Fire stopping in Ockley
Sealant work in Ockley for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, quoted at a fixed price.
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
Fire stopping for businesses in Ockley
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Surface by surface
Metal pipes
Sealant details often cover copper and steel pipework. Pipe diameter, annular gap, sealant depth and any pipe insulation all have to match the detail.
Cables and cable bundles
Cable penetrations are frequently sealed with fire-rated sealant where the detail allows. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables, so we check before sealing.
Fire stopping in Ockley, done properly
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls, and they are easy to forget. Those on your schedule are closed with the specified product. If you have non-fire-rated filler around services and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, we can help, whatever the surface. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Ockley, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
For a smaller site near Ockley, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, so send the specification and photos first. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. If an installation problem shows up, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will arrange a return visit.
- Place
- Ockley (RH5)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions about Ockley
Is Ockley off your patch?
Not at all. Ockley is within our area. London and every South East county are within our area. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Ockley?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
How do I request a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photos and a postcode.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
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 much does the work cost?
It depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a quote.
When something else is needed
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
Not sure which it is? You can phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
Should maintenance staff do it?
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Before we leave any area, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. Smaller jobs around Ockley can be grouped with others nearby. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Request a quote
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings to discuss it first.
Advice
What happens if it’s left?
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Late discoveries can delay handover while openings are reopened and resealed which is why earlier is better. Around Ockley, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote.
Why us?
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
Places near Ockley
More services for Ockley
Where services cross fire walls in Ockley
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. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. Ockley is about 27 miles from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
Offices at parks like Northlands Business Park (to the south of Ockley) are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail. Large healthcare estates like Horsham Hospital, 5.5 miles to the south of Ockley, change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work. Halls and meeting rooms at places like St John's Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Ockley is about 6 miles north of Horsham, in Surrey. Looking for fire stopping in Ockley? We can help, as we do across Surrey. Ockley is one of 379 places in Surrey on our list for service penetrations. Brighton is covered too, around 24 miles from Ockley.
Business premises anywhere in RH5 are within our area. Streets here include Prideaux Gardens, Stane Street and Friday Street, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Nearby places we also cover include Paynes Green (1 mile south), Capel (2 miles east), Forest Green (2 miles north-west), Coldharbour (2 miles north) and Kingsfold (3 miles south-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Guildford (11 miles north-west), Woking (15 miles north-west), Epsom (14 miles north), Horley (9 miles east), Redhill (10 miles north-east) and Ewell (15 miles north).
Around Ockley
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Wallis Wood and The Cricketers Arms Public House. For rail, the closest station is Ockley station, roughly 1.2 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Horsham Hospital (5.5 miles south) and Abinger Castle (4.3 miles north-west). Open spaces near Ockley include Warnham LNR and Leith Hill.
Maintenance after handover
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t, so check the product data first.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there.