Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Parkhead, Edinburgh
Need fire stopping in Parkhead? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping across Parkhead
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire-rated sealing for Parkhead buildings
The 2 miles around Parkhead include 10 care or nursing homes. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product. Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
Campus buildings at universities such as Edinburgh Napier University, under half a mile to the east of Parkhead, 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 Spire Murrayfield Hospital, which lies north of Parkhead, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
Parkhead is about 2 miles south-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover Parkhead and the rest of Edinburgh, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places.
We take on service penetrations across the EH14 and EH11 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. For a building on Redhall Road, New Mart Road and Longstone Road or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. With the A71 nearby, Parkhead is straightforward for us to reach. Close to Parkhead, our area also takes in Longstone (1 mile south-west), Redhall (1 mile south-east), Kingsknowe (1 mile south), Chesser (1 mile north-east) and Saughton (1 mile north-west). Bigger towns within reach include Leith (5 miles north-east), Bonnington (4 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles north-east), Broughton (4 miles north-east), Bellevue (4 miles north-east) and Silvermills (3 miles north-east).
Near you in Parkhead
We work on buildings around Cross Keys Tavern, Balgreen Primary School and Saughton Park and the streets around them. Parkhead has its own railway station: Kingsknowe station. Other landmarks nearby include War Poets Collection (1.2 miles west) and Merchiston Tower (1.8 miles east). Not far away are Craiglockhart Hill and Duddingston Loch.
About our fire stopping in Parkhead
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required; sign-off sits with them too. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance on buildings around Parkhead. We work on pipe penetrations, cable penetrations and service gaps in risers, and what we’re called in for most is seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and old intumescent sealant that has split away. Most enquiries from Parkhead start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Tenement blocks and converted stone buildings in Scottish cities often hide old service routes through walls and floors. Wall type and service type decide the product, so both are checked before sealing, and design questions go to the designer or verifier.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Location
- Parkhead (EH14, EH11)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Maintenance after handover
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and installation follows the programme.
Also in Parkhead
Diagnose, treat, sign off
In a busy building, the work is phased so only one area is out of use at a time. Each area is protected, prepared and sealed, then reopened once the sealant allows before we move to the next. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Shared closes, stairs and the property factor may need to be part of the plan.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and raise any questions before we price.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- 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.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Quotes
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
Advice
FAQs: Parkhead
Could you schedule work at a campus like Edinburgh Napier University for the vacation?
Yes. Education sites normally want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
Can work in a care setting near Parkhead go ahead while residents are there?
Yes. We work around residents’ routines, a room or two at a time. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
Who decides which product is used?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
How long does a job like this take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit usually takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we’ll give you a timescale with the quote.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Are you insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, including public liability cover.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Requirements differ from site to site, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Why deal with it now?
An open or wrongly sealed service penetration lets fire and smoke reach the next compartment much sooner than the building was designed for. While the openings can be reached, sealing them is normally straightforward. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. Scottish city buildings take plenty of rain, so a split or hardened joint lets water into the wall. Renewing them early protects the fabric.
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a quote when you’re ready.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Parkhead
- Constructionline member
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
See our cost guide and our accreditations.
What we’re called out for in Parkhead
Openings in fire-resisting walls normally appear when services are added or changed. A new cable pulled by an electrician, a pipe rerouted by a plumber or a data run drilled through a riser can leave the hole behind. Over a few years of fit-outs, a wall can collect a lot of these.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Where a unit on an estate such as Hailes Park Industrial Estate, which lies west of Parkhead, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail.
Questions to ask before you book
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- What site paperwork they can supply
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
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.
Certain joints really need a specialist: 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.
What the job involves on each surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall joints often have to absorb slab deflection. The specified product and backing for that movement are what goes in.
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. The gap is measured at the widest point against the detail’s limits, and any outside it are raised with you.