Fire Stopping in Piershill
Looking for fire stopping in Piershill? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Need fire stopping in Piershill?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
When something else is needed
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
Fire stopping in Piershill, done properly
Fire-rated sealant suits many small service penetrations: copper and steel pipes, cables and some small ducts where the tested detail allows. Larger openings and some plastic pipes call for collars, wraps, batts or boards instead. We use sealant where it is the specified product, and we tell you when a detail calls for something else. Most enquiries involve unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls, across linear gaps at wall heads, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Piershill first comes to us: we look at the rest while we’re 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.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Place
- Piershill (EH7, EH8, EH15)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Keeping the joints sound
To get the most from the new sealant:
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Not every fire-rated product can be painted, and the data sheet says which.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. It costs little and catches breaches early.
Common questions from Piershill clients
Can you work in a care home near Piershill with residents in?
Yes. We work around residents’ routines, a room or two at a time. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
Which Scottish guidance covers penetration seals in Piershill?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
How long does a typical visit take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we’re given. We’ll give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, so we will confirm the curing time on the day.
Is Piershill in your area?
Yes. We cover Piershill. To discuss a job, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Who decides which product is used?
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.
Fire-rated sealing for Piershill buildings
There are nine care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Piershill. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product. Piershill has plenty of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
Tenant changes at centres like Meadowbank Shopping Park, 0.8 miles to the west of Piershill, often mean new services through walls between units. Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Edinburgh College - Milton Road Campus, 2 miles to the south-east of Piershill, are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal. On estates like West Telferton Industrial Park (0.7 miles east of Piershill), the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal.
Piershill is about 3 miles east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Commercial clients in Piershill can call on us for service penetrations. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, including Piershill.
Commercial sites across EH7, EH8 and EH15 are covered for service penetrations. For a building on Loaning Road, Abercorn Road and Loganlea Road or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Being close to the A1140, Piershill is easy to get to with materials and equipment. If your building is just outside Piershill, we cover Jock's Lodge (1 mile west), Willowbrae (1 mile south-west), Restalrig (1 mile north-west), Mountcastle (1 mile south-east) and Craigentinny (1 mile north-east). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (3 miles west), West End (3 miles west), Stockbridge (3 miles west), West Coates (3 miles west), Merchiston (3 miles south-west) and Queensferry (10 miles west).
Around Piershill
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Duddingston Kirk, Lochend Park and Public House and the streets around them. Nearby too are Portobello Library (1.1 miles east) and Mannafields Christian School (1.1 miles west). The closest station to Piershill is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 1.8 miles west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Hibernian Football Club Museum (1 mile north-west) and Craigmillar Castle (2 miles south). Not far away are The New Leaf Co-op and Whinny Hill.
On site: what to expect
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work normally takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. Give us the access times and building rules for your premises in Piershill, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
Get a fixed quote
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Advice
How the quote is worked out
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- Working within restricted access windows
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The product specified
- How much there is to seal
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
What we need to price the job
For an accurate fixed quote, we need to understand the site. Useful things to include:
- Access details, including height
- Specification clauses that apply
- The type of building and who uses it
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
Owners, agents and contractors
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Piershill can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
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, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.