Fire stopping in Roxburgh
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Roxburgh. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
Need fire stopping in Roxburgh?
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
About our fire stopping in Roxburgh
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate, and we won’t pretend otherwise. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. Site teams most often ask us about openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, on service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Roxburgh from the first photos to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Roxburgh 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.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Place
- Roxburgh (TD5)
- Region
- Scottish Borders
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
General trades versus a specialist
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.
Fire-rated sealing for Roxburgh 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, using products tested for the way they’re used. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Kelso Hospital, 2.7 miles north-east of Roxburgh, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. For a building such as Roxburgh Parish Church, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing.
Roxburgh is about 13 miles east of Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. Across the TD5 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Our the Scottish Borders coverage takes in 91 places. Edinburgh is covered too, around 39 miles from Roxburgh.
Commercial sites across TD5 are covered. For a building on Bowmont Court and Teviot Road or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. If your building is just outside Roxburgh, we cover Heiton (1 mile east), Kelso (3 miles north-east), Nisbet (4 miles south-west), Sprouston (4 miles north-east) and Ednam (5 miles north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Galashiels (13 miles west), Selkirk (14 miles west), Jedburgh (7 miles south-west), Duns (15 miles north), Melrose (10 miles west) and Earlston (9 miles north-west).
Around Roxburgh
Nearby you’ll also find Kelso Museum And Turret Gallery (2.4 miles north-east) and Kelso Hospital (2.7 miles north-east). The countryside around Roxburgh includes Wooden Loch and Peniel Heugh.
Roxburgh: questions and answers
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Roxburgh?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Is Roxburgh too far out for you?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. We cover the whole of Scotland. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so damp, frosty or very cold days can stop external work. Internal work is rarely affected.
What will the job cost?
There isn’t a price list, as every site differs. With photographs or drawings, we can give you a fixed quote.
How soon can the area be used again?
We’ll confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
There are four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photographs and a postcode.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. Our applicators hold CSCS cards, as many construction sites ask for.
Our process
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access, and we clear our waste as we work. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Roxburgh is planned so the job is finished in one visit where possible, which is why we ask for photographs and a full list first. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- 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.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Get a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. If you have questions first, phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
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What else we do in Roxburgh
What sealant work can’t fix
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Signs you need fire stopping in Roxburgh
Plenty of openings were simply never closed. They come to light during inspections, refits or when another trade lifts a tile.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Hidden openings found during inspections
On estates like Spylaw Road Industrial Estate, 2 miles north-east of Roxburgh, the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal.
What to look for in a quote
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Their public liability cover
Owners, agents and contractors
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we’re straightforward to vet for your supplier list. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules.
What affects the price in Roxburgh
Before we quote, we look at:
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Whether the work must be split into stages
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
What to include in your enquiry
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Let us know:
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Any dates the work must fit around
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.