Fire Stopping in Oliver's Battery
Fire stopping for Oliver's Battery, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Fire stopping near Oliver's Battery
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle fire stopping in Oliver's Battery
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls, often unnoticed. Those on your schedule are closed with the specified product. Most enquiries involve open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and non-fire-rated filler around services, on service gaps in risers, cable penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Oliver's Battery from the first photographs to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Around smaller places like Oliver's Battery, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we’re clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Location
- Oliver's Battery (SO22)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Penetration seals near Oliver's Battery
The 2 miles around Oliver's Battery include two care or nursing homes. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. Several hotels sit less than 2 miles from Oliver's Battery. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
Campus buildings at universities such as University of Winchester (1.5 miles north-east of Oliver's Battery) see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified. On a hospital site such as Sarum Road Hospital (BMI), 1.2 miles north-east of Oliver's Battery, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits. For a site team at a college like Peter Symonds College, 2.2 miles to the north of Oliver's Battery, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Oliver's Battery is about 2 miles south-west of Winchester, in Hampshire. We send applicators to Oliver's Battery for service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Oliver's Battery is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire for service penetrations. Our Southampton page has more on work in that area.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in SO22 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. For a building on Momford Road, Austen Avenue and Sunnydown Road or nearby, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. With the A3090 nearby, Oliver's Battery is easy to get to with materials and equipment. If your building is just outside Oliver's Battery, we cover Badger Farm (1 mile east), Stanmore (1 mile north-east), St Cross (1 mile east), Compton (2 miles south) and Winchester (2 miles north-east). Bigger towns within reach include Eastleigh (5 miles south), Fareham (15 miles south-east), Andover (13 miles north-west), Totton (11 miles south-west), Chandler's Ford (4 miles south) and Hedge End (9 miles south).
Around Oliver's Battery
We work on buildings around St. Cross Park and Kings' School and the streets around them. The closest station to Oliver's Battery is Shawford station, roughly 1.9 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Winchester Castle (1.8 miles north-east) and Balfour Museum of Hampshire Red Cross History (0.9 miles north). Open spaces near Oliver's Battery include Hockley Meadows and Twyford Down.
What affects the price in Oliver's Battery
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Working within restricted access windows
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Travel to remote or island sites
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
Sending details for a quote
To price the job accurately, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- The type of building and who uses it
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Work for main contractors and building owners
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
What sealant work can’t fix
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we are upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Where we work in Oliver's Battery
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Leave it or put it right?
Open penetrations multiply: each new service adds to the list. A schedule that is dealt with regularly stays manageable. Older rural buildings around Oliver's Battery move with the seasons, and rigid or tired sealant can’t keep up. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Why appoint us
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- One contact handling all your sites
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
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After the work
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and installation follows the programme.
Your questions answered
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Sarum Road Hospital (BMI)?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Could you schedule work at a campus like University of Winchester for the vacation?
Yes. Education sites normally want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Tell us which site documents you need, such as RAMS, our insurance certificate or CSCS details, and they’re confirmed with the quote.
Is BS 476 being phased out?
In England, references to the older BS 476 national classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029. After that, the European classification under BS EN 13501-2 is the route. Product selection stays with your designer.
What do you charge?
It depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a fixed quote and we will price it properly.
What does an EI 60 rating mean?
Penetration seals are tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4. Classification follows BS EN 13501-2 as E for integrity and I for insulation, with a time such as EI 60 or EI 120. The rating applies to the product as tested.
Do you seal openings left by new services?
Yes. Share the penetration schedule and product details and a fixed quote follows. Work can run area by area behind the M&E trades.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Sealant won’t bond properly to a wet or frosty joint, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
On site: what to expect
Inspect, seal, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and the job ends with a walk round and sign-off. Jobs in and around smaller places like Oliver's Battery are normally planned as a single visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. That way the right products come on the day.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Before we start on site
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Point out any areas we must not close
Request a quote
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.