Fire stopping in Old Drumchapel
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Old Drumchapel and nearby, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Fire stopping across Old Drumchapel
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
About our fire stopping in Old Drumchapel
Facilities managers in Old Drumchapel often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. If you’re dealing with fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back and expanding foam used as fire stopping, we can help, whatever the surface. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Old Drumchapel first comes to us: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook says a service penetration ought to match, as a minimum, how long the wall or floor resists fire. For a building in Old Drumchapel, specified fire-rated sealant is installed as the maker’s tested detail describes.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Place
- Old Drumchapel (G15, G13, G81)
- Region
- Glasgow
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
What sets the cost
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It allows for:
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The product specified
- Phasing around occupants
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote.
What to include in your enquiry
The more we know, the firmer the quote. When you get in touch, include:
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Your programme or deadline
- Any specification or named product
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
Where services cross fire walls in Old Drumchapel
The 2 miles around Old Drumchapel include six care or nursing homes. Care homes rely on fire-resisting walls and floors, and maintenance work that breaks through them leaves openings to seal. Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, with products tested for that end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like West College Scotland - Clydebank Campus (1.5 miles west of Old Drumchapel) are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal. For a unit at a site such as Great Western Retail Park, under half a mile to the west of Old Drumchapel, any new service through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the tested detail. In a hotel such as Douglas Hotel (1.2 miles west of Old Drumchapel), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Old Drumchapel is about 2 miles south-west of Bearsden, in Glasgow. Old Drumchapel sits inside our coverage and the rest of Glasgow, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Old Drumchapel is one of 171 places in Glasgow on our list for service penetrations.
Postcode districts covered here: G15, G13 and G81. Streets here include Fruin Road, Manor Road and Dosk Avenue. Nearby places we also cover include Drumchapel (1 mile north-east), Blairdardie (1 mile east), Linnvale (1 mile west), Drumry (1 mile north-west) and Westerton (1 mile east) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Glasgow (5 miles south-east), Hillhead (4 miles south-east), Dowanhill (3 miles south-east), Woodlands (4 miles south-east), Woodside (4 miles south-east) and North Kelvinside (4 miles south-east).
What’s near Old Drumchapel
There’s a railway station in Old Drumchapel itself: Drumchapel station. Well-known places in the area include Renfrew Museum (1.8 miles south-west) and Drumchapel Hospital (0.5 miles north-east). Not far away are Castle Hill and Kilmardinny.
Questions about Old Drumchapel
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Old Drumchapel?
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. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
Could you schedule work at a campus like University of Glasgow Garscube Campus for the vacation?
Yes, holiday working periods are the norm on campus jobs. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we’ll confirm them alongside the quote.
Do you need to see the site first?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photographs and measurements, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, with one point of contact.
When can you be on site?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
Can you send site paperwork?
Requirements differ from site to site, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
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.
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Our process
A typical day starts with protection: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. The work itself normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access, and we clear our waste as we work. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Old Drumchapel, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals 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.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Ask for a quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
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What the job involves on each surface
Small ducts
Ducts are only sealed with sealant where the detail allows it. The ductwork, its supports and any dampers are for the ductwork contractor.
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, though larger ones typically call for a collar or wrap. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
Why act early in Old Drumchapel
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: they also carry noise, draughts and smells between rooms. The specified fire seal closes the gap for all of these. Getting access arranged for a building in Old Drumchapel takes time, so deal with all failing joints while access is up.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why clients in Old Drumchapel choose us
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
Doing it in-house
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Aftercare for building managers
Once the work is signed off, these steps help:
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. Then the seal goes in while the area is open instead of being left for someone else.