Old Pentland fire stopping
Commercial sealant work in Old Pentland for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, quoted at a fixed price.
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Fire stopping for Old Pentland sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Looking after the joints
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Share these points with them:
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned.
Fire stopping in Old Pentland
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it using the product and detail it sets out. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. We work on cable penetrations, service gaps in risers and linear gaps at wall heads, and what we are called in for most is builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and openings left by services added after handover. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Old Pentland? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005.
For a building near Old Pentland, we plan fire-rated sealing so it’s finished in one visit where possible. Photos of the gaps, the services and the wall or floor type help us bring the right products.
The 12-month guarantee is for workmanship rather than wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we’re clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Where
- Old Pentland (EH20, EH10)
- Wider area
- Midlothian
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
On site: what to expect
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. Where we can, we combine work around Old Pentland with other jobs nearby. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- 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.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Getting the site ready
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Getting a fixed quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. If you have questions first, call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
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How the job changes by surface
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 and we work within those limits.
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework, and some details add wrapping or a set length of insulation. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Common problems we fix in Old Pentland
Fire stopping can get squeezed at the end of a programme, or done by whoever is on site. That is when untested combinations creep in and later need putting right.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Campus buildings at universities such as University of Edinburgh - Easter Bush Campus (to the south-west of Old Pentland) see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified.
Comparing quotes
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- How they’ll work around occupants
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
Work for main contractors and building owners
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
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, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Old Pentland: questions and answers
Can work at a site such as University of Edinburgh - Easter Bush Campus fit around teaching?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we will plan the work around them. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
Is Old Pentland too far out for you?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. We cover the whole of Scotland. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
Which standards are fire seals tested to?
The tests are BS EN 1366-3 for penetrations and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints, and classification is to BS EN 13501-2. EI 60 means integrity and insulation for 60 minutes in the tested arrangement; installing to the detail is what carries that across to site.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so we will ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
How long does a job like this take?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit usually takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we’ll give you a timescale with the quote.
Also in Old Pentland
Leave it or put it right?
Leave a penetration open and smoke and fire can cross into the next compartment far earlier than intended. Putting it right is usually a modest job when the openings are accessible. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. Exposed buildings in Scotland take a lot of weather, and for a smaller place like Old Pentland, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Old Pentland
- One number for every site we cover
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Failed material removed, not covered up
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and insurance.
Compartment walls and floors in Old Pentland
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
Hospital estates such as Ellen's Glen Community Hospital, 2.2 miles north-east of Old Pentland, are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail. For a unit at a site such as Straiton Retail Park, 0.6 miles to the south-east of Old Pentland, any new service through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the tested detail.
Old Pentland is about 3 miles west of Bonnyrigg, in Midlothian. Old Pentland sits inside our coverage and the rest of Midlothian, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. Old Pentland is one of 34 places we cover in Midlothian.
We cover the EH20 and EH10 postcode districts for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Hillend (1 mile west), Bilston (1 mile south), Loanhead (1 mile east), Burdiehouse (1 mile north-east) and Roslin (2 miles south) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Bonnyrigg (3 miles east), Dalkeith (5 miles east), Penicuik (4 miles south-west), Gorebridge (6 miles south-east), Newtongrange (5 miles east) and Mayfield (6 miles east).
Near you in Old Pentland
The nearest railway station is Slateford station, roughly 3.8 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (3.1 miles north) and Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital (1.2 miles north-west). Open spaces near Old Pentland include Caerketton Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.