Fire Stopping in Silverknowes
Commercial sealant work in Silverknowes for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping near Silverknowes
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 Silverknowes
Sealant is the specified answer for plenty of openings, such as metal pipes, cables and some small ducts where the detail covers them. Larger openings and some plastic pipes call for collars, wraps, batts or boards instead. We use sealant where it is the specified product, and we tell you when a detail calls for something else. If you have damaged fire seals in risers and voids and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back, we can put it right. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Silverknowes first comes to us: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook says a service penetration ought to match, as a minimum, how long the wall or floor resists fire. For a building in Silverknowes, specified fire-rated sealant is installed as the maker’s tested detail describes.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Silverknowes (EH4)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Silverknowes
Would you work within a site like Western General Hospital (Edinburgh)?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as Edinburgh Napier University?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we’ll plan the work around them. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
What changes on 2 September 2029?
It mainly affects England, where Approved Document B is dropping its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029. Products are then judged on BS EN 13501-2 classifications. Scotland follows its own Technical Handbook.
Do you work in Silverknowes?
Yes. We cover Silverknowes, and the simplest way to start is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
How long does a typical visit take?
It depends on the scope, though a typical visit normally takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Do you take on small jobs?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Surface by surface
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Small ducts
Some fire-rated sealant details cover small ducts. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products, and we’ll say if that applies.
From enquiry to sign-off
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. While we are working, the area stays contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. For premises in Silverknowes, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, so the work can be phased and areas kept in use.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
What we need from you
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Get a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Advice
Towns and villages near Silverknowes
What else we do in Silverknowes
When to bring in a specialist
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class, which is what makes a joint last.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Signs you need fire stopping in Silverknowes
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. An oversized gap, too shallow a bead, missing backing or two makers’ products combined are what we find most often.
Most enquiries start with something like this:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Refits at places like Drylaw Shopping Centre (1 mile east of Silverknowes) often reroute services through walls between units.
What your quote should include
- Their public liability cover
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
Looking after the joints
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
Never top up a fire seal with foam, ordinary silicone or filler. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way, or a new specification from the designer.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
Quoting for work in Silverknowes
To price the job, we consider:
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Access and working height
- Travel to remote or island sites
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a quote.
What to include in your enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need a clear picture of the site. Useful things to include:
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Any specification or named product
- The site address and postcode
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
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 send details through our quote form with what you know.
Compartment walls and floors in Silverknowes
The area within 2 miles of Silverknowes holds a good number of hotels. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are normally fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with products tested for that end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
Large healthcare estates like Western General Hospital (Edinburgh), 1.5 miles to the east of Silverknowes, change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work. At a university such as Edinburgh Napier University, 3.1 miles to the south of Silverknowes, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
Silverknowes is about 3 miles north-west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover commercial sites throughout Silverknowes, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Across Edinburgh, 174 places are covered, including Silverknowes.
Commercial sites across EH4 are covered. Streets here include Heath Road, Main Street and Corbiehill Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Close to Silverknowes, our area also takes in Davidson's Mains (1 mile south-west), Muirhouse (1 mile east), Craigcrook (1 mile south), Drylaw (1 mile south-east) and West Pilton (1 mile east). Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (3 miles south-east), Leith (4 miles east), Bonnington (4 miles east), Greenside (3 miles east), Broughton (3 miles east) and Bellevue (3 miles east).
Around Silverknowes
For rail, the closest station is South Gyle station, roughly 2.5 miles south-west. Nearby you’ll also find Western General Hospital (1.5 miles east) and Murrayfield Experience (2.3 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Corstorphine Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.