Fire Stopping in North Middleton
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in North Middleton and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping near North Middleton
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Common questions from North Middleton clients
Would you work within a site like Midlothian Community 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.
Which Scottish guidance covers penetration seals in North Middleton?
Under Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14), service penetrations should keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for their end use. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators, as many construction sites ask for.
Do you work in North Middleton?
Yes. We cover North Middleton, within our coverage of Greater London, South East England and Scotland. To discuss a job, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, and you deal with one contact throughout across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
How do you choose the sealant?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Fire stopping in North Middleton, done properly
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. The enquiries we see most involve improvised or mixed-product fire seals and service penetrations left open after M&E works, across linear gaps at wall heads, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and service gaps in risers. Searching for sealant specialists in North Middleton? We have been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
In smaller Scottish places like North Middleton, buildings with fire-resisting walls typically include schools, care homes, hotels and health centres. Where services pass through, specified fire-rated sealant is installed following the manufacturer’s guidance for that wall or floor.
We stand by our work: 12 months, guaranteed. That covers our preparation and application.
- Place
- North Middleton (EH23)
- Wider area
- Midlothian
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Nearby places to North Middleton
Other services in North Middleton
Where services cross fire walls in North Middleton
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, and products should be tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
Hotels like Borthwick Castle Hotel (0.8 miles north-east of North Middleton) are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls. At a healthcare site like Midlothian Community Hospital, which lies north-west of North Middleton, new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal. Halls and meeting rooms at places like Borthwick Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
North Middleton is about 5 miles south-east of Bonnyrigg, in Midlothian. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in North Middleton can call on us for service penetrations. 34 places across Midlothian fall within our area, North Middleton among them. There’s a separate page for Edinburgh, about 11 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in EH23 are within our area for service penetrations. Streets here include Borthwick Castle Place, Cleuch Road and Borthwick Castle Terrace, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Just outside North Middleton, we also work in Arniston (1 mile north-west), Birkenside (1 mile north-west), Gorebridge (2 miles north-west), Carrington (3 miles west) and Gowkshill (3 miles north-west). Bigger towns within reach include Bonnyrigg (5 miles north-west), Dalkeith (5 miles north), Penicuik (8 miles west), Loanhead (7 miles north-west), Newtongrange (4 miles north-west) and Shawfair (8 miles north).
Around North Middleton
The closest station to North Middleton is Gorebridge station, about 1.6 miles north-west. A little further out are Catcune Castle (1 mile north-west) and Midlothian Community Hospital (4.9 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Edgelaw Reservoir.
Quoting for work in North Middleton
What shapes the price:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Working within restricted access windows
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Any access equipment needed
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What we need to price the job
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- The type of building and who uses it
- The postcode of the building
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Owners, agents and contractors
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We’re fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
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.
When it isn’t the sealant
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work in North Middleton
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
How the job changes by surface
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. Each gap is measured where it is widest so we know it sits within the tested range, and any that don’t are flagged.
Drylining partitions
Plasterboard partitions are tested as a specific construction. The sealant detail has to be tested in that wall type, with the stated board layers.
On site: what to expect
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, keep walkways clear and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. For work around North Middleton, 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.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Preparing the site
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
Get a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.
Advice
Aftercare for building managers
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Check with the data sheet before painting over fire sealant
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail using the same product.
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.