Sibford Ferris fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Sibford Ferris, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
Fire stopping in Sibford Ferris
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
How the job changes by surface
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. The gap is measured at the widest point against the detail’s limits.
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe, and the tested detail may ask for insulation beyond the wall. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Sibford Ferris
No fire sealant works on its own: its test evidence covers one product in one kind of wall or floor, with set services, gaps, depths and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow. Site teams most often ask us about fire stopping installed outside its tested range and damaged fire seals in risers and voids, across cable penetrations, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and pipe penetrations. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Sibford Ferris first comes to us: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
A job near Sibford Ferris is usually planned around one visit, with the specification and photos sent in advance. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Location
- Sibford Ferris (OX15)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
When it isn’t the sealant
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It won’t put right:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will say what we think.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
Do you need fire stopping in Sibford Ferris?
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position, so it has to come out.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
In a building such as Church of Holy Trinity, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Before you book anyone
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
For managing agents and facilities managers
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Sibford Ferris can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Oxfordshire.
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. We are fully insured, and our insurance certificate can go with the quote.
Service penetrations in Sibford Ferris buildings
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. 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. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail. Sibford Ferris is about 70 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.
In a school such as Sibford School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. On estates like Brailes Industrial Estate (2.6 miles north-west of Sibford Ferris), the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal.
Sibford Ferris is about 6 miles west of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. We cover Sibford Ferris, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. We work across 423 places in Oxfordshire, from busy centres to rural villages. Oxford is covered too, some 22 miles away.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in OX15 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Main Street, Back Lane and Cotswold Close. We also cover Burdrop (1 mile north), Sibford Gower (1 mile north-west), Swalcliffe (1 mile east), Epwell (2 miles north) and Tadmarton (2 miles east) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Banbury (6 miles east), Chipping Norton (7 miles south-west), Neithrop (5 miles east), Grimsbury (7 miles east), Ruscote (5 miles east) and Woodstock (14 miles south-east).
Around Sibford Ferris
Recent enquiries here include premises near Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School, among other places. Other landmarks nearby include Broughton Castle (3.8 miles east). The countryside around Sibford Ferris includes Woodford Bottom and Lamb's Pool and Castle Hill.
Common questions from Sibford Ferris clients
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Sibford Ferris?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Sibford Ferris, such as Brailes Industrial Estate?
Yes. Our area takes in Sibford Ferris and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Brailes Industrial Estate included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
How do I request a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit.
Is colour matching possible?
Often, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Can you fit around our working hours?
Give us your site hours and any access windows in your enquiry, and we will schedule the work to suit. You can reach the office between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
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What else we do in Sibford Ferris
How a job runs
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. We sign and contain the area we’re in, keep walkways clear and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Jobs in and around smaller places like Sibford Ferris are normally planned as a single visit, so we ask for photographs and rough sizes first. That way the right products come on the day.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- 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.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Before we start on site
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Ask for a quote
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Related advice
Why deal with it now?
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: smoke, noise and draughts pass through them every day. The specified fire seal closes the gap for all of these, and the other benefits follow. For buildings around smaller places like Sibford Ferris, water damage can go unnoticed for longer, especially where a building isn’t used daily, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Renewing joints in good time avoids the problem.
The price depends on the quantity of joints, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a quote once you have the details.
Why appoint us
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- A fixed quote before work starts
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Fully insured
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and insurance.