Fire stopping in Silverburn
Planning work on a service penetration in Silverburn? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Fire stopping in Silverburn
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Questions we are asked in Silverburn
Do you cover business parks and estates near Silverburn, such as Eastfield Farm Industrial Estate?
Yes. We cover Silverburn and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Eastfield Farm Industrial Estate. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Rosslynlee Hospital?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is fully insured, public liability included.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
Do you work in Scotland as well as England?
Building standards in Scotland are separate from England’s. Either way, we install the specified sealant to its tested detail.
Can you seal any opening with fire-rated sealant?
No. A sealant’s evidence covers set services, gaps and wall or floor types. Outside that, a different product is needed, specified by your designer.
Do you certify or sign off fire stopping?
No. We don’t certify or sign off fire stopping, and we hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. We work to the specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and any records you need can be confirmed with the quote.
About our fire stopping in Silverburn
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. To price a package, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the schedule or marked-up drawings. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. If you are dealing with service penetrations left open after M&E works and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, we can help, on linear gaps at wall heads, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and pipe penetrations alike. Searching for sealant specialists in Silverburn? We’ve been sealing commercial buildings since 2005.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Silverburn often have services added during refurbishment. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant as its published detail shows and raise it if another product is needed.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we’re clear about what is covered before work starts.
- Where
- Silverburn (EH26)
- Wider area
- Midlothian
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
For managing agents and facilities managers
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
Why deal with it now?
The longer openings stay, the more there tend to be: every new cable or pipe adds another. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small, rather than turning into a full building survey and reseal. Buildings that aren’t in daily use, such as halls and seasonal premises, may let water in unnoticed, giving water time to get in. Early resealing prevents it.
No two sites price the same: joint size, product, access and site hours all play a part. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Why appoint us
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- Public liability insurance in place
Diagnose, treat, sign off
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, keep walkways clear and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Where we can, we combine work around Silverburn with other jobs nearby, to make the most of each trip. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- 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.
- 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
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Request a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Related advice
Do you need fire stopping in Silverburn?
When a seal departs from its tested detail, the evidence no longer covers it. Gaps beyond the tested size, shallow sealant, no backing where it was needed, or products from different systems mixed together are the usual culprits.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
On estates like Eastfield Farm Industrial Estate (2.1 miles east of Silverburn), the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal.
Before you book anyone
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
Also in Silverburn
Compartments and services around Silverburn
A 2-mile radius around Silverburn takes in a number of hotels. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal. Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for that end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
For a school such as Penicuik High School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works. For an estates team at a campus like University of Edinburgh - Easter Bush Campus (3.7 miles north-east of Silverburn), summer M&E works are usually followed by a round of penetration sealing.
Silverburn is about 2 miles west of Penicuik, in Midlothian. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Silverburn, we can help. Our Midlothian coverage takes in 34 places, from busy centres to rural villages. We also cover Edinburgh, around 8 miles from Silverburn.
Commercial sites across EH26 are covered. Among the streets we cover are Biggar Road and Hopelands Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Close to Silverburn, our area also takes in Penicuik (2 miles east), Howgate (3 miles south-east), Milton Bridge (3 miles north-east), Bonaly (5 miles north) and Torphin (5 miles north). Nearby towns on our patch include Bonnyrigg (7 miles north-east), Dalkeith (9 miles north-east), Loanhead (6 miles north-east), Gorebridge (9 miles east), Newtongrange (9 miles east) and Mayfield (10 miles east).
Local landmarks in Silverburn
Other landmarks nearby include Penicuik Paper Heritage Museum (2.1 miles east) and Brunston Castle (1.3 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Scald Law.
After the work
Once the work is signed off, these steps help:
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there, not months later.
Should maintenance staff do it?
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.