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- 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
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
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What happens if it’s left?
Open penetrations multiply: each new service adds to the list. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small and avoids a much larger catch-up later. Halls, stores and units around places like Newbridge may not be checked every day, which gives a failed joint time to do damage. Resealing early avoids that.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
Why us?
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Clear, fixed quotes
After the work
To get the most from the new sealant:
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. A short check at the end of each job saves a long hunt later.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there instead of being left for someone else.
How the job changes by surface
Masonry and concrete
Block walls and concrete floors are common substrates for penetration seals. Dust and loose debris are cleared out of the opening.
Cables and cable bundles
Single cables and small bundles are often within a fire-rated sealant’s tested detail. Bundle size, cable type and the space between cables all matter, so we check before sealing.
Penetration seals near Newbridge
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. 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.
Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Whitecroft Hospital (to the east of Newbridge) all have compartment walls crossed by services. Schools such as Shalfleet Church of England Primary School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards. On a site such as Porchfield Business Park, 2.3 miles north-east of Newbridge, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
Newbridge is about 5 miles west of Newport, in the Isle of Wight. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Newbridge can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of the Isle of Wight. Newbridge is one of 125 places in the Isle of Wight on our list for service penetrations. We also cover Southampton, around 16 miles from Newbridge.
Postcode districts covered here: PO41 for service penetrations. If your site is on Main Road and Clay Lane or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. If your building is just outside Newbridge, we cover Ningwood (1 mile north-west), Calbourne (1 mile south-east), Wellow (1 mile west), Shalcombe (1 mile south-west) and Thorley Street (2 miles west). Nearby towns on our patch include Newport (5 miles east), Ryde (11 miles east), Cowes (7 miles north-east), Sandown (12 miles east), Shanklin (11 miles east) and Ventnor (11 miles south-east). For island and remote sites, travel and materials need planning ahead.
Near you in Newbridge
Around Newbridge, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Sun pub and the streets around them. Other landmarks nearby include Calbourne Water Mill And Rural Museum (0.5 miles south) and Whitecroft Hospital (5.2 miles east). Open spaces near Newbridge include Westover Down.