Fire stopping in Pickletillum
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Pickletillum and the surrounding area. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Fire stopping in Pickletillum
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Pickletillum
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. To price a package, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product data. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. If you’re dealing with hidden openings found during inspections and expanding foam used as fire stopping, we can put it right. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Pickletillum first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Travel to smaller places like Pickletillum is planned so every penetration is sealed on one trip. Send the specification and photos of the openings, with sizes if you have them.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Place
- Pickletillum (KY16)
- Region
- Fife
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
When to bring in a specialist
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong typically costs more in the end than doing them right.
Questions about Pickletillum
Can work at a site such as University of Dundee fit around teaching?
Yes. Education sites normally want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we’ll confirm them alongside the quote.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Dundee Dental Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
How long does a typical visit take?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit usually takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Do you design or specify fire stopping?
No. The specification comes from your designer, fire engineer or building control. Our role is fitting the specified fire-rated sealant, following the maker’s tested details.
Do you hold third-party fire-stopping installer certification?
No. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and our applicators are CSCS-carded. Where a client or main contractor requires a scheme member, we’ll say so right away rather than waste your time.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Asbestos is possible in some older mastics, particularly in buildings from before 2000. 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.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
Compartments and services around Pickletillum
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Dundee Dental Hospital (4.2 miles north-west of Pickletillum) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. Residences at universities like University of Dundee (4.1 miles north-west of Pickletillum) have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change. In a hotel such as Drumoig Golf Hotel, which lies north-east of Pickletillum, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Pickletillum is about 4 miles south-east of Stobswell, in Fife. Any commercial site in Pickletillum is covered, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. We work across 132 places in Fife, large and small.
We take on service penetrations across the KY16 postcode area, whatever the building. Among the streets we cover are Pickletillum Avenue and Craigie Hill. Nearby places we also cover include Drumoig (1 mile north-east), Newport-on-Tay (2 miles north-west), Wormit (3 miles west), Craigiebank (4 miles north) and West End (4 miles north-west). Further afield, our area takes in Leven (15 miles south), St Andrews (7 miles south-east), Cupar (7 miles south-west), Anstruther (15 miles south-east), Tayport (3 miles north-east) and Kennoway (15 miles south).
What’s near Pickletillum
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Morton Lochs. The nearest railway station is Leuchars station, about 2.7 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include V&A Dundee (3.7 miles north-west) and Dundee Dental Hospital (4.2 miles north-west).
Different surfaces, different methods
Small ducts
Some fire-rated sealant details cover small ducts. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products and we flag that rather than guess.
Risers and ceiling voids
Voids hide a lot of unsealed openings. We follow your schedule area by area and tell you about openings outside the list.
What sealant work can’t fix
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
Quoting for work in Pickletillum
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It takes account of:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- How much there is to seal
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
Sending details for a quote
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- The postcode of the building
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
Nearby places to Pickletillum
What else we do in Pickletillum
What happens if it’s left?
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. Left until ceilings are closed or a tenant moves in, the same work costs more access and more disruption. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, and for a smaller place like Pickletillum, a repair visit takes planning, so it’s better to act early.
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
Why clients in Pickletillum choose us
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
On site: what to expect
A typical day starts with protection: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. On site, the work normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access, and we clear our waste as we work. For a building near Pickletillum, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We will confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Before we start on site
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Request a quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.