Fire Stopping in Shootash
Looking for fire stopping in Shootash? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
Need fire stopping in Shootash?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
On site: what to expect
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. For work around Shootash, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. That way the right products come on the day.
- 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 so the seal starts clean.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Getting the site ready
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Ask for a quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we’ll arrange one.
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Fire stopping in Shootash, done properly
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 will confirm with the quote. The enquiries we see most involve unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings and fire sealant pulled out of the opening, across cable penetrations, linear gaps at wall heads and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in Shootash, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Around smaller places like Shootash, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: preparation, application and finish. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Location
- Shootash (SO51)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Common questions from Shootash clients
Can you work at a site such as Budds Lane Industrial Estate, by Shootash?
Yes, sites like Budds Lane Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Shootash. To start, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Shootash?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Is colour matching possible?
It depends on the product specified. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so we’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Do you work in Shootash?
Yes. Sites across Shootash are covered, with one number for every area we cover.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, let us know and we’ll send them with the quote.
How soon can the area be used again?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Places near Shootash
Other services in Shootash
Different surfaces, different methods
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We follow your schedule area by area.
What we are called out for in Shootash
Some service penetrations were never sealed at all, often hidden above suspended ceilings or behind boxing. They come to light during inspections, refits or when another trade lifts a tile.
Common reasons buildings call us in:
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Industrial units on estates such as Budds Lane Industrial Estate, 2 miles to the east of Shootash, often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal.
Questions to ask before you book
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
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.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Cost factors for service penetrations
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, since sites vary so much. What we look at:
- How much existing material needs removing
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Phasing around occupants
- The site’s rules and procedures
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
Sending details for a quote
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. These details are enough to start:
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- The product your specification calls for
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with what you know.
Service penetrations in Shootash buildings
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. 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. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Romsey Hospital, 2.9 miles to the east of Shootash, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. Older community buildings such as Church of All Saints that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
Shootash is about 3 miles west of Romsey, in Hampshire. Across the SO51 postcode area, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Across Hampshire, 723 places are covered, including Shootash. Southampton is covered too, some 9 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: SO51 for service penetrations. Sites close to Shootash are covered too, including The Frenches (1 mile west), Plaitford Green (2 miles west), East Wellow (2 miles south), West Wellow (2 miles south-west) and Blackhill (3 miles south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Winchester (11 miles north-east), Eastleigh (9 miles east), Andover (15 miles north), Totton (6 miles south), Chandler's Ford (7 miles east) and Hedge End (12 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Shootash
Around Shootash, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Stanbridge Earls School, among other places. The closest station to Shootash is Romsey station, roughly 2.4 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include King Johns House (2.2 miles east) and Romsey Community Hospital (2.9 miles east). The countryside around Shootash includes Copythorne Common.
Keeping the joints sound
Once the work is signed off, these steps help:
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Not every fire-rated product can be painted, so check the product data first.
A simple record of seal locations and products helps. It tells the next contractor exactly what to reinstate, and it helps at inspections.