Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Sciennes, Edinburgh
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Sciennes and across Edinburgh. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping in Sciennes
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Sciennes, done properly
We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate and we’d rather say that up front. What we offer is careful installation of the specified sealant to its tested detail, with a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. If you’re dealing with fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back and fire stopping installed outside its tested range, we can put it right. For commercial sealant work in Sciennes, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Older stone and tenement buildings in Scotland’s cities have typically been re-serviced many times. Before sealing, we confirm the wall or floor and the services passing through, so the product matches the detail, and design questions go to the designer or verifier.
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
- Sciennes (EH9, EH8, EH3)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
How the quote is worked out
These are the things that shape the price:
- The total length or number of joints
- How accessible the joints are
- The product specified
- Whether the work must be split into stages
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
What to include in your enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- The product your specification calls for
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- The type of building and who uses it
- Any dates the work must fit around
For a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
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Questions about Sciennes
Do you work in occupied care homes around Sciennes?
Yes. We agree rooms and times with the manager and work a few areas at a time. We follow the home’s own procedures throughout.
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Sciennes?
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. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
How long does a job like this take?
That varies with the scale of the job, but the work usually takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Is any job too small?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Send details for a fixed quote.
How do I request a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
Can you quote from photographs?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a visit.
After the work
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Record which product was used where
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. A short check at the end of each job saves a long hunt later.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Building owners and managing agents use us on everything from one building to a spread of sites. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
Compartment walls and floors in Sciennes
Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, with products tested for that end use. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail. There are a good number of hotels within about 2 miles of Sciennes. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
Tenant changes at centres like Waverley Mall, 1 mile north of Sciennes, often mean new services through walls between units. Campus buildings at universities such as University of Edinburgh, less than half a mile north of Sciennes, see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified.
Sciennes is about 1 mile south-east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Our applicators travel to Sciennes for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including Sciennes.
We cover the EH9, EH8 and EH3 postcode districts for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Lauder Road, Meadow Lane and Grange Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Access to Sciennes is via the A700 among other routes, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. If your building is just outside Sciennes, we cover The Grange (1 mile south), Marchmont (1 mile west), Newington (1 mile east), Burgh Muir (1 mile south) and Buccleuch (1 mile north). A short drive away, we cover Leith (3 miles north), North Leith (3 miles north), Queensferry (9 miles west), Timber Bush (3 miles north), South Portobello (3 miles east) and Southhouse (3 miles south-east).
What’s near Sciennes
Around Sciennes, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Meadows, St Trinnean's School and James Gillespie's High School and the streets around them. You will also find 15-16 Argyle Place pub (less than half a mile west), St Cuthbert's Church (1.1 miles north-west) and National Museums Scotland Library (0.6 miles north). Sciennes’s nearest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 0.9 miles north. A little further out are Meadows Dental Clinic (under half a mile south-west) and Edinburgh Castle (0.9 miles north-west). Not far away are Dunsapie Loch and The New Leaf Co-op.
Why deal with it now?
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product. Scottish city buildings take plenty of rain, so a split or hardened joint lets water into the wall. Resealing promptly protects the stone and the interior.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
What you get with us
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Failed material removed, not covered up
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. For premises in Sciennes, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, and we will plan the work to suit, phased where areas need to stay in use.
- 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.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Get a fixed quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us with what you know.
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Signs you need fire stopping in Sciennes
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position, so it has to come out.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
On a hospital site such as Astley Ainslie Hospital, which lies south-west of Sciennes, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
Before you book anyone
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Proof of insurance
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?