Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Old Woking, Surrey
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Old Woking, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Fire stopping in Old Woking
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
When to call us in Old Woking
Some service penetrations were never sealed at all, often hidden above suspended ceilings or behind boxing. Inspections, refurbishments and ceiling access normally bring them to light.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
For a site team at a college like Woking College (0.5 miles north-west of Old Woking), fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
What to look for in a quote
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- How joint depth will be controlled
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Old Woking
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. 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 fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated and unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab, we can help. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Old Woking 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.
Smaller places such as Old Woking still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant.
- Place
- Old Woking (GU22, GU23)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Honest limits
Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. We’ll tell you if the real problem is one of these:
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
Doing it in-house
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. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
On site: what to expect
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then the work is carried out to the specified product and detail, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. For a building around Old Woking, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and ask about anything unclear.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Getting the site ready
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Get a fixed quote
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and we’ll put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
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Commercial clients in Old Woking
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 will confirm with the quote.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Old Woking can form part of a wider programme.
Penetration seals near Old Woking
Old Woking lies roughly 23 miles out from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal. Several hotels sit less than 2 miles from Old Woking. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Woking Community Hospital (to the north-west of Old Woking) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. Halls and meeting rooms at places like St Peter's Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Old Woking is about 2 miles south-east of Woking, in Surrey. Looking for fire stopping in Old Woking? We can help, as we do across Surrey. 379 places across Surrey fall within our area, Old Woking among them. We also cover Reading, some 21 miles away.
We cover the GU22 and GU23 postcode districts. For a building on Ford Road, Farm Road and High Street or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. We also cover Westfield (1 mile west), Pyrford Village (2 miles north-east), Woking (2 miles north-west), Pyrford (2 miles north-east) and Horsell (2 miles north-west) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Guildford (4 miles south), Camberley (9 miles west), Epsom (12 miles east), Farnham (13 miles south-west), Ewell (13 miles east) and Egham (9 miles north).
Local landmarks in Old Woking
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to St John the Baptist School, St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School and The New Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Old Woking is Woking station, roughly 1.4 miles north-west. Nearby you’ll also find The Peacocks (1.5 miles north-west) and Woking Community Hospital (1.2 miles north-west). Not far away are Pewley Hill and Boldermere Lake.
Questions about Old Woking
Can work at a site such as University of Surrey fit around teaching?
Yes. Education sites typically want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Old Woking?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
Can you work while the building is occupied?
Usually, yes. We phase the work so most of the building stays in use.
How long does a typical visit take?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. We’ll give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and any queries are raised before we start.
How do you choose the sealant?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Aftercare for building managers
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. In particular:
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. A short check at the end of each job saves a long hunt later.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small compared with dozens found at once.