Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Rownhams, Hampshire
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Rownhams, by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Fire stopping for Rownhams sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Honest limits
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
Not sure which it is? You can phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Rownhams
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. 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 Rownhams. If you have fire stopping installed outside its tested range and builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls, we can help, whatever the surface. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Rownhams first comes to us: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Around Rownhams, penetration and linear seals tend to be one-building jobs. With the specification and photographs of the gaps, we can give a fixed quote and bring the right products.
We stand by our work: 12 months, guaranteed. That covers our preparation and application, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Place
- Rownhams (SO16)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Rownhams
Do you cover business parks and estates near Rownhams, such as Kingfisher Business Park?
Yes, sites like Kingfisher Business Park are within our area, along with the rest of Rownhams. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Do you work on fire-rated sealing in hotels in Rownhams?
Yes, where fire-rated sealant is the specified product. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Do you work in Rownhams?
Yes. We take on work across Rownhams, with one number for every area we cover.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
Can you work while the building is occupied?
Yes, as long as we plan it. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
That depends on the product specified. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so we will confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Cost factors for service penetrations
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Travel to remote or island sites
- The product specified
- The total length or number of joints
Every site prices differently: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Details that help us quote
A few photographs plus some basic facts will normally do. It helps to include:
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
- The product your specification calls for
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Where the site is, with the postcode
To get a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
Compartment walls and floors in Rownhams
At about 70 miles from central London, Rownhams is within reach of the capital. 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. There are three care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of Rownhams. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product.
For a site team at a college like Richard Taunton Sixth Form College, which lies south-east of Rownhams, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works. Campus buildings at universities such as University of Southampton, 2.8 miles to the south-east of Rownhams, see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified.
Rownhams is about 3 miles north-east of Totton, in Hampshire. We cover commercial sites throughout Rownhams, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Across Hampshire, 723 places are covered, including Rownhams.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout SO16, for business premises of every kind. Buildings on Rownhams Way, Horns Drove and Rownhams Close are within our area for service penetrations. Just outside Rownhams, we also work in Upton (1 mile west), Nursling (1 mile south-west), Hillyfields (1 mile south-west), Lordswood (1 mile south-east) and Toothill (1 mile north-west). Further afield, our area takes in Winchester (10 miles north-east), Eastleigh (5 miles east), Fareham (13 miles south-east), Totton (3 miles south-west), Chandler's Ford (4 miles north-east) and Hedge End (7 miles east).
Near you in Rownhams
In Rownhams, that means premises near Oaklands Community School, St James' Park and Oasis Academy Lord's Hill and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Redbridge station, about 2.1 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Eling Experience (2.4 miles south-west) and Marlands Shopping Centre (3.7 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Testwood Lakes.
Maintenance after handover
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Share these points with them:
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
Never top up a fire seal with foam, ordinary silicone or filler. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way, or a new specification from the designer.
Keep a register of where seals are and what they are made of. It tells the next contractor exactly what to reinstate, and it helps at inspections.
On site: what to expect
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. 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. Work in places the size of Rownhams is planned as a single visit where we can. Clear photographs and measurements help us bring the right products.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned so the seal starts clean.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Before we start on site
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Getting a fixed quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with what you know.
Advice
What else we do in Rownhams
When to bring in a specialist
Certain joints really need a specialist: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint.
Common problems we fix in Rownhams
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position, so it has to come out.
Clients typically get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Church of St John sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Comparing quotes
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?