Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Red Rice, Hampshire
Work needed on a service penetration in Red Rice? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Openings left by services added after handover
Fire stopping in Red Rice
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Common questions from Red Rice clients
Is Red Rice off your patch?
No. Places such as Red Rice are covered as much as the big towns. London and every South East county are within our area. Good photographs up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
Is a hospital such as Andover War Memorial Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Do you certify or sign off fire stopping?
No. We don’t certify or sign off fire stopping, and we hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. We work to the specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and any records you need can be confirmed with the quote.
Is any job too small?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Send details for a fixed quote.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
Do you seal openings left by new services?
Yes, provided a specification covers them. New services after M&E works often breach existing seals.
Do you work in Scotland as well as England?
Our work covers Greater London, the South East and every Scottish council area. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook says service penetrations should keep at least the fire resistance of the wall or floor, using products tested for their end use.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Red Rice
No fire sealant works on its own: its test evidence covers one product in one kind of wall or floor, with set services, gaps, depths and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow, and we say so if it doesn’t fit. Site teams most often ask us about seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and unsealed openings around new pipes and cables, on service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and cable penetrations. Searching for sealant specialists in Red Rice? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005.
A job near Red Rice is usually planned around one visit, with the specification and photos sent in advance. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
The 12-month guarantee is for workmanship rather than wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we are clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Place
- Red Rice (SP11)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Fire-rated sealing for Red Rice buildings
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. 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. Red Rice lies roughly 65 miles out from central London. Business park offices in the commuter belt are refitted as tenants change, and each fit-out adds services through compartment walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
In a building such as Church of St Mary the Virgin, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. Schools such as Redrice School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards. For a site team at a college like Andover College (2.7 miles north-east of Red Rice), fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Red Rice is about 3 miles south-west of Andover, in Hampshire. If you are looking for fire stopping in Red Rice, we can help, as we do across Hampshire. Red Rice is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire. Sites around Southampton have their own page, roughly 19 miles from Red Rice.
We take on service penetrations across the SP11 postcode area, whatever the building. Among the streets we cover are Red Rice Road and Fullerton Road. If your building is just outside Red Rice, we cover Little Ann (1 mile north), Abbotts Ann (1 mile north-west), Anna Valley (1 mile north), Monxton (2 miles north-west) and Kentsboro (2 miles south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Winchester (12 miles south-east), Andover (3 miles north-east), Chandler's Ford (14 miles south-east), Romsey (13 miles south), Hyde (12 miles south-east) and Tidworth (8 miles north-west).
Around Red Rice
In Red Rice, that means premises near Abbotts Ann Church of England Primary School and John Hanson Community School and the streets around them. The closest station to Red Rice is Andover station, roughly 2.6 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Andover Museum (2.8 miles north-east) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (2.8 miles north). For a walk, there’s Mill Lake and Quarley Hill.
Leave it or put it right?
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product. Converted and older buildings near places like Red Rice tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Why appoint us
- One number for every site we cover
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
Also near Red Rice
More services for Red Rice
Surface by surface
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. Whether sealant alone is acceptable depends entirely on the tested detail.
Cables and cable bundles
Data cabling added after handover is a regular cause of open service penetrations. Openings around new cables are resealed to the detail.
General trades versus a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Redoing a failed joint typically costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
After the work
Regular inspection catches problems early. Specifically:
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. A short check at the end of each job saves a long hunt later.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned.
How a job runs
When we get to site, we sign in, go through any site induction and check how permits are handled. Floors, finishes and fittings next to the joints are covered before any cutting starts, and the work normally takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. Jobs in and around smaller places like Red Rice are normally planned as a single visit, so photographs and measurements up front really help. That way the right products come on the day.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and ask about anything unclear.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
Quotes
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.
Advice
Honest limits
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
If you are not sure, just call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors