Fire stopping in Old Oak Common
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Old Oak Common. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Fire stopping for businesses in Old Oak Common
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Old Oak Common
A lot of fire-stopping work comes after M&E installation, a refit or a tenant fit-out. Each new cable, pipe or data route cut through a fire-resisting wall leaves an opening behind. Those on your schedule are closed with the specified product. If you’re dealing with old intumescent sealant that has split away and fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated, we can put it right. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Old Oak Common from the first photographs to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Taller residential buildings in London may fall under the Building Safety Act’s higher-risk regime, where fire-stopping records get close attention. We install what the designer or fire engineer has specified, and if you need records of the work, tell us and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and the quote explains what it covers.
- Place
- Old Oak Common (NW10, W3, NW26)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Surface by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance.
Plastic pipes
In a fire, plastic pipework melts away and leaves an opening. 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.
From enquiry to 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. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. The ULEZ covers the whole of Greater London, and parking near a job is rarely simple. Let us know about any on-site parking or loading arrangements when you send the job details.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Getting the site ready
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
Getting a fixed quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with what you know.
Advice
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Other services in Old Oak Common
Should maintenance staff do it?
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
What sealant work can’t fix
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’re upfront when that’s the case. It won’t fix:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Old Oak Common
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
What affects the price in Old Oak Common
Before we quote, we look at:
- The size and state of each joint
- How much there is to seal
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
What we need to price the job
However big the job, the same details help:
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- When you need the work done
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Penetration seals near Old Oak Common
The area within 2 miles of Old Oak Common holds plenty of hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. In London buildings, frequent fit-outs and M&E changes are a common reason fire stopping gets breached. Penetrations are sealed with the specified product, to its tested detail, under the building’s own permit rules.
For a hospital such as Hammersmith Hospital, which lies south-east of Old Oak Common, penetration sealing is normally phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first. For an estates team at a campus like Imperial College London, 1.2 miles south-east of Old Oak Common, summer M&E works are typically followed by a round of penetration sealing. Colleges such as St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College, 1.4 miles to the east of Old Oak Common, add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product.
Old Oak Common is about 1 mile south of Harlesden, in Greater London. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Old Oak Common, we can help, as we do across Greater London. Across Greater London, 764 places are covered, including Old Oak Common. London is covered too, some 7 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in NW10, W3 and NW26 are within our area. Streets here include Atlas Road, Tubbs Road and Waldo Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Just outside Old Oak Common, we also work in College Park (1 mile north-east), Harlesden (1 mile north), Kensal Green (1 mile east), Park Royal (1 mile west) and North Kensington (1 mile east). Bigger towns within reach include London (7 miles east), City of Westminster (4 miles east), Marylebone (4 miles east), Kensington (3 miles south-east), St Pancras (6 miles east) and Shoreditch (7 miles east).
Around Old Oak Common
Around Old Oak Common, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Green Man Public House, Library for Iranian Studies and Star Chamber Academy. You will also find Little Wormwood Scrubs (0.8 miles east) and St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls (0.8 miles north). There’s a railway station in Old Oak Common itself: Willesden Junction station. Other landmarks nearby include Westfield London (1.7 miles south-east) and Hammersmith Hospital (0.8 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Hanger Hill Wood and Campden Hill.
Work for main contractors and building owners
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Old Oak Common can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Questions about Old Oak Common
Could you schedule work at a campus like Imperial College London for the vacation?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we’ll plan the work around them. Tell us which site documents you need, such as RAMS, our insurance certificate or CSCS details, and they’re confirmed with the quote.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Old Oak Common, such as Apex Industrial Estate?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Old Oak Common, Apex Industrial Estate among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
How much does the work cost?
Each job is quoted on its own details. For yours, call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Can you reseal penetrations after our M&E works?
Yes. Send the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product details. We can follow the services contractor floor by floor.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, with one point of contact.
Is fire stopping in Scotland covered by different guidance?
Building standards in Scotland are separate from England’s, and England uses Approved Document B. Wherever the site is, our work follows the specification and the tested detail.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.