Pilrig fire stopping
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Pilrig. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Fire stopping for businesses in Pilrig
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Why act early in Pilrig
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Late discoveries can delay handover while openings are reopened and resealed. In a Scottish city, access often needs scaffold, permits or factor approval, so deal with all failing joints while access is up.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
What you get with us
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- One contact handling all your sites
About our fire stopping in Pilrig
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls. We close the openings listed on your schedule, using the specified sealant and detail. If you are dealing with unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings and openings left by services added after handover, we can put it right. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Pilrig from the first photographs to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Large city estates in Scotland, from universities to hospitals and offices, are re-serviced constantly, and each new run of cable or pipe through a compartment wall needs sealing. New openings are closed with the specified fire-rated product, following its test evidence.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Location
- Pilrig (EH6, EH7, EH1)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Your questions answered
Could you schedule work at a campus like University of Edinburgh - Holyrood Campus for the vacation?
Yes. We plan campus work around teaching, exams and residence turnarounds. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
Which Scottish guidance covers penetration seals in Pilrig?
Under Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14), service penetrations should keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for their end use. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Let us know which documents the site needs, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm them with the quote.
How long before the joints can be used?
We will confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and sign any area that should be left alone.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. The 12-month guarantee covers our preparation and application, but not damage, misuse or other trades’ work.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, which many sites require.
Can staff carry on working while you’re here?
Yes, with some planning. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them.
Towns and villages near Pilrig
Also in Pilrig
Surface by surface
Cables and cable bundles
Data cabling added after handover is a regular cause of open service penetrations. We reseal around them to the specified detail, and any bundle too large for sealant alone is flagged.
Small ducts
Some fire-rated sealant details cover small ducts. Larger or fire-rated ductwork normally needs a different solution set by the designer and we flag that rather than guess.
Owners, agents and contractors
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Pilrig can form part of a wider programme across Edinburgh.
Honest limits
Being straight saves everyone time. New sealant won’t cure:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
If in doubt, phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
After the work
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
Fire-rated sealing for Pilrig buildings
Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, with products tested for that end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified. Pilrig has six care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product.
For an estates team at a campus like University of Edinburgh - Holyrood Campus (1 mile south of Pilrig), summer M&E works are usually followed by a round of penetration sealing. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Western General Hospital (Edinburgh) (to the west of Pilrig) all have compartment walls crossed by services. For a site team at a college like Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh, 1 mile to the south-west of Pilrig, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Pilrig is about 2 miles north-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Any commercial site in Pilrig is covered, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, including Pilrig.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in EH6, EH7 and EH1 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Fyfe Lane, Haig Lane and Easter Road and the roads nearby. You’ll find Pilrig on or near the A900. We also cover Bonnington (1 mile north), Gayfield (1 mile south-west), Powderhall (1 mile west), Greenside (1 mile south) and Broughton (1 mile south-west). A short drive away, we cover Queensferry (9 miles west), South Portobello (3 miles south-east), Southhouse (5 miles south), Gilmerton (5 miles south-east), Shandon (3 miles south-west) and Muirhouse (3 miles west).
Around Pilrig
Recent enquiries here include premises near 23 Elm Row and 2 Montgomery Street pub, McDonald Road Library and Taylor Gardens and the streets around them. You’ll also find London Street Primary School (0.5 miles south-west) and Drummond Community High School (0.5 miles south-west). The closest station to Pilrig is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 1 mile south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include St. James Centre (0.8 miles south-west) and Leith Community Treatment Centre (0.5 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Dunsapie Loch and Salisbury Crags.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
On arrival, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before any cutting starts, and the work normally takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. City jobs in Pilrig usually need parking and loading planned. Shared closes, stairs and the property factor may need to be part of the plan.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
What we need from you
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Quotes
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.