Ovingdean fire stopping
Commercial sealant work in Ovingdean for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
Fire stopping in Ovingdean
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Ovingdean
Sealant is the specified answer for plenty of openings, such as metal pipes, cables and some small ducts where the detail covers them. Larger openings and some plastic pipes call for collars, wraps, batts or boards instead. If the detail calls for something other than sealant, we say so rather than force sealant into it. The enquiries we see most involve improvised or mixed-product fire seals and unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings, on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Ovingdean? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005.
Smaller places such as Ovingdean 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.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: twelve months on the work we carried out. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Where
- Ovingdean (BN2)
- Wider area
- Brighton and Hove
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
When it isn’t the sealant
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. It won’t fix:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Ovingdean
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Compartments and services around Ovingdean
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail. Ovingdean has a number of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
For a unit at a site such as Bell Tower Industrial Estate, 1.4 miles to the west of Ovingdean, new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall. For a hotel such as Olde Place Hotel, which lies south-east of Ovingdean, penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital, 1.4 miles north of Ovingdean, all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Ovingdean is about 3 miles south-east of Hanover, in Brighton and Hove. Any commercial site in Ovingdean is covered. We work across 29 places in Brighton and Hove, large and small.
Postcode districts covered here: BN2. If your site is on Longhill Road, Ovingdean Road and Wanderdown Road or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. We also cover Rottingdean (1 mile east), Roedean (1 mile west), Saltdean (2 miles south-east), East Saltdean (2 miles south-east) and Telscombe (3 miles east) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Brighton (3 miles north-west), Brighton and Hove (5 miles west), Hove (4 miles west), Carlton Hill (3 miles west), Hanover (3 miles north-west) and West Hill (3 miles west).
Local landmarks in Ovingdean
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Beacon Hill, Our Lady of Lourdes RC School and Duck Inn and the streets around them. Ovingdean’s nearest station is Moulsecoomb station, about 3 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Brighton Motor Museum (1.9 miles west) and French Convalescent Home (1.5 miles west). Open spaces near Ovingdean include Newmarket Hill and Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve.
Leave it or put it right?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down and each detail can be checked as we go. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like Ovingdean, rather than one at a time. Photos of every joint help us quote for the whole job.
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 you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
Why clients in Ovingdean choose us
- CSCS-carded applicators
- CHAS accredited
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
Also near Ovingdean
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Keeping the joints sound
Once the work is signed off, a little attention goes a long way:
- Record which product was used where
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts.
Ovingdean: questions and answers
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Ovingdean?
Yes, to the specification and the product’s tested detail. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Ovingdean, such as Bell Tower Industrial Estate?
Yes, sites like Bell Tower Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Ovingdean. To start, just phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do you work in Ovingdean?
Yes. We cover Ovingdean, and the simplest way to start is to ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Is colour matching possible?
In many cases, yes. Many products come in a range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or surrounding finishes is often possible. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
What do you charge?
Each job is quoted on its own details. For yours, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with a description of the work.
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.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Ovingdean. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. Keys, access and contacts can be agreed in advance.
General trades versus a specialist
There’s also the paperwork. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
On site: what to expect
Where the site stays busy, we agree a sequence with your contact so the disruption stays in one area at once. Each section is protected, cleaned back and sealed, then handed back before the next one starts. If others near Ovingdean need work, visits can be combined. You’ll have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Before we start on site
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Ask for a quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos if you’d rather talk the job through.