Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Selkirk, Scottish Borders
Work needed on a service penetration in Selkirk? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Fire stopping in Selkirk
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Doing it in-house
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Fire stopping in Selkirk, done properly
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. To price a package, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with the schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. If you are dealing with seals that don’t match their tested detail and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, we can help, whatever the surface. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Selkirk? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005.
In smaller Scottish places like Selkirk, buildings with fire-resisting walls typically include schools, care homes, hotels and health centres. Where services pass through, specified fire-rated sealant is installed following the manufacturer’s guidance for that wall or floor.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, wherever the site is. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Location
- Selkirk (TD7)
- Region
- Scottish Borders
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
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Selkirk: questions and answers
Which Scottish guidance covers penetration seals in Selkirk?
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. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Could you schedule work at a campus like Heriot-Watt University - Scottish Borders Campus for the vacation?
Yes. Education sites typically want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we will confirm them alongside the quote.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
When can you be on site?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so we will ask for the register before work on an older building. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to, and any queries are raised before we start.
How the job changes by surface
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, though larger ones normally call for a collar or wrap. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
Metal pipes
Sealant details often cover copper and steel pipework. The tested detail sets the pipe size range, gap, depth and whether insulation can stay on, so we check each one.
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 one of these:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
If in doubt, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will say what we think before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
Aftercare for building managers
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. We suggest:
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Record which product was used where
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail using the same product.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
Why act early in Selkirk
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: they also carry noise, draughts and smells between rooms. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first. For buildings near Selkirk, dealing with all the failing joints at once saves return trips. Photos of each area help us quote the whole job.
What a job costs comes down to the quantity of joints, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
Why clients in Selkirk choose us
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and insurance.
From enquiry to sign-off
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. The work itself normally takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building, and we clear our waste as we work. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Selkirk 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.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and ask about anything unclear.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- 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.
What we need from you
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
Request a quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Advice
Fire stopping in Selkirk: the local picture
Several hotels sit less than 2 miles from Selkirk. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal. 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. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
In a hotel such as Fleece Hotel, under half a mile south-west of Selkirk, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. For a building such as Church Of Our Lady And St Joseph, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing. For an estates team at a campus like Heriot-Watt University - Scottish Borders Campus, 4.6 miles to the north-east of Selkirk, summer M&E works are typically followed by a round of penetration sealing.
Selkirk is about 5 miles south of Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. Across the TD7 postcode area, it works the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. 91 places across the Scottish Borders fall within our area, Selkirk among them. Edinburgh is covered too, around 31 miles from Selkirk.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in TD7 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Among the streets we cover are High Street, Market Place and Station Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Main routes into Selkirk include the A7 and A707, useful when we plan access and materials. Close to Selkirk, our area also takes in Boleside (3 miles north-east), Midlem (4 miles east), Broadmeadows (4 miles west), Ashkirk (4 miles south) and Yarrowford (4 miles west). A short drive away, we cover Galashiels (5 miles north), Hawick (9 miles south), Peebles (15 miles north-west), Jedburgh (12 miles south-east), Wilton (9 miles south) and Innerleithen (10 miles north-west). Selkirk is one of the busier places in the Scottish Borders, and we take on service penetrations for its commercial and public buildings.
Local landmarks in Selkirk
Around Selkirk, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Town Arms Inn. The nearest railway station is Galashiels station, roughly 5 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Borders General Hospital (5 miles north-east) and Peel Hill (less than half a mile south). Open spaces near Selkirk include Hare and Dunhog Mosses and Haining Loch.