Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Palmarsh, Kent
Commercial sealant work in Palmarsh for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
Need fire stopping in Palmarsh?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping in Palmarsh, done properly
Sealant is the specified answer for plenty of openings, such as metal pipes, cables and some small ducts where the detail covers them. Other openings need collars, wraps, batts, pillows or boards. We use sealant where it is the specified product, and we tell you when a detail calls for something else. Most enquiries involve openings left by services added after handover and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, across service gaps in risers, cable penetrations and linear gaps at wall heads. For commercial sealant work in Palmarsh, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, whether it’s one building or several.
Converted and extended buildings around places like Palmarsh can mix old and new construction, so the wall or floor a service passes through isn’t always what the drawings assume. The right product depends on the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we’ll tell you if the detail calls for something other than sealant.
We stand by our work: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant.
- Place
- Palmarsh (CT21)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Honest limits
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
If you are not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work in Palmarsh
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
What sets the cost
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- Working within restricted access windows
- Any access equipment needed
- How much there is to seal
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
What to include in your enquiry
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. It helps to include:
- The product your specification calls for
- The postcode of the building
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Access details, including height
Every quote starts with the facts: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Your questions answered
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Royal Victoria Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Palmarsh?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
Often, yes. Many products come in a range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or surrounding finishes is often possible. We confirm what’s available for the specified product when we quote.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. Include photographs or drawings if you have them.
How many days will you need on site?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we’re given. We will give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Asbestos is possible in some older mastics, particularly in buildings from before 2000. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and if asbestos is suspected, work stops until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Do you work in Palmarsh?
Yes. Palmarsh falls within our area, and the simplest way to start is to phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Doing it in-house
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
How a job runs
We follow your site rules from the start: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. Once we’re cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact. For a job in Palmarsh, the main thing is a clear picture of the work. You will then get a fixed price for the work.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Getting the site ready
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Get a fixed quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
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Also in Palmarsh
Leave it or put it right?
Sealing behind the M&E trades area by area beats a sweep at the end. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach and each detail can be checked as we go. A failed joint lets water into a building whatever its size. Catching it early means a reseal rather than repairs.
Pricing service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, plus any specification you are working to. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Why us?
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- CSCS-carded applicators
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
Looking after the joints
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
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.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. Then the seal goes in while the area is open, not months later.
Fire-rated sealing for Palmarsh buildings
There are four care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Palmarsh. Care homes rely on fire-resisting walls and floors, and maintenance work that breaks through them leaves openings to seal. At about 58 miles from central London, Palmarsh is within reach of the capital. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Royal Victoria Hospital (5.6 miles east of Palmarsh) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. For a building such as Holy Cross, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing. Schools such as Palmarsh Primary School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
Palmarsh is about 2 miles south-west of Hythe, in Kent. Across the CT21 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. 931 places across Kent fall within our area, Palmarsh among them. For work in that direction, see our Brighton page (54 miles or so).
If you need fire stopping in CT21, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. If your site is on Nickolls Road, Blackman Road and Burmarsh Road or close by, we can quote for service penetrations. Sites close to Palmarsh are covered too, including West Hythe (1 mile north-west), Pedlinge (1 mile north), Lympne (1 mile north-west), Berwick (1 mile north-west) and Hythe (2 miles north-east). Bigger towns within reach include Ashford (10 miles north-west), Canterbury (15 miles north), Dover (12 miles north-east), Folkestone (5 miles east), Tower Hamlets (12 miles north-east) and Hawkinge (6 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Palmarsh
In Palmarsh, that means premises near Brockhill Park Performing Arts College and Brockhill Country Park, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Sandling station, roughly 2 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include Hythe Museum (1.6 miles east) and Lympne Castle (1.2 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Tolsford Hill.