Old Dailly fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Old Dailly. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Fire stopping near Old Dailly
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Doing it in-house
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Old Dailly
The test standards are BS EN 1366-3 for penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints, with results classified under BS EN 13501-2. A rating such as EI 60 only holds when the product is installed as it was tested. So our job is to reproduce that arrangement faithfully. If you are dealing with unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and expanding foam used as fire stopping, we can help, on pipe penetrations, cable penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors alike. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Old Dailly is the same: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Old Dailly often have services added during refurbishment. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant as its published detail shows and raise it if another product is needed.
Work we carry out in South Ayrshire comes with a 12-month guarantee. If an installation problem shows up, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will arrange a return visit.
- Location
- Old Dailly (KA26)
- Region
- South Ayrshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Also in Old Dailly
When to call us in Old Dailly
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Movement in the frame or slab can open the joint. Linear joint details set a width range and movement capability, and the seal has to sit within them.
Most enquiries start with something like this:
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Older community buildings such as Old Dailly Parish Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
Before you book anyone
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- The named product and why it was chosen
What affects the price in Old Dailly
Before we quote, we look at:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Travel to remote or island sites
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote when you are ready.
Details that help us quote
However big the job, the same details help:
- Access details, including height
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- When you need the work done
- Clear photos of the problem areas
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules.
Different surfaces, different methods
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. Whether sealant alone is acceptable depends entirely on the tested detail, and we won’t substitute it for a specified collar.
Risers and ceiling voids
Voids hide a lot of unsealed openings. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically and tell you about openings outside the list.
Our process
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. While we are working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Old Dailly. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- 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.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Preparing the site
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Quotes
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.
Advice
Questions we’re asked in Old Dailly
Can you work at a site such as Grangestone Industrial Estate, by Old Dailly?
Yes. We cover Old Dailly and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Grangestone Industrial Estate. To start, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Is Old Dailly too small for you to travel to?
Not at all. Old Dailly is within our area. We work across every Scottish council area. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Do you approve fire stopping for building control?
No. Sign-off belongs to the designer or building control, not the installer. We will confirm the product and detail installed.
Can you fire stop behind the services contractors?
Yes, provided a specification covers them. Openings left by new services are among the most common jobs we see and we close them with the specified product.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
Can you tell us what fire stopping our building needs?
No. The specification comes from your designer, fire engineer or building control. Our role is installing what they specify, to the product’s tested detail.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
Service penetrations in Old Dailly buildings
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, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
For a school such as Girvan Academy, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works. On a hospital site such as Girvan Community Hospital, 2.2 miles to the west of Old Dailly, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
Old Dailly is about 15 miles south-west of Ayr, in South Ayrshire. Commercial clients in Old Dailly use us for work on service penetrations. Old Dailly is one of 48 places we cover in South Ayrshire for service penetrations. Sites around Glasgow have their own page, roughly 46 miles from Old Dailly.
We cover the KA26 postcode districts for service penetrations. Sites close to Old Dailly are covered too, including Girvan (3 miles south-west), Dailly (3 miles north-east), Turnberry (4 miles north), Barr (5 miles south-east) and Kirkoswald (5 miles north). Further afield, our area takes in Ayr (15 miles north-east), Belmont (15 miles north-east), Forehill (15 miles north-east), Maybole (8 miles north-east), Doonfoot (14 miles north-east) and Seafield (14 miles north-east).
Around Old Dailly
For rail, the closest station is Girvan station, roughly 2.3 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Penkill Castle (0.7 miles south-east) and Mckechnie Institute (2.7 miles west). For a walk, there’s Dow Hill.