Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Slackbuie, Highland
Fire stopping for Slackbuie, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Fire stopping near Slackbuie
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
About our fire stopping in Slackbuie
Where pipes, cables and other services cross a compartment wall or floor, the opening around them has to be closed so fire and smoke can’t move between compartments. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal, not a rule of thumb. If you’re dealing with head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal and fire sealant pulled out of the opening, we can help, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, linear gaps at wall heads and service gaps in risers alike. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Slackbuie it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Around smaller places such as Slackbuie, compartment walls and floors tend to be in schools, hotels, care homes and community buildings. Where services pass through, specified fire-rated sealant is installed following the manufacturer’s guidance for that wall or floor.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: twelve months on the work we carried out. Faults in the structure, damage and other trades’ work fall outside it, and we say so plainly.
- Where
- Slackbuie (IV2)
- Region
- Highland
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Surface by surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. Their tested detail, under BS EN 1366-4, sets the width, depth, backing and movement allowed and the installation has to fit inside those limits.
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. The gap is measured at the widest point so we know it sits within the tested range.
Fire-rated sealing for Slackbuie buildings
The area within 2 miles of Slackbuie holds a good number of hotels. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal. The 2 miles around Slackbuie include two care or nursing homes. In a care home, any new pipe or cable through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified.
For a site team at a college like Inverness College UHI (2.3 miles north-east of Slackbuie), fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works. Campus buildings at universities such as University of the Highlands & Islands, 1.8 miles north of Slackbuie, see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified.
Slackbuie is about 2 miles south of Inverness, in Highland. We cover commercial sites throughout Slackbuie, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. Our Highland coverage takes in 256 places, large and small.
We cover the IV2 postcode districts for service penetrations. Buildings on Bracara Road, Orchid Avenue and Willow Avenue are within our area. Just outside Slackbuie, we also work in Lochardil (1 mile north-west), Hilton (1 mile north), Inverness (2 miles north), Ballifeary (2 miles north-west) and Crown (2 miles north). Bigger towns within reach include Cradlehall (4 miles north-east), Merkinch (3 miles north-west), Dingwall (13 miles north-west), Muir of Ord (10 miles north-west), Fortrose (10 miles north) and Conon Bridge (12 miles north-west). Where a site is remote or on an island, travel and materials need planning ahead, so the full address helps from the start.
What’s near Slackbuie
We work on buildings around Whin Park and Inverness Royal Academy. For rail, the closest station is Inverness station, roughly 2.3 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Eastgate Shopping Centre (2.2 miles north) and Royal Northern Infirmary (1.8 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Tomnahurich and Loch Dochfour.
Honest limits
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
When to call us in Slackbuie
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Movement in the frame or slab can open the joint, and the wrong product can split as a result. Linear joint details set a width range and movement capability, and the seal has to sit within them.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Hotels like Lochardil House Hotel, 1 mile north-west of Slackbuie, are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls.
What your quote should include
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
Work for main contractors and building owners
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in Slackbuie can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
Slackbuie: questions and answers
Can work in a care setting near Slackbuie go ahead while residents are there?
Yes. Care settings are planned area by area, at times agreed with the home. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
Does your area include sites such as Fairways Business Park, near Slackbuie?
Yes. Our area takes in Slackbuie and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Fairways Business Park included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Is fire stopping in Scotland covered by different guidance?
Scotland sets its own building regulations, with Technical Handbooks, and England uses Approved Document B. Wherever the site is, our work follows the specification and the tested detail.
How long does a job like this take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we’re given. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, with one point of contact.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Asbestos is possible in some older mastics, particularly in buildings from before 2000. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
What do BS EN 1366-3 and BS EN 13501-2 mean?
Penetration seals are tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4. Classification follows BS EN 13501-2 as E for integrity and I for insulation, with a time such as EI 60 or EI 120. That rating only holds when the product is installed to its tested detail.
Keeping the joints sound
After handover, a little attention goes a long way:
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way, or a new specification from the designer.
A simple record of seal locations and products helps. It tells the next contractor exactly what to reinstate, which saves guesswork.
On site: what to expect
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. We sign and contain the area we’re in, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. For a building near Slackbuie, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- 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.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Before we start on site
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Quotes
A good quote starts with a clear picture: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.