Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Soake, Hampshire
Commercial sealant work in Soake for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Fire stopping near Soake
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Soake
Penetration seals are fire tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4, with results classified under BS EN 13501-2. That classification, such as EI 60 or EI 120, belongs to the product in its tested arrangement. So our job is to reproduce that arrangement faithfully. If you’re dealing with non-fire-rated filler around services and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open, we can help, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, cable penetrations and pipe penetrations alike. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Soake tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Rural conversions around Soake can put new fire-resisting partitions inside older structures. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Place
- Soake (PO7)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Why deal with it now?
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product, and doing it once, properly, is cheaper. Converted and older buildings near places like Soake tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote.
Why us?
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced or how we’re accredited.
From enquiry to sign-off
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. While we’re working, the area stays contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. For a building around Soake, 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.
- 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.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
What we need from you
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with the site address and an outline of the work. You can also send details through our quote form.
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Towns and villages near Soake
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Fire stopping in Soake: the local picture
At about 59 miles from central London, Soake is within reach of the capital. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls. In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of 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. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail.
For a hospital such as Queen Alexandra Hospital (3.2 miles south of Soake), penetration sealing is normally phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first. Holiday works at schools like Denmead Junior School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. On a site such as Parklands Business Park, 0.8 miles to the west of Soake, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
Soake is about 1 mile north-west of Waterlooville, in Hampshire. Our applicators travel to Soake for work on service penetrations. Soake is one of 723 places in Hampshire on our list for service penetrations. Our Portsmouth page has more on work in that area (6 miles or so).
Business premises anywhere in PO7 are within our area for service penetrations. If your site is on Soake Road and Hambledon Road or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Just outside Soake, we also work in Furzeley Corner (1 mile south-west), Hart Plain (1 mile east), Cowplain (1 mile east), Waterlooville (1 mile south-east) and Purbrook Heath (2 miles south). Further afield, our area takes in Gosport (8 miles south-west), Havant (4 miles south-east), Eastleigh (14 miles west), Fareham (7 miles south-west), Hedge End (11 miles west) and Petersfield (9 miles north-east).
What’s near Soake
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Mead End pub and The Cowplain School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Bedhampton station, about 3.7 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Clanfield Earthwork (4.7 miles north-east) and Queen Alexandra Hospital (3.2 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Southmoor Nature Reserve and Portsdown Hill.
Doing it in-house
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint, which is what makes a joint last.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Soake can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Hampshire.
Whether you are a managing agent, a property factor or an owner’s representative: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
Different surfaces, different methods
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Small sizes are sometimes covered by an intumescent sealant detail, though larger ones typically call for a collar or wrap. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
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.
Keeping the joints sound
Regular inspection catches problems early. In particular:
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t, so check the product data first.
The simplest way to keep compartment walls intact is to plan fire stopping into every job that crosses them. Then the seal goes in while the area is open, not months later.
Common questions from Soake clients
Is Parklands Business Park, near Soake, within your area?
Yes. We cover Soake and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Parklands Business Park. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Soake?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Does weather matter for sealant work?
It can, when the joints are outside. Wet joints and cold, damp or frosty conditions stop the sealant bonding properly, so we watch the forecast and rearrange outside work if we have to. Internal work is far less affected.
Is colour matching possible?
In many cases, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We confirm what’s available for the specified product when we quote.
How do I request a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. The first step only needs photos and a postcode.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No, never. Sealing over old material is one of the classic causes of early joint failure, so it all comes out first.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so we will ask for the register before work on an older building. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.