Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Pennington, Hampshire
Looking for fire stopping in Pennington? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping near Pennington
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites. Several sites can go on one quote, which keeps the paperwork simple.
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Fire stopping in Pennington
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it using the product and detail it sets out. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. If you have unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and damaged fire seals in risers and voids, we can help. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Pennington, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Around Pennington, penetration and linear seals tend to be one-building jobs. With the specification and photos of the gaps, we can give a fixed quote and bring the right products.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Place
- Pennington (SO41)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
On site: what to expect
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. For a site in Pennington, we plan so the whole job is done in one go where possible. Photos with rough sizes let us arrive with everything needed.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- 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.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
What we need from you
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Move anything stored against the joints
Get a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. If you have questions first, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Related advice
Also near Pennington
Other services in Pennington
How the quote is worked out
We price every job individually. The main factors are:
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- The product specified
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Details that help us quote
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
- The type of building and who uses it
- The site address and postcode
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.
Your questions answered
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Pennington?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes 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 penetrations in a hotel in Pennington after a refit?
Yes, to the specification and the product’s tested detail. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
What hours do you work?
Give us your site hours and any access windows in your enquiry, and we will schedule the work to suit. Our office runs Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm.
How soon can the area be used again?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
How do you choose the sealant?
The specification comes first, if there is one. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
Do you need fire stopping in Pennington?
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Movement in the frame or slab can open the joint. Linear joint details set a width range and movement capability, and the seal has to sit within them.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
In a school such as Priestlands School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified.
What your quote should include
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
Doing it in-house
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
Different surfaces, different methods
Risers and ceiling voids
Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance.
Metal pipes
Sealant details often cover copper and steel pipework. Pipe diameter, annular gap, sealant depth and any pipe insulation all have to match the detail, so we check each one.
Fire stopping in Pennington: the local picture
A 2-mile radius around Pennington takes in several hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Hotels such as Londesborough Hotel (0.9 miles north-east of Pennington) rely on fire-resisting walls between bedrooms and corridors, and refits that add services leave penetrations to seal where fire-rated sealant is specified. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Lymington New Forest Hospital (1.4 miles north of Pennington) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Pennington is about 1 mile south-west of Lymington, in Hampshire. Our applicators travel to Pennington for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. 723 places across Hampshire fall within our area, Pennington among them. We also cover Southampton, around 14 miles from Pennington.
Commercial sites across SO41 are covered. Buildings on Mead Road, Pound Road and Elm Avenue are within our area for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Lymington (1 mile north-east), Lower Pennington (1 mile south), Walhampton (1 mile north-east), Everton (1 mile west) and Lymore (2 miles south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Totton (12 miles north), Hythe (10 miles north-east), New Milton (5 miles west), Ringwood (12 miles north-west), Locks Heath (15 miles north-east) and Warsash (14 miles north-east).
Near you in Pennington
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Pennington Infant School and White Hart Inn, among other places. The closest station to Pennington is Lymington Town station, about 1.2 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery (0.9 miles north-east) and Yarmouth Castle (3.9 miles south-east). Not far away are Lymington and Keyhaven Marshes Nature Reserve.