Fire stopping in Newhills
Fire stopping in Newhills, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Fire stopping for businesses in Newhills
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
From enquiry to sign-off
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. For work around Newhills, we aim for one trip, which is why we ask for photos and a full list first. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and ask about anything unclear.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form. You can also send details through our quote form.
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Fire stopping in Newhills
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. If you’re dealing with hidden openings found during inspections and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls, we can help, whatever the surface. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Newhills first comes to us: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Newhills 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.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant.
- Where
- Newhills (AB21)
- Wider area
- Aberdeen
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Places near Newhills
What else we do in Newhills
Compartments and services around Newhills
Two care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Newhills. 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. Scotland has its own building standards: the non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14) says service penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, using products tested for the way they’re used. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
Campus buildings at universities such as University of Aberdeen - Foresterhill Campus (3.2 miles south-east of Newhills) see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified. Tenant changes at centres like Mastrick Shopping Centre, 2.4 miles to the south-east of Newhills, often mean new services through walls between units. Tenant changes at parks like Aberdeen International Business Park, 1.1 miles north of Newhills, bring new data and services, and openings through fire-resisting walls need the specified seal.
Newhills is about 4 miles north-west of Aberdeen, in Aberdeen. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Newhills can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Aberdeen. Newhills is one of 40 places we cover in Aberdeen for service penetrations.
We cover the AB21 postcode districts for service penetrations. We also cover Kingswells (1 mile south), Countesswells (3 miles south), Westhill (4 miles south-west), Elrick (4 miles south-west) and Bieldside (4 miles south). Bigger towns within reach include Aberdeen (4 miles south-east), Rosemount (4 miles south-east), Berryden (4 miles south-east), Ferryhill (5 miles south-east), New Aberdeen (5 miles south-east) and Tillydrone (4 miles east).
Near you in Newhills
Recent enquiries here include premises near Newhills Parish Church and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Dyce station, about 2 miles north. A little further out are Mar's Castle (4.6 miles south-east) and Gordon Highlanders Museum (3.7 miles south-east). The countryside around Newhills includes Brimmond Hill and Rubislaw Quarry.
Different surfaces, different methods
Drylining partitions
Drylined fire walls are tested in a particular build-up. We check that the product’s detail covers that partition type and board thickness before sealing.
Small ducts
Ducts are only sealed with sealant where the detail allows it. Dampers and ductwork systems themselves are outside our work.
Why act early in Newhills
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme which is why earlier is better. Exposed buildings in Scotland take a lot of weather, and for a smaller place like Newhills, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Newhills
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Fully insured
Take a look at what affects the cost and how we’re accredited.
After the work
After handover, a little attention goes a long way:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and installation follows the programme.
Questions we’re asked in Newhills
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like University of Aberdeen - Foresterhill Campus?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we’ll plan the work around them. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we’ll confirm them alongside the quote.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Woodend 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.
Do you take on small jobs?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Send details for a fixed quote.
Do you work in Newhills?
Yes. Sites across Newhills are covered, with one number for every area we cover.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
How long does a job like this take?
It depends on the scope, but the work 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 have public liability insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
What affects the price in Newhills
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we look at:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- How much existing material needs removing
- The product specified
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
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.
Sending details for a quote
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Access details, including height
- Specification clauses that apply
- Clear photos of the problem areas
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over.