Setley fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Setley and across Hampshire. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
Fire stopping for Setley sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Setley
Facilities managers in Setley often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. The enquiries we see most involve snag lists that include open service penetrations and openings left by services added after handover, across service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Setley 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.
Smaller places such as Setley still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
We stand behind the joints we seal with a 12-month guarantee. That covers our preparation and application.
- Where
- Setley (SO42)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
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. Rural sites near Setley may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Add it to your enquiry and we will build it into the plan.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Before we start on site
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Request a quote
A handful of photographs and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email if you’d rather talk the job through.
Related advice
Penetration seals near Setley
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. Setley has a good number of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Brockenhurst College, 1 mile north of Setley, are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal. Hospital estates such as Lymington New Forest Hospital, 2.9 miles south-east of Setley, are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
Setley is about 4 miles north of Lymington, in Hampshire. We cover Setley and the rest of Hampshire, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. We work across 723 places in Hampshire, large and small. Our Southampton page has more on work in that area (11 miles or so).
We take on service penetrations across the SO42 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. For a building on Tilebarn Lane and Lymington Road or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Brockenhurst (1 mile north), South Weirs (1 mile west), Balmerlawn (1 mile north), Lyndhurst (5 miles north) and Emery Down (5 miles north). A short drive away, we cover Eastleigh (15 miles north-east), Totton (8 miles north), Chandler's Ford (15 miles north-east), Hedge End (14 miles north-east), Lymington (4 miles south) and Romsey (13 miles north).
Near you in Setley
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Foresters Arms. The nearest railway station is Brockenhurst station, about 0.6 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery (3.6 miles south) and Lymington New Forest Hospital (2.9 miles south-east).
Looking after the joints
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. We suggest:
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail using the same product.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small; found late, it can be one of many.
Towns and villages near Setley
What else we do in Setley
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
Questions about Setley
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Lymington New Forest Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as Brockenhurst College?
Yes. We plan campus work around teaching, exams and residence turnarounds. Let us know which documents your site asks for, and we will confirm them alongside the quote.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Requirements differ from site to site, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
Do you approve fire stopping for building control?
No. Approval sits with the designer, principal designer or building control. We’ll confirm the products and details used and agree any further records when we quote.
When can the area be used after sealing?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and sign any area that should be left alone.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
In many cases, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Do you hold third-party fire-stopping installer certification?
No, and we’d rather be clear about that. Third-party schemes aren’t a legal requirement, but many clients and main contractors ask for them, so check your contract first. Where it isn’t required, we install the specified sealant to the maker’s details.
How the quote is worked out
To price the job, we consider:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- How much existing material needs removing
- Distance, for remote addresses
- Whether the work must be split into stages
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well, along with the time of year for external work.
What to include in your enquiry
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, these details speed things up:
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
What the job involves on each surface
Cables and cable bundles
Cable penetrations are frequently sealed with fire-rated sealant where the detail allows. Bundle size, cable type and the space between cables all matter.
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. The gap is measured at the widest point against the detail’s limits, and any that don’t are flagged.
Do you need fire stopping in Setley?
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it and has to be removed.
Look out for the following:
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
For a building such as Church of St Nicholas, new heating or data runs are the usual reason penetrations need sealing.
What your quote should include
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area