Fire stopping in Reraig
Looking for fire stopping in Reraig? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping for businesses in Reraig
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Doing it in-house
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
How we handle fire stopping in Reraig
Facilities managers in Reraig often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it, matching the product and detail it names. 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, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and service gaps in risers, and what we are called in for most is fire stopping installed outside its tested range and non-fire-rated filler around services. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Reraig, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Reraig often have services added during refurbishment. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Reraig (IV40)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Common problems we fix in Reraig
Most open service penetrations are left by later work. New cabling, rerouted pipework or a data route drilled through a riser leaves an opening that nobody returns to. Over a few years of fit-outs, a wall can collect a lot of these.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Lochalsh Parish Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Comparing quotes
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
Reraig: questions and answers
Do you cover business parks and estates near Reraig, such as Lochalsh Business Park?
Yes. We cover Reraig and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Lochalsh Business Park. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Reraig?
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. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
What will the job cost?
There isn’t a price list, as every site differs. Send photos or drawings and we will price it at a fixed figure.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months.
How do you choose the sealant?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
Can weather delay the job?
It can, for external work. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so external work may be moved if conditions aren’t right. Indoors, the weather is rarely a problem.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. Where we can, we combine work around Reraig with other jobs nearby, to make the most of each trip. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Getting a fixed quote
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form to discuss it first.
Advice
Also near Reraig
What else we do in Reraig
Leave it or put it right?
The longer openings stay, the more there tend to be: each new service adds to the list. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small, rather than turning into a full building survey and reseal. In Scotland, wind-driven rain finds a failed joint quickly, so it’s worth renewing joints around Reraig before they leak.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Why appoint us
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
See our cost guide or how we’re accredited.
Different surfaces, different methods
Masonry and concrete
Block walls and concrete floors are common substrates for penetration seals. Dust and debris are cleared from the opening.
Small ducts
Ducts are only sealed with sealant where the detail allows it. Dampers and ductwork systems themselves are outside our work.
Service penetrations in Reraig buildings
In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with products tested for that end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
Offices at parks like Lochalsh Business Park, 1.5 miles to the east of Reraig, are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail. Hotels like Balmacara Hotel, under half a mile west of Reraig, are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls.
Reraig is in Highland. Commercial clients in Reraig can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Highland. Across Highland, 256 places are covered, including Reraig.
We take on service penetrations across the IV40 postcode area, whatever the building. Nearby places we also cover include Balmacara (1 mile north-west), Auchtertyre (1 mile east), Kyle of Lochalsh (3 miles west), Drumbuie (3 miles north-west) and Erbusaig (4 miles west). Where a site is remote or on an island, travel and materials need planning ahead, so the full address helps from the start.
What’s near Reraig
The nearest railway station is Kyle of Lochalsh station, roughly 3.3 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Duncraig Castle (3.8 miles north) and Bright Water Visitor Centre (3.9 miles west). For a walk, there’s Loch Iain Oig and Glas Bheinn.
What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers