Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Rew Street, Isle of Wight
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Rew Street and across the Isle of Wight. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Fire stopping in Rew Street
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Rew Street
It helps to set out our role at the start. Deciding the specification sits with the designer, the fire engineer and building control. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance on sites in Rew Street. Most enquiries involve fire sealant pulled out of the opening and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls, on pipe penetrations, service gaps in risers and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Rew Street? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Rew Street often combine new partitions with old walls. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: 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.
- Location
- Rew Street (PO31)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Surface by surface
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Larger or fire-rated ductwork usually needs a different solution set by the designer and we flag that rather than guess.
Risers and ceiling voids
Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance.
Questions we’re asked in Rew Street
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Rew Street?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Can you work on a hospital site such as Mr Rohan Sawant (St Mary’s Hospital)?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
Often, yes. Many products come in a range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or surrounding finishes is often possible. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a visit before quoting.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, with one point of contact.
What hours do you work?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No, never. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so everything comes out first.
What we can’t put right
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
If in doubt, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work in Rew Street
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
Places near Rew Street
Also in Rew Street
Aftercare for building managers
Regular inspection catches problems early. In particular:
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Not every fire-rated product can be painted, and the data sheet says which.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small compared with dozens found at once.
How a job runs
Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. Smaller jobs around Rew Street can be grouped with others nearby. You will have a fixed quote before work starts.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
What we need from you
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Agree which areas must stay open
Get a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
Related advice
Leave it or put it right?
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. The fix is to remove it and reinstall to the detail, so it makes sense to get it right first time. One visit to deal with every failing joint makes more sense than several trips to a place like Rew Street, rather than one at a time. Send photos of each area and we will quote for the lot.
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site rules also count.
Why appoint us
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- One contact handling all your sites
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Fully insured
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Rew Street
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Whether you’re a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send the details, accept a fixed quote, and we carry out and guarantee the work. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
Service penetrations in Rew Street buildings
Several hotels sit less than 2 miles from Rew Street. 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. Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
Hospital estates such as Mr Rohan Sawant (St Mary’s Hospital), 2.8 miles south-east of Rew Street, are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail. Holiday works at schools like Northwood Primary School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. On a site such as Island Technology Park, 2.7 miles to the east of Rew Street, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
Rew Street is about 1 mile south-west of Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Rew Street can call on us for service penetrations. Rew Street is one of 125 places we cover in the Isle of Wight. Southampton is covered too, around 12 miles from Rew Street.
We cover the PO31 postcode districts. Among the streets we cover are Rew Street, Harness Lane and Westview Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. We also cover Northwood (1 mile east), Gurnard (1 mile north-east), Cowes (1 mile north-east), Great Thorness (2 miles south-west) and Noke Common (2 miles south-east) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Newport (4 miles south-east), Ryde (8 miles east), Sandown (10 miles south-east), Shanklin (10 miles south-east), Ventnor (12 miles south-east) and Oakfield (8 miles east). Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so mention the location when you ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Landmarks near Rew Street
Around Rew Street, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Travellers Joy pub and Cowes Enterprise College and the streets around them. Well-known places in the area include St Mary's Hospital (2.8 miles south-east) and Isle of Wight Natural History Centre (1 mile east). For a walk, there’s Mill Hill.