Salters Heath fire stopping
Work needed on a service penetration in Salters Heath? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Fire stopping across Salters Heath
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
How we handle fire stopping in Salters Heath
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. Most enquiries involve service penetrations left open after M&E works and improvised or mixed-product fire seals, across small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and linear gaps at wall heads. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Salters Heath first comes to us: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
For a smaller site near Salters Heath, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, with the specification and photos sent in advance. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, in Salters Heath as everywhere else we work. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Location
- Salters Heath (RG26)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Salters Heath
Do you cover business parks and estates near Salters Heath, such as Berry Court Business Park?
Yes, sites like Berry Court Business Park are within our area, along with the rest of Salters Heath. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Salters Heath?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
How long does a typical visit take?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit typically takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
Will you quote for a small job?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Send details for a fixed quote.
What do you charge?
It depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a fixed quote and we will price it properly.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so everything comes out first.
Our process
Before we leave any area, we remove the tape, clean down and inspect every joint. Where the sealant needs time to cure before use, we tell you and sign the area. Rural sites near Salters Heath may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Add it to your enquiry and we will build it into the plan.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- 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.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Quotes
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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Common problems we fix in Salters Heath
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps, and the wrong product can split as a result. Linear joint details set a width range and movement capability, and the seal has to sit within them.
Look out for the following:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
In a building such as Pamber Priory, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Questions to ask before you book
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
What sealant work can’t fix
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. You will hear from us if the cause turns out to be any of the following:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Salters Heath
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
Also near Salters Heath
Also in Salters Heath
After the work
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. Repairs need the same product and detail as the original unless the designer specifies otherwise.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts.
General trades versus 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.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Penetration seals near Salters Heath
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. Salters Heath is about 46 miles from central London. Business park offices in the commuter belt are refitted as tenants change, and each fit-out adds services through compartment walls.
In a school such as The Priory Primary School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. Office fit-outs on sites such as Berry Court Business Park, 0.9 miles north of Salters Heath, add cabling and pipework through fire-resisting walls, and fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it.
Salters Heath is about 3 miles south of Tadley, in Hampshire. Anywhere in RG26, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Salters Heath is one of 723 places in Hampshire on our list for service penetrations. There’s a separate page for Reading, about 11 miles away.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in RG26 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are Aldermaston Road and Salters Heath Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. If your building is just outside Salters Heath, we cover Pamber End (1 mile north-west), Monk Sherborne (1 mile south-west), Pamber Green (1 mile north), Little London (1 mile north-east) and Charter Alley (1 mile west). Nearby towns on our patch include Basingstoke (4 miles south), Farnborough (15 miles east), Fleet (12 miles east), Alton (13 miles south-east), Yateley (12 miles east) and Tadley (3 miles north).
Around Salters Heath
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Queens College Arms and Everest Community Academy and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Bramley (Hants) station, roughly 2.7 miles east. Nearby you will also find Calleva Museum (2.8 miles north) and Basing House (4.4 miles south-east). The countryside around Salters Heath includes Daneshill Park Woods.