Fire Stopping in Old Basing
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Old Basing. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
Need fire stopping in Old Basing?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Your questions answered
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Old Basing?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Can you seal penetrations in a hotel in Old Basing after a refit?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we will tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
What hours do you work?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Is colour matching possible?
That depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so we’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Who decides which product is used?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Can you quote from photographs?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
About our fire stopping in Old Basing
Every service that crosses a compartment wall or floor leaves an opening, and that opening needs sealing to hold back fire and smoke. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. Each seal follows the manufacturer’s tested detail. If you’re dealing with unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back, we can put it right, on cable penetrations, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations alike. For commercial sealant work in Old Basing, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Around Old Basing, penetration and linear seals tend to be one-building jobs. With the specification and photographs of the gaps, we can give a fixed quote and bring the right products.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and if something we did falls short, we return to it.
- Place
- Old Basing (RG24)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Commercial clients in Old Basing
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. What matters most for a job in Old Basing is a clear list of what needs doing, so send photographs of each area. You’ll then get a fixed price for the work.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Preparing the site
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Getting a fixed quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.
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Compartments and services around Old Basing
The area within 2 miles of Old Basing holds several hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of 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. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Large healthcare estates like Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (3 miles west of Old Basing) change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work. For a site team at a college like Queen Mary's College, 2.2 miles to the south-west of Old Basing, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Old Basing is about 3 miles east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Looking for fire stopping in Old Basing? We can help, as we do across Hampshire. We work across 723 places in Hampshire, large and small. Our Reading page has more on work in that area (13 miles or so).
Commercial sites across RG24 are covered for service penetrations. We cover commercial and managed buildings on The Street, London Road and Paulet Place. Just outside Old Basing, we also work in Lychpit (1 mile west), Mapledurwell (1 mile east), Andwell (1 mile east), Water End (2 miles east) and Chineham (2 miles north). Bigger towns within reach include Basingstoke (3 miles west), Farnborough (12 miles east), Fleet (9 miles east), Aldershot (12 miles east), Alton (9 miles south) and Yateley (10 miles north-east).
Near you in Old Basing
In Old Basing, that means premises near The Costello School, Eastrop Park and The Crown Public House, among other places. The nearest railway station is Basingstoke station, about 2 miles west of the centre. A little further out are Festival Place (1.9 miles west) and Basing House (less than half a mile west). Open spaces near Old Basing include Farleigh Hill and The Mill Field.
Do you need fire stopping in Old Basing?
Plenty of openings were simply never closed because they sat out of sight above a ceiling or inside a riser. Inspections, refurbishments and ceiling access typically bring them to light.
Most enquiries start with one or more of the following:
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
On estates like Hatch Industrial Park, 0.7 miles to the south-east of Old Basing, the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal.
Before you book anyone
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
Keeping the joints sound
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
During planned inspections, look at seals in risers, cupboards and voids. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged and get them dealt with.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
Nearby places to Old Basing
Other services in Old Basing
Why it’s worth doing now in Old Basing
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. The fix is to remove it and reinstall to the detail. For buildings in places like Old Basing, one well-planned visit beats several small ones, so we’d suggest renewing all the joints that are going, not just the worst.
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. So do site requirements such as inductions and permits.
What you get with us
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- One number for every site we cover
- A fixed quote before work starts
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations and insurance.
Cost factors for service penetrations
Quotes vary with the job. It mainly depends on:
- How accessible the joints are
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Phasing around occupants
- The total length or number of joints
Cost follows what’s involved: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote.
Details that help us quote
To price the job accurately, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- The product your specification calls for
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
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 ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.