Shoreham fire stopping
Sealant work in Shoreham for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Fire stopping for businesses in Shoreham
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 Shoreham, done properly
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product data. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. If you have openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and fire stopping installed outside its tested range, we can help. Looking for mastic applicators who cover Shoreham? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005.
Around smaller places like Shoreham, 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.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Shoreham (TN14)
- Region
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Shoreham: questions and answers
Is a smaller place like Shoreham outside your area?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Our area covers London and the South East counties. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Does your area include sites such as North Downs Business Park, near Shoreham?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Shoreham, North Downs Business Park among them, are all within reach. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Do you need to see the site first?
It depends on the job. Simple work can often be priced from photographs, and bigger or more complex jobs typically get a visit.
Do you seal openings left by new services?
Yes, provided a specification covers them. New services after M&E works often breach existing seals, and we reseal them to the specified detail.
How do I request a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email. Include photos or drawings if you have them.
When can the area be used after sealing?
We will confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
What does an EI 60 rating mean?
In short, BS EN 1366-3 and 1366-4 are the fire tests and BS EN 13501-2 is how results are classified. An EI 60 seal kept its integrity and insulation for 60 minutes as tested; installing to the detail is what carries that across to site.
After the work
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail using the same product.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. It costs little and catches breaches early.
Signs you need fire stopping in Shoreham
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. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position and has to be removed.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
Schools such as Shoreham Village School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
What your quote should include
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
When something else is needed
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
What affects the price in Shoreham
These are the things that shape the price:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Joint width, depth and condition
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing 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:
- The type of building and who uses it
- The postcode of the building
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Specification clauses that apply
To get a fixed quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos. Our quote form is another easy route.
For managing agents and facilities managers
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. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.
Compartment walls and floors in Shoreham
Shoreham lies roughly 16 miles out from central London. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product. Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail.
Older community buildings such as Church of St Peter and St Paul that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. On a site such as North Downs Business Park (2 miles south-west of Shoreham), every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
Shoreham is about 4 miles north of Sevenoaks, in Kent. We send applicators to Shoreham for service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Across Kent, 931 places are covered, including Shoreham. London is covered too, around 16 miles from Shoreham.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in TN14 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. If your site is on High Street, Boakes Meadow and Church Street or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. If your building is just outside Shoreham, we cover Badgers Mount (1 mile west), Sepham Heath (1 mile south-west), Twitton (1 mile south), Otford (2 miles south) and Lullingstone (2 miles north). Further afield, our area takes in Dartford (8 miles north), Sevenoaks (4 miles south), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south), Gravesend (11 miles north-east), Tonbridge (10 miles south-east) and Northfleet (10 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Shoreham
In Shoreham, that means premises near Raspberry Hall Park and The Old George Inn and the streets around them. Shoreham has its own railway station: Shoreham (Kent) station. A little further out are Sevenoaks Hospital (3.2 miles south) and Otford Heritage Centre (1.9 miles south). Not far away are Dryhill Nature Reserve.
Nearby places to Shoreham
Other services in Shoreham
From enquiry to sign-off
At the end of each section, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out. Rural sites near Shoreham may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Add it to your enquiry and we will build it into the plan.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Getting a fixed quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.