Fire stopping in Smeeth
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Smeeth. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Fire stopping in Smeeth
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Different surfaces, different methods
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. The specified product and backing for that movement are what goes in, along the full length of the run.
Risers and ceiling voids
Risers and ceiling voids hold most of a building’s service penetrations. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance along with any permits your site needs.
About our fire stopping in Smeeth
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. Deciding the specification sits with the designer, the fire engineer and building control; sign-off sits with them too. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance in Smeeth and nearby. Site teams most often ask us about hidden openings found during inspections and penetration schedules that need working through, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, cable penetrations and pipe penetrations. Whoever orders the work in Smeeth, the brief is usually the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
A job near Smeeth is typically planned around one visit, with the specification and photographs sent in advance. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: twelve months on the work we carried out. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Where
- Smeeth (TN25)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
On site: what to expect
A typical day starts with protection: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself typically takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. For a building around Smeeth, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Send that with the details and we will confirm the plan with the quote.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
What we need from you
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Move anything stored against the joints
Quotes
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
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Should maintenance staff do it?
Certain joints really need a specialist: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
After the work
Every sealant joint needs some looking after, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. Our advice:
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail using the same product.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and installation follows the programme.
Questions we are asked in Smeeth
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as William Harvey Hospital (Ashford)?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Is a smaller place like Smeeth outside your area?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Our area covers London and the South East counties. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
Do you work in Scotland as well as England?
Our work covers Greater London, the South East and every Scottish council area. Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects service penetrations to be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance.
Is any job too small?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Can you fire stop behind the services contractors?
Yes, where there is a specification for those walls and floors. Openings left by new services are among the most common jobs we see, and we reseal them to the specified detail.
Can you seal any opening with fire-rated sealant?
No. Each fire-rated sealant is tested for particular services, gap sizes and substrates. If an opening falls outside, it needs another solution, specified by your designer.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a visit before quoting.
Compartment walls and floors in Smeeth
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. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail. Central London is about 53 miles from Smeeth. Business park offices in the commuter belt are refitted as tenants change, and each fit-out adds services through compartment walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
Tenant changes at parks like Evegate Business Park (to the south-west of Smeeth) bring new data and services, and openings through fire-resisting walls need the specified seal. Older community buildings such as Church of St Mary that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. For a school such as Smeeth Community Primary School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works.
Smeeth is about 5 miles east of Ashford, in Kent. Anywhere in TN25, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We work across 931 places in Kent, from busy centres to rural villages. Sites around Brighton have their own page, roughly 52 miles from Smeeth.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in TN25 gets the same process as the rest of our area: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Streets here include Church Road, Caroland Close and Woolpack Hill. Sites close to Smeeth are covered too, including Ridgeway (1 mile west), Brabourne Lees (1 mile north-east), Lilyvale (1 mile south-east), Bircholt Forstal (1 mile north-east) and Stone Hill (1 mile south-east). Further afield, our area takes in Ashford (5 miles west), Canterbury (12 miles north-east), Dover (14 miles east), Folkestone (9 miles east), Faversham (14 miles north) and Hythe (6 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Smeeth
The nearest railway station is Westenhanger station, roughly 3.6 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Lympne Castle (4.2 miles south-east) and William Harvey Hospital (2.6 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Hatch Park.
How the quote is worked out
Your fixed quote is built from the real scope. It allows for:
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The total length or number of joints
- Working within restricted access windows
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well, along with the time of year for external work.
Sending details for a quote
For an accurate fixed quote, we need to understand the site. Useful things to include:
- The product your specification calls for
- When you need the work done
- The postcode of the building
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
When something else is needed
A proper diagnosis includes knowing what sealant can’t do. You will hear from us if the cause turns out to be any of the following:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers