Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Somerley, West Sussex
Fire stopping for Somerley, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Need fire stopping in Somerley?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Questions we’re asked in Somerley
Do you cover business parks and estates near Somerley, such as Enborne Business Park?
Yes. Our area takes in Somerley and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Enborne Business Park included. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Somerley?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
When can you be on site?
We are in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
How long does a job like this take?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. We will give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
Do you work in Somerley?
Yes. Somerley falls within our area, and the simplest way to start is to ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
About our fire stopping in Somerley
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 job is fitting fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those service penetrations, and along linear gaps, where it is the specified product. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal rather than guesswork. Site teams most often ask us about openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and fire sealant pulled out of the opening, on linear gaps at wall heads, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and service gaps in risers. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Somerley from the first photographs to the final walk-round, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Smaller places such as Somerley still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
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
- Somerley (PO20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Owners, agents and contractors
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Somerley can form part of a wider programme.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Also near Somerley
Also in Somerley
Honest limits
Some faults sit outside our scope, and we say so rather than covering them up:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
Not sure which it is? You can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
Different surfaces, different methods
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, but many need a collar or wrap. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
Small ducts
We seal around ducts only within what the tested detail covers. The ductwork, its supports and any dampers are for the ductwork contractor.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Redoing a failed joint normally costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
What we’re called out for in Somerley
Fire stopping can get squeezed at the end of a programme, or done by whoever is on site. That is how unsuitable products and improvised details end up in compartment walls.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
Schools such as Birdham CE Primary School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
Comparing quotes
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- What site paperwork they can supply
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
Fire stopping in Somerley: the local picture
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. Somerley lies roughly 59 miles out from central London. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls.
On a site such as Enborne Business Park (2.8 miles south-east of Somerley), every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product. In a building such as St James' Church, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Somerley is about 4 miles north-west of Selsey, in West Sussex. Commercial clients in Somerley use us for work on service penetrations, as part of our coverage of West Sussex. Somerley is one of 373 places in West Sussex on our list for service penetrations. Our Portsmouth page has more on work in that area, about 10 miles away.
We take on service penetrations across the PO20 postcode area. If your site is on Bell Lane and Hundredsteddle Lane or close by, we can quote for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Almodington (1 mile south-east), Birdham (1 mile north-east), Shipton Green (1 mile north-west), Earnley (1 mile south) and East Wittering (2 miles south-west) for service penetrations. Bigger towns within reach include Bognor Regis (7 miles east), Chichester (5 miles north-east), Selsey (4 miles south-east), Littlehampton (14 miles east), Rustington (15 miles east) and Portfield (5 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Somerley
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Birdham Public House, among other places. The nearest railway station is Fishbourne station, about 4 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Chichester Castle (4.9 miles north-east) and St Richard's Hospital (5.2 miles north-east). The countryside around Somerley includes Pilsey Island.
From enquiry to sign-off
Our CSCS-carded applicators arrive with the sealants, primers and backing rod the job calls for. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. Rural sites near Somerley may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Add it to your enquiry and we’ll build it into the plan.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Preparing the site
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Quotes
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.