Peacehaven fire stopping
Planning work on a service penetration in Peacehaven? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Fire stopping across Peacehaven
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Peacehaven
A fire-rated sealant is only one part of a tested system: its test evidence covers one product in one kind of wall or floor, with set services, gaps, depths and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow, and we say so if it doesn’t fit. The enquiries we see most involve unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and fire stopping installed outside its tested range, across cable penetrations, linear gaps at wall heads and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Peacehaven, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
In places the size of Peacehaven, fire-resisting walls and floors are found in schools, care homes, health centres and mixed-use buildings. Specified fire-rated sealant goes around new services there, built to match the manufacturer’s detail.
The 12-month guarantee is for workmanship rather than 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.
- Place
- Peacehaven (BN10, BN9)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Peacehaven: questions and answers
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Peacehaven?
Yes, where fire-rated sealant is the specified product. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we will tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
Can work at a site such as University of Brighton fit around teaching?
Yes. We plan campus work around teaching, exams and residence turnarounds. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. 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. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
How long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit typically takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. For bigger or phased jobs, we will set out a timescale with the quote.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
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’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and any queries are raised before we start.
What sets the cost
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Any access equipment needed
- The site’s rules and procedures
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- The total length or number of joints
Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
What to include in your enquiry
We can often quote from photographs and a few details. It helps to include:
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Specification clauses that apply
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Your programme or deadline
To get a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with the site address and an outline of the work. Our quote form is another easy route.
Fire stopping around Peacehaven: points for this area
Peacehaven is about 49 miles from central London. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Campus buildings at universities such as University of Brighton, 2.7 miles east of Peacehaven, see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified. For a hospital such as Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital, 2.9 miles east of Peacehaven, penetration sealing is normally phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first. For a building such as Ascension Church, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing.
Peacehaven is about 5 miles west of Seaford, in East Sussex. We cover Peacehaven, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Across East Sussex, 308 places are covered, Peacehaven among them. Sites around Brighton have their own page, roughly 6 miles from Peacehaven.
If you need fire stopping in BN10 and BN9, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Buildings on Starling Drive, Bramber Close and Greenfinch Road are within our area for service penetrations. Main routes into Peacehaven include the A259, useful when we plan access and materials. Nearby places we also cover include Telscombe Cliffs (1 mile west), Telscombe (1 mile north-west), Piddinghoe (2 miles north-east), East Saltdean (2 miles west) and Newhaven (2 miles east) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Eastbourne (12 miles east), Seaford (5 miles east), Lewes (6 miles north), Hailsham (12 miles north-east), Uckfield (13 miles north) and Polegate (11 miles east).
Around Peacehaven
In Peacehaven, that means premises near Peacehaven Heights Primary School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Newhaven Town station, roughly 2.1 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Planet Earth Museum (2.1 miles east) and Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital (2.9 miles east). For a walk, there’s Itford Hill and Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve.
Keeping the joints sound
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
Keep the product data and installation details with the building’s fire safety information. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Certain joints really need a specialist: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. Getting these wrong typically costs more in the end than doing them right.
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.
What sealant work can’t fix
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
How a job runs
Inspect, seal, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. 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. What matters most for a job in Peacehaven is a clear list of what needs doing, so send photographs of each area. A fixed quote follows.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and ask about anything unclear.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- 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.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Preparing the site
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Request a quote
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
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Owners, agents and contractors
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Peacehaven can sit alongside others in a wider programme.