Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Oare, West Berkshire
Planning work on a service penetration in Oare? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Fire stopping near Oare
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Oare
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. We work on cable penetrations, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and pipe penetrations, and what we are called in for most is open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and service penetrations left open after M&E works. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Oare tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
A job near Oare is normally planned around one visit, with the specification and photos sent in advance. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Where
- Oare (RG18)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions about Oare
Is a smaller place like Oare outside your area?
No. Places such as Oare are covered as much as the big towns. We cover Greater London and the counties of the South East. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
Can you seal penetrations in a hotel in Oare after a refit?
Yes, to the specification and the product’s tested detail. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, and you deal with one contact throughout.
Can you fit around our working hours?
Give us your site hours and any access windows in your enquiry, and we’ll plan around them. You can reach the office between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Who decides which product is used?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
What do you charge?
Each job is quoted on its own details. To get one, ring 01277 525 020 or email us.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
What else we do in Oare
Where services cross fire walls in Oare
There are several hotels within about 2 miles of Oare. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are typically fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. Central London is about 51 miles from Oare. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls.
Industrial units on estates such as Red Shute Hill Industrial Estate (to the south of Oare) often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal. In a building such as Church of St Bartholomew, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. Schools such as Hermitage Primary School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
Oare is about 4 miles north of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Oare can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of West Berkshire. We work across 140 places in West Berkshire. For work in that direction, see our Reading page.
We take on service penetrations across the RG18 postcode area. Streets here include Manor Lane and Old Street. We also cover Little Hungerford (1 mile south-east), Hermitage (1 mile south), Wellhouse (1 mile south-east), Longlane (1 mile south) and Curridge (2 miles south-west) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Newbury (5 miles south-west), Thatcham (4 miles south), Burghfield Common (10 miles south-east), Speenhamland (5 miles south-west), Hungerford (11 miles west) and Fords Farm (11 miles east).
Landmarks near Oare
In Oare, that means premises near The White Horse pub, among other places. Oare’s nearest station is Newbury Racecourse station, about 4.7 miles south. Nearby you will also find Hampstead Norris Castle (1.8 miles north-east) and West Berkshire Community Hospital (4 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Snelsmore Common.
Doing it in-house
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class, which is what makes a joint last.
Owners, agents and contractors
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
How the quote is worked out
These are the things that shape the price:
- Working within restricted access windows
- The size and state of each joint
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Removal of failed or old sealant
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
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, the same details help:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- When you need the work done
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and we will put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Honest limits
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
If in doubt, phone 01277 525 020 or email us and we will say what we think before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
Surface by surface
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. If the gap exceeds the tested range, sealant alone won’t do.
Cables and cable bundles
Single cables and small bundles are often within a fire-rated sealant’s tested detail. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables and we work within those limits.
Our process
Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we are cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. Rural sites near Oare may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Send that with the details and we’ll confirm the plan with the quote.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Before we start on site
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Flag any permit to work we will need
Getting a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.