Fire Stopping in Peebles
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Peebles. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Fire stopping for Peebles sites
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Before we leave any area, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint, ready for your sign-off. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Peebles. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- 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.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
What we need from you
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Getting a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, ring 01277 525 020 or email us. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
Fire stopping in Peebles
Every service that crosses a compartment wall or floor leaves an opening, and that opening needs sealing to hold back fire and smoke. Our job is fitting fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those service penetrations, and along linear gaps, where it is the specified product. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal rather than guesswork. We work on service gaps in risers, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and linear gaps at wall heads, and what we’re called in for most is service penetrations left open after M&E works and old intumescent sealant that has split away. Searching for sealant specialists in Peebles? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Peebles can leave gaps around new services. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant as its published detail shows and raise it if another product is needed.
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.
- Location
- Peebles (EH45)
- Wider area
- Scottish Borders
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Common questions from Peebles clients
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Peebles?
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook covers it in clause 2.1.14: penetrations keep at least the element’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for their end use. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Peebles, such as Dovecot Industrial Estate?
Yes, sites like Dovecot Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Peebles. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
What do you charge?
We don’t publish prices, because every site is different. Send photographs or drawings and we will price it at a fixed figure.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, as many construction sites ask for.
Can you quote from photos?
It depends on the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photos and measurements, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
Is colour matching possible?
It depends on the product. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
When something else is needed
Being straight saves everyone time. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
If in doubt, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us and we will say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
What else we do in Peebles
Fire-rated sealing for Peebles buildings
Peebles has several hotels close by, all within 2 miles. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, and products should be tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Where a unit on an estate such as Dovecot Industrial Estate, which lies north of Peebles, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Hay Lodge Hospital (less than half a mile west of Peebles) all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Peebles is about 20 miles south of Edinburgh, in the Scottish Borders. Any commercial site in Peebles is covered, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. 91 places across the Scottish Borders fall within our area, Peebles among them. There’s a separate page for Edinburgh, roughly 20 miles from Peebles.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout EH45, for business premises of every kind. If your site is on High Street, Kingsland Square and St Michael's Wynd or close by, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. Access to Peebles is via the A72 and A703 among other routes. Sites close to Peebles are covered too, including Cardrona (3 miles east), Cardrona Village (3 miles east), Eddleston (4 miles north), Innerleithen (6 miles south-east) and Walkerburn (7 miles east). A short drive away, we cover Galashiels (15 miles east), Selkirk (15 miles south-east), West Linton (9 miles north-west) and Clovenfords (13 miles east). Among the larger centres in the Scottish Borders is Peebles, and we take on service penetrations for its commercial and public buildings.
What’s near Peebles
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to County Hotel and the streets around them. Other landmarks nearby include Peebles Castle (less than half a mile west) and Hay Lodge Hospital (under half a mile west). Open spaces near Peebles include Ven Law.
Signs you need fire stopping in Peebles
When a seal departs from its tested detail, the evidence no longer covers it. An oversized gap, too shallow a bead, missing backing or two makers’ products combined are the usual culprits.
Clients normally get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Schools such as Peebles High School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- What site paperwork they can supply
What sets the cost
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- Which sealant the job calls for
- The size and state of each joint
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Phasing around occupants
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs, such as cutting out, priming or new backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
What we need to price the job
Good information means a firmer quote. When you get in touch, include:
- The type of building and who uses it
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Any specification or named product
- When you need the work done
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we will arrange one.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class, which is what makes a joint last.