Fire Stopping in Pulborough
Commercial sealant work in Pulborough for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping for businesses in Pulborough
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Pulborough, done properly
Facilities managers in Pulborough often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. We work on linear gaps at wall heads, cable penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are expanding foam used as fire stopping and improvised or mixed-product fire seals. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Pulborough? We have been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Around smaller places like Pulborough, many commercial buildings are conversions or extensions of older ones, so the wall or floor a service passes through isn’t always what the drawings assume. The right product depends on the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we will tell you if the detail calls for something other than sealant.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Location
- Pulborough (RH20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
When something else is needed
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. We will tell you if the real problem is one of these:
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
If you’re not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Common problems we fix in Pulborough
Openings in fire-resisting walls typically appear when services are added or changed. New cabling, rerouted pipework or a data route drilled through a riser can leave the hole behind. Across several fit-outs, the openings add up.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
For a site team at a college like Brinsbury College, 2.4 miles to the north-east of Pulborough, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Before you book anyone
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
Commercial clients in Pulborough
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we are straightforward to vet for your supplier list. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end.
Looking after the joints
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. In particular:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
During planned inspections, look at seals in risers, cupboards and voids. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
Your questions answered
Can you work at a site such as Station Approach Industrial Estate, by Pulborough?
Yes. Our area takes in Pulborough and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Station Approach Industrial Estate included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Is Pulborough off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We work across Greater London and the South East. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
Can you tell us what fire stopping our building needs?
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.
Can you reseal penetrations after our M&E works?
Yes, provided a specification covers them. New services after M&E works often breach existing seals, and we reseal them to the specified detail.
Will you quote for a small job?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes. It runs for twelve months and covers how we prepared and sealed the joints, but not damage, misuse or other trades’ work.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. We sign and contain the area we are in, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Work in places the size of Pulborough is planned as a single visit where we can. Clear photographs and measurements help us bring the right products.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Before we start on site
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Point out any areas we must not close
Ask for a quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
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Fire stopping in Pulborough: the local picture
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. At about 41 miles from central London, Pulborough is within reach of the capital. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
For a unit at a site such as Station Approach Industrial Estate (0.5 miles west of Pulborough), new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall. Hotels such as Chequers Hotel, under half a mile west of Pulborough, rely on fire-resisting walls between bedrooms and corridors, and refits that add services leave penetrations to seal where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Pulborough is about 10 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. If you are looking for fire stopping in Pulborough, we can help, as we do across West Sussex. Pulborough is one of 373 places in West Sussex on our list for service penetrations. We also cover Brighton, around 18 miles from Pulborough.
Postcode districts covered here: RH20 for service penetrations. If your site is on London Road, Station Road and Rectory Close or close by, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. Main routes into Pulborough include the A283. Nearby places we also cover include Hardham (1 mile south-west), Pickhurst (1 mile north-west), Coldwaltham (2 miles south-west), Fittleworth (3 miles west) and Bedham (3 miles west) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Horsham (11 miles north-east), Worthing (10 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (14 miles south-west), Chichester (15 miles south-west), Littlehampton (10 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (13 miles south-east).
Near you in Pulborough
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Oddfellows Arms, among other places. The closest station to Pulborough is Pulborough station, roughly 0.6 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include The Storrington And District Museum (3.8 miles south-east) and Coates Castle (3.8 miles west). Open spaces near Pulborough include Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve.
What the job involves on each 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, along the full length of the run.
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We follow your schedule area by area, and note anything we find that isn’t on it.