Fire Stopping in Prestonfield
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Prestonfield and nearby, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Fire stopping for Prestonfield sites
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
About our fire stopping in Prestonfield
The test standards are BS EN 1366-3 for penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints. A rating such as EI 60 only holds when the product is installed as it was tested. Reproducing the tested arrangement on site is the part we take care of. Most enquiries involve non-fire-rated filler around services and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back, on cable penetrations, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Prestonfield is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Older stone and tenement buildings in Scotland’s cities have usually been re-serviced many times. Wall type and service type decide the product, so both are checked before sealing.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: 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.
- Where
- Prestonfield (EH16, EH9, EH8)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Common questions from Prestonfield clients
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Prestonfield?
Yes, to the specification and the product’s tested detail. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we will tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
Could you schedule work at a campus like University of Edinburgh - Little France Campus for the vacation?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we’ll plan the work around them. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
How do we ask for a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
Do you cover Prestonfield?
Yes. We take on work across Prestonfield.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
Can weather delay the job?
Outside, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Internal work is rarely affected.
How the job changes by surface
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. The specified product and backing for that movement are what goes in, with no gaps along the run.
Plastic pipes
In a fire, plastic pipework melts away and leaves an opening. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
What happens if it’s left?
Leave a penetration open and smoke and fire can cross into the next compartment far earlier than intended. While the openings can be reached, sealing them is normally straightforward. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. In a tenement or shared city building, water from a failed joint can reach other owners’ property. Fixing it promptly keeps repairs small.
We don’t publish prices, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote.
Why appoint us
- CSCS-carded applicators
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- Clear, fixed quotes
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Nearby places to Prestonfield
More services for Prestonfield
What we can’t put right
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is any of the following:
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
Where we work in Prestonfield
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
Penetration seals near Prestonfield
There are six care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Prestonfield. In a care home, any new pipe or cable through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. The area within 2 miles of Prestonfield holds plenty of hotels. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail.
Where a unit on an estate such as Peffermill Industrial Estate, which lies east of Prestonfield, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail. For a hospital such as Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, which lies south-east of Prestonfield, penetration sealing is usually phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first.
Prestonfield is about 2 miles east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Commercial clients in Prestonfield use us for work on service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Edinburgh. 174 places across Edinburgh fall within our area, Prestonfield among them.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout EH16, EH9 and EH8, whatever the building. If your site is on Lady Road, Cobden Road and Gilmour Road or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Main routes into Prestonfield include the A7, which helps when planning parking and deliveries for the job. We also cover Cameron Toll (1 mile south), Mayfield (1 mile west), Bridge End (1 mile south-east), St Leonard's (1 mile north-west) and Newington (1 mile west) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Leith (3 miles north), Bonnington (3 miles north), Stockbridge (3 miles north-west), North Leith (3 miles north), West Coates (3 miles west) and Queensferry (10 miles west).
Local landmarks in Prestonfield
In Prestonfield, that means premises near Duddingston Kirk, Scottish Poetry Library and Peffermill Playing Fields, among other places. Other local landmarks include Leslie's Bar (0.6 miles west), Sciennes Primary School (1.1 miles west) and Royal Blind School (0.5 miles south-west). The nearest railway station is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 1.7 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Morita Museum of Fine Art (0.5 miles west) and Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (0.5 miles south). The countryside around Prestonfield includes The New Leaf Co-op and Duddingston Loch.
Doing it in-house
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, keep walkways clear and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. City jobs in Prestonfield typically need parking and loading planned. Tenement closes, shared stairs and factor approvals may also be involved.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals 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.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Getting the site ready
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Quotes
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Upload them with the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos if you’d rather talk the job through.
Advice
Do you need fire stopping in Prestonfield?
Openings in fire-resisting walls normally appear when services are added or changed. New cabling, rerouted pipework or a data route drilled through a riser can leave the hole behind. Over a few years of fit-outs, a wall can collect a lot of these.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Residences at universities like University of Edinburgh - Little France Campus (to the south-east of Prestonfield) have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change.
Before you book anyone
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?