Fire stopping in Park Gate
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Park Gate and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Fire stopping near Park Gate
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Park Gate
We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. What we offer is careful installation of the specified sealant to its tested detail, with a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. If you are dealing with openings left by services added after handover and non-fire-rated filler around services, we can help, on linear gaps at wall heads, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and service gaps in risers alike. Whoever orders the work in Park Gate, the brief is typically the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Park Gate often combine new partitions with old walls. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Place
- Park Gate (SO31)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
On site: what to expect
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. Jobs in and around smaller places like Park Gate are usually planned as a single visit, so we ask for photos and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- 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
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Quotes
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Advice
When to call us in Park Gate
On a busy project, programme pressure can mean fire stopping is rushed or left to whichever trade is closest. That is when untested combinations creep in and later need putting right.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Hidden openings found during inspections
On a site such as Park Gate Business Centre (less than half a mile north of Park Gate), every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- How joint depth will be controlled
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
Honest limits
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Your questions answered
How does the move away from BS 476 affect penetration seals in Park Gate?
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.
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Park Gate?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we’ll tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
It depends on the product specified. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, 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.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over. Include photographs or drawings if you have them.
Compartments and services around Park Gate
There are a number of hotels within about 2 miles of Park Gate. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. Central London is about 67 miles from Park Gate. 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.
Holiday works at schools like Park Gate Primary School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. In a hotel such as Solent Hotel and Spa (0.9 miles north-east of Park Gate), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Park Gate is about 3 miles south-east of Hedge End, in Hampshire. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Park Gate, we can help. Across Hampshire, 723 places are covered, including Park Gate. There’s a separate page for Southampton, roughly 6 miles from Park Gate.
Business premises anywhere in SO31 are within our area. Buildings on Station Road, Botley Road and Middle Road are within our area. Nearby places we also cover include Sarisbury (1 mile west), Locks Heath (1 mile south), Segensworth (1 mile east), Whiteley (1 mile north-east) and Swanwick (1 mile north-west) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Winchester (13 miles north), Gosport (7 miles south-east), Havant (12 miles east), Eastleigh (7 miles north-west), Fareham (3 miles south-east) and Horndean (11 miles east).
What’s near Park Gate
We work on buildings around Brookfield Community School and Language College, among other places. There’s a railway station in Park Gate itself: Swanwick station. A little further out are Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (1.4 miles north-west) and St Andrew's Castle (2.6 miles south-west). Not far away are Swanwick Lakes.
What sets the cost
These are the things that shape the price:
- The product specified
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Working within restricted access windows
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote.
What we need to price the job
A few photos plus some basic facts will normally do. It helps to include:
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- The postcode of the building
- Your programme or deadline
- The type of building and who uses it
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Also near Park Gate
Also in Park Gate
For managing agents and facilities managers
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites around Park Gate. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.