Fire Stopping in Shoreham-by-Sea
Planning work on a service penetration in Shoreham-by-Sea? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Fire stopping across Shoreham-by-Sea
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
After the work
After handover, these steps help:
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. Anyone resealing later needs to know which product and detail were used.
Looking at service areas on a regular cycle pays off. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small compared with dozens found at once.
Fire stopping in Shoreham-by-Sea, done properly
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate and we’d rather say that up front. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. We work on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, service gaps in risers and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and fire stopping installed outside its tested range. Whoever orders the work in Shoreham-by-Sea, the brief is normally the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
In a town like Shoreham-by-Sea, penetration seals typically need attention after other trades have been through. A check after services work is sensible; tell us what the specification says and we will install to it.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Where
- Shoreham-by-Sea (BN43, BN15, BN42)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Questions about Shoreham-by-Sea
Is a hospital such as Southlands Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Shoreham-by-Sea?
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.
How long does a job like this take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we’re given. We will give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
How much does the work cost?
We don’t publish prices, because every site is different. Send photos or drawings and we will price it at a fixed figure.
Can weather delay the job?
Outside, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Inside work is seldom held up.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, and we confirm it before leaving site.
Why it’s worth doing now in Shoreham-by-Sea
The longer openings stay, the more there tend to be: each new service adds to the list. A schedule that is dealt with regularly stays manageable and avoids a much larger catch-up later. For businesses and landlords in Shoreham-by-Sea, a tidy, sound joint also matters for appearance. Fresh sealant makes a building look maintained.
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.
Why appoint us
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- One contact handling all your sites
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Shoreham-by-Sea
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
Fire stopping around Shoreham-by-Sea: how the place shapes the job
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. Shoreham-by-Sea 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; the gaps need the specified seal.
Holiday works at schools like Buckingham Park Primary School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. Hospital estates such as Southlands Hospital, 0.6 miles north-east of Shoreham-by-Sea, are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
Shoreham-by-Sea is about 4 miles west of Brighton and Hove, in West Sussex. We cover commercial sites throughout Shoreham-by-Sea, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Across West Sussex, 373 places are covered, including Shoreham-by-Sea. There’s a separate page for Brighton, roughly 6 miles from Shoreham-by-Sea.
We take on service penetrations across the BN43, BN15 and BN42 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Adelaide Square, High Street and Rainbow Square. With the A27 and A259 nearby, Shoreham-by-Sea is easy to get to with materials and equipment. We also cover Old Shoreham (1 mile west), Kingston by Sea (1 mile east), Adur (1 mile north-west), Southwick (2 miles east) and Portslade (2 miles east) for service penetrations. Further afield, our area takes in Worthing (6 miles west), Haywards Heath (14 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (10 miles north-east), Littlehampton (12 miles west), Rustington (11 miles west) and Storrington (10 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Shoreham-by-Sea
Around Shoreham-by-Sea, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Shoreham College, The Crabtree pub and Shoreham Academy, among other places. There’s a railway station in Shoreham-by-Sea itself: Shoreham-By-Sea station. Well-known places in the area include Southlands Hospital (0.6 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Thundersbarrow Hill and Shoreham Beach.
What affects the price in Shoreham-by-Sea
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- The size and state of each joint
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Details that help us quote
For an accurate fixed quote, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- The product your specification calls for
- The site address and postcode
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photographs and a description will do.
What we are called out for in Shoreham-by-Sea
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it and has to be removed.
Most enquiries start with one or more of the following:
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Halls and meeting rooms at places like St Mary de Haura Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Questions to ask before you book
- How joint depth will be controlled
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
From enquiry to sign-off
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. For a town like Shoreham-by-Sea, we try to group jobs for the same client into one visit. Give us your access times and we’ll fit the work in.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Preparing the site
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Send your site hours and access windows
Quotes
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To start the process, call 01277 525 020 or email us.